Sin is around us and in us so often that we become desensitized to it. Let us fight to do away with the sin within us, and care deeply about the sins we see within ourselves.
"Resolved, whenever I do any conspicuously evil action, to trace it back till I come to the original cause; and then both carefully endeavor to do so no more, and to fight and pray with all my might against the original of it."
There is a root cause to every sin, and Edwards wanted to find that root! Can you trace your sins back to the original cause?
"Resolved, to examine carefully and constantly what that one thing in me is that causes me in the least to doubt the love of God; and so direct all my forces against it."
If we are not waging war against our doubts than they will fester and grow until our doubts are so great that we wonder if it is even worth being a Christian. Doubts are not bad, unless they go untouched. Doubts are there so we can wrestle them and grow from them, not so they can isolate us from our faith.
"Resolved, to inquire every night, as I am going to bed, wherein I have been negligent, what sin I have committed, and wherein I have denied myself; also to inquire so at the end of every week, month, and year"
Care deeply about your sin, for sin separates us from God. Find a specific time where you will examine your life and how you have fallen short of God's commands. If it isn't' scheduled, it probably won't happen often.
"Resolved, constantly and diligently, to be looking into the state of my soul, that I may know whether I have truly an interest in Christ or not."
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