How Can I Overcome "the Sin Which Doth So Easily Beset" Me?
1) Direct Answer
You overcome that besetting sin by laying it aside, looking unto Jesus, and walking in the power of the Holy Spirit. Not by willpower, but by the new birth and daily obedience to the Word. Keep under the Blood, cut off the feed-lines to the sin, and walk in the Spirit until the desire dies.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- “Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us… looking unto Jesus” (Hebrews 12:1–2). Now notice, there are “weights” and there is “sin.” Both must be laid aside, and our eyes fixed on Him.
- “Shall we continue in sin? God forbid… our old man is crucified… reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin” (Romans 6:1–14). You see, you don’t manage sin—you reckon yourself dead to it and yield to God.
- “The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free” (Romans 8:2). “If ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live” (Romans 8:13). Victory is by the Spirit in you.
- “Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh” (Galatians 5:16).
- “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us” (1 John 1:9). Cleansing follows true confession and forsaking.
- “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7).
- “God… will… make a way to escape” (1 Corinthians 10:13). There is always an exit—take it at once.
- “Repent… be baptized… in the name of Jesus Christ… and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost” (Acts 2:38). God puts His Spirit within to cause you to walk in His ways (Ezekiel 36:26–27).
- “They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony” (Revelation 12:11).
- “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee” (Psalm 119:11).
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- Start at the cross: Believe that Jesus’ blood not only forgives, but breaks the power of that sin. If willpower could do it, why did He have to die? Freedom is in Him.
- Receive and rely on the Holy Spirit: The overcoming Life is Christ in you. Ask, yield, and obey. Greater is He that is in you.
- Lay aside weights and cut off supply lines: Remove habits, places, media, and friendships that feed the temptation (Matthew 5:29–30; 1 Corinthians 15:33). Don’t stroke what you’re trying to crucify.
- Use the way of escape early: The first moment of temptation, turn your eyes to Jesus, speak the Word, and move your feet if needed. Don’t argue with the serpent—resist and flee.
- Keep short accounts: When you stumble, confess immediately, renounce it, and get back under the Blood. Don’t live in condemnation; live in repentance and faith (1 John 2:1).
- Feed the new nature daily: Word, prayer, praise, and fellowship. What you feed grows; what you starve dies (Psalm 119:9; Hebrews 10:25).
- Speak your testimony: Agree out loud with God’s Word about who you are in Christ and what He has done for you (Revelation 12:11; Romans 6:11).
- Put on the whole armor of God and stand your ground (Ephesians 6:10–18). The battle is won standing in what Christ has finished.
4) Reinforcing statement
It’s not about trying harder; it’s about yielding deeper. Look to Jesus, lay it down, be filled with the Holy Ghost, and walk in the light you have. Sin shall not have dominion over you.
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What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
An Ensign
53-0606 §14
And all sickness is caused by sin. That's right. Before we had sin, we had no sickness. But sin ... or, sickness is an attribute of sin. Sickness came because of sin. Maybe not what you done---inherited: three or four generations it'll follow. God said so. Notice. And so God put up this ... had Moses to put up this ensign to Israel. And when he lifted it up, sickness and sin... A compound reason for both sickness and sin. Jehovah-jireh was providing an ensign that represented that their sin was forgiven, and a heal...
How can I overcome?
63-0825M §76
But see how the devil gets? The devil wants you to mind him. He minded only what the Father said do. That's right. He said... Why, Satan said, "It's written he'll give the angels charge to..." He said, "Yes, but it's also written." There you are. See, He knew who He was. Satan did... The thought runs deeper than what is wrote. See, it's inspiration. The kernel is on the inside of it (you see?), what it really is. Though He could've done it, He didn't do it. But He never paid heed to Satan's proposition. Now, here's...
How can I overcome?
63-0825M §54
...ot's wife did the same thing, you know. She set out to go with Lot, follow her husband, her children, her loved ones, but it wasn't in her heart. She still loved the world. So it's possible you can make a start and still be the world in you. See, she never overcome. And even though she was well on the road, it finally overthrowed her. She had to take that one big, long, last look. There's where she got caught. Don't even look back! Don't have no desires! Keep going! Put your mind on Calvary and keep moving towards...
Be not afraid
63-0607 §41
You know, sin is unbelief. You know ... did you know lying is not sin? Committing adultery, that's not sin. Drinking whiskey, smoking cigarettes, cursing, using the Lord's name, that's not sin. That's the attributes of unbelief. You do that because you're not a believer. There's only one... I said that one night in a Methodist church. And an old sister standing there, you know, with her collar up high, she said "Rev. Branham, pray tell me, what is sin?" I said, "Unbelief." That's right. You do that because you're a...
We would see Jesus
57-0516 §24
...embers, they said, "This man is Beelzebub. For He's the chief of the fortunetellers." That's what Beelzebub was: the chief of the devils. They thought it was a telepathy of some sort. And Jesus said, "You speak that word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven you. But when the Holy Ghost is come, and you speak a word against His work, it will never be forgiven you, neither in this world or the world that is to come." Did you get that, church? "It shall never be forgiven thee; a word against it." Do you interp...