They do not yield to it
And yet, for all this, they are not condemned. Although they feel the flesh, the evil nature in them, although they are more aware day by day that their heart is deceitful and desperately wicked, yet so long as they do not yield to it, so long as they give no place to the devil, so long as they maintain a continual war with all sin, with pride, anger, and desire, so that the flesh has no dominion over them, but they still walk after the Spirit, there is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.
God is well pleased with their sincere, though imperfect, obedience. And they have confidence toward God, knowing they are his, by the Spirit which he has given them. 1 John 3:24.
1771 text
7. And yet, for all this, they are not condemned. Although they feel the flesh, the evil nature in them, although they are more sensible day by day, that their heart is deceitful and desperately wicked: yet so long as they do not yield thereto, so long as they give no place to the devil, so long as they maintain a continual war, with all sin, with pride, anger, desire, so that the flesh hath no dominion over them, but they still walk after the Spirit: there is no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus. God is well-pleased with their sincere, tho’ imperfect obedience: and they have confidence toward God, knowing they are his, by the Spirit which he hath given them. 1 John iii. 24.
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Sermon 8 in the 1771 Works. Romans 8:1.
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