Mathematics, until it is applied to find solutions to real-world problems, is of only limited academic value. Similarly, theology, until it is applied to find solutions to real-world problems, is also of only limited academic value. Sadly, at least in the war against the flesh, Holy Spirit theology has little more than academic value in most of today’s Bible-based purity programs. Program builders, with nothing but the best of intentions, are nevertheless missing the mark. In the war against the flesh, Holy Spirit theology is rarely ever applied in today's Bible-based purity programs.
In the war against the flesh, Holy Spirit theology is rarely ever applied in today’s Bible-based purity programs.
UNAPPLIED HOLY SPIRIT THEOLOGY
The Scriptures have much to say about the Holy Spirit’s inner-working power to deliver believers from lusts of the flesh (e.g., Galatians 5:16, Ephesians 3:20-21, Romans 8:1-4, Romans 8:12-13). But in the war against the flesh, most builders of Bible-based purity programs have instead looked to flesh-starving accountability for a way of escape. How to effect change in such a deeply rooted and widely held mistaken (yes, mistaken!) belief that flesh-starving accountability is the addict’s only means of escape from lusts of the flesh?
APPLIED HOLY SPIRIT THEOLOGY
To effect change, and to awaken builders of Bible-based purity programs to the possibility of wholly Spirit-powered escape, perhaps they need to see the Holy Spirit theology applied in the solution of a real-world sin problem. And this is precisely what the Way of Escape Battle Plan does. It takes the Holy Spirit theology, applies it to the real-world problem of porn addiction, and out pops a Spirit-Powered Battle Plan for Purity. No flesh-starving accountability partner/group required. A wholly Spirit-powered solution to the problem of porn addiction.
To effect change, and to awaken builders of Bible-based purity programs to the possibility of wholly Spirit-powered escape, perhaps they need to see the Holy Spirit theology applied in the solution of a real-world sin problem.
A GAME-CHANGING BOOK HAS ARRIVED
In A Way of Escape, readers learn how to apply Holy Spirit theology in their war against the flesh. Readers learn how to win this war—not by starving the flesh—but by stepping up the degree to which they “walk in the Spirit” (Galatians 5:16). They learn how to build a library of Spirit-anointed, flesh-diffusing apps. Apps that are uniquely fitted to them, and their unique Spirit-filling triggers (Ephesians 5:18b-19).
I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh (Galatians 5:16).
The still-struggling now have another option. The still-struggling now have fresh hope for discovering that long-sought-after way of escape from temptation and resulting sin (I Corinthians 10:13). A way that—because it is wholly Spirit-powered—does not require enlisting the aid of an accountability partner or group. Truly, a game-changer!
THANK YOU, HOLY SPIRIT!
