Continuously mourning over my sins, continuously repenting of them, or simply accepting the fact that as human beings with two natures, continuously opposed to each other, that the battle will not end in this life.
“For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.” (Gal. 5:17)
The Almighty knows our thoughts, but He also looks on our hearts, and so you must be able to determine if those thoughts of sin are coming from your heart, or if they arrive because of our old sinful nature that refuses to submit to the will of your mind that serves Christ.
Everyone who has ever been born-again has had to contemplate that question many times in their life, considering at length Romans 7:25.
“I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.”
The mind and the heart must be one to be able to say that we are hid in Christ, the assurance of our salvation must be unquestionable, received in all humility, and only by His grace and mercy, there can be no doubt of this truth.
I confess, I do not understand those words “law of sin.” A law written by men can be modified to the circumstances, to the amount of wealth and power a person has, or the lack thereof. The laws of God cannot be broken without consequences.
“For I am the LORD, I change not;” (Malachi 3:6a)
It is of no use to say that this law arrives with Satan and the limits of temptations he has been allowed to use upon us, he is under the control of the Most High as well as all of the Lord’s creation is, the laws, mandates, orders, whatever you would like to call them set upon our adversary he must abide with. But as he does, so do we.
Intentionally or inadvertently, we test the limits of that law of sin.
You are a spirit in a body of flesh, and that flesh, our old sinful nature, must adhere to the law of sin, it, we, have no choice in this matter.
No one who has been born-again is ever, or has ever, died with no sin in their life. But it is the heart that God looks upon, isn’t it? The sincerity of our heart, the desire within us to be pleasing in His eyes, to serve Him in love for His glory. And then the flesh intervenes, and does as it must, following the law of sin.
“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?” (1st Cor. 6:19)
Who are you? That is the question you must ask of yourself. Continuously mourning, continuously repenting, or accepting the fact that your worst enemy, the most powerful force against you is not Satan, but you.
The continuous battle.
“O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” (Romans 7:24)
The entirety of the Scriptures teaches us that we are saved by grace through faith, we are also told that we will give an account to God, each one of us, that we will be judged according to our works, receive or lose rewards in accordance to our actions, words and deeds.
“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” (Heb. 4:12)
Those who walk continuously mourning as well as those who are continuously repenting are overly concerned with themselves and may end up continuously doubting the assurance of their salvation. They will not accept the fact that within them, within the duality of ourselves, there is a law of sin, and that law must be adhered to.
You are justified, you are being sanctified, that battle will continue until you are glorified. Stand against yourself for His glory. Fight the good fight.