Hi Frank
I do not want anyone to think I condone living a life of sin. I do NOT. In fact I despise it. I hate sin. I do not like it if I lose my temper and get angry or if I talk about a person when I should not.
The point I am trying to make, and the Word of God agrees is that I cannot sit up here thinking I am better than some other Christian whom may be at this point in is life struggling with some sin that I find easy to stay away from.I never want to think I am better than someone else because then God will show me differently.
I hope you understand what I am trying to say. Basically each person has there own "thorn" to deal with. Until we get our new bodies or until we die our own sinful nature is still with us. If we feed the New Spirit Nature we have the power to live by faith. We still sin but then the sin we do is not us but the old flesh. If you will read Romans chapter 7 you will see what I am talking about. Paul who wrote 13 epistles and he still struggled daily with sin.
I hope this makes sense
thanks
Mike W