The tenth in a series of 16 blogs answering anticipated (or actual) objections to material set forth in A Way of Escape, i.e., the tenth in a series of 16 blogs answering anticipated FAQs.
OBJECTION #10 (of 16)
All those that relapse have one thing in common: No accountability. Accountability is a must. You cannot do this alone.
RESPONSE
The common mistake of failing to fully recognize the Holy Spirit as a Person. A failure that tragically results in most in the Church missing out on a second Scripture-based way of escape (see www.wileygrafbooks.com/news/second-way-of-escape-v8). A wholly Spirit-powered way (Galatians 5:16). A way led by The One who is alone able to lead a Relapse-Free Escape.
I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh (Galatians 5:16).
A believer indwelt by the Holy Spirit is not “alone.” He is not a “one.” He is a “Spirit-Powered Group of Two.” And this “Spirit-Powered Group of Two” is actually much stronger—and much better positioned to withstand the attacks of the enemy and not be broken—than the believer with his flesh-starving accountability partner or group.
THREE MORE SIMILAR OBJECTIONS TO FOLLOW
The next three blogs in this series (Blogs 49-51) provide responses to similar Objections that arise solely because the individuals raising these Objections have failed to fully recognize the Holy Spirit as a Person. A failure that ultimately leads to an almost Church-wide mistaken belief that flesh-starving accountability is the addict’s only way of escape from addictive lusts of the flesh.
A GAME-CHANGING BOOK HAS ARRIVED
In A Way of Escape, readers are reminded that born-of-the-Spirit believers are never “alone” in their battle with the flesh. Readers learn how to war as a “Spirit-Powered Group of Two” 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).
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!
