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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Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
The unpardonable sin
54-1024 §41
Now, we know one thing. Now, look here. Here is the whole capping off of every verse in the Bible. We'll just take it in a few minutes to show you that every place it was spoke of, of the unpardonable ... unpardonable sin. Then Paul comes over here, to cap it off, said, "If we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin." Then that's got to be the unpardonable sin, is "sinning willfully." Is that right? "He that sins willfully." Now, what is sin? The ne...
How can I overcome?
63-0825M §71
...e beauty that was put in him before he left the mud. Amen! Now, I feel like a shouting Christian. What was in there by God at the beginning, and it pressed its way through, overcome. It overcome the shell; it overcome the mud; it overcome the waters. It overcome everything and was an overcomer and reflected the beauty and glory of God.
How can I overcome?
63-0825M §108
Now, with our heads bowed, now check real close, real real close, and then be real deeply sincere. It just---it just takes... That's all it takes, your check and your sincerity. Be real prayerful as you're checking now. "Search me, Lord; try me. Is there an evil in me? If there is, Lord, let me lay it down right here now. This place where I'm bowed is your altar. And I lay it down, right here now. Put my feet upon it, when I walk away. It's going to lay there. The power of your blood will consume it. I want to be a...
How can I overcome?
63-0825M §67
Jesus told us how to do it. He overcome. Mean... Overcome means "to stand the test," (that's right!) like all the old saints did, like Jesus did. In the midst of all of His enemies He stood the test. Everything He was tested against He stood it. In the very face of sickness, and Him being Messiah, He healed them. In the face of death He brought it back to life. In the face of Calvary, His own death, He defeated it by surrendering Himself. Why? By the Word. Said, "If you destroy this temple, and I'll raise up in thr...
The Angel of the Lord
53-0604 §13
I was talking to someone today---talking on the word of "sin." I said, "Drinking whiskey's not a sin. Smoking cigarettes is not sin. Living in adultery's not a sin." The lady raised up and said, "Well, Brother Branham, what is a sin?" I said, "That's the attributes of sin. Sin produces that. That isn't sin; that's what sin produces." I said, "Because that you live good, that's not because you're a Christian. That's the attributes of Christian life, see. You are a sinner because you believe not." And Jesus said to t...