(1) Make no way to give into lust (Rom 13:13–14). Christians must set a perimeter in one’s life and in one’s mind. The follower of Christ must not stay around temptations. They must find a way to stay away from private temptations of secret sins. Many Christians simply miss this point. Even when a Christian sets one’s mind on Christ, that mindset must include avoiding all forms of evil and fleeing from temptations.
Solomon warned not go near the street of the adulterous woman at night (Prov 7). Christians must make no way for private and hidden sins.
Paul exhorts inRomans 13:13–14, “Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.” From here, believers grow in Christ and in His virtues for the rest of your life (2 Pet 1:4–11). This is a war, and Christians must fight the good fight.