Jesus said that if we hold to his teaching then we show that we are his disciples β and we will know the truth and the truth will set us free John As Christ-followers we can and should believe that all truth comes from God. So what does this mean for those us of in recovery from pornography, masturbation, affairs, sleeping with prostitutes, going to strip clubs, sex outside marriage, sex addiction, or the like?
Does it mean that if we slip we are not his disciples, that we are not really Christ-followers? Absolutely not!
While we should not seek sin out because we have been saved by grace and grace alone Ephesians ; Romans , we are no less a son of the sovereign Lord because we slip, mess up, fall into or jump into the ditch. Condemnation is a lie of Satan and performance-based religion. The truth is that Jesus has set us free and we are no longer slaves to sin John So we are now in a relationship with the very God of the universe, and nothing we do can remove us from the hand of God.
First, recovery is relational. To recover, I must maintain a conscious relationship with the Triune God loving God and asking his forgiveness, spending time with him daily , a healthy relationship with myself loving and forgiving myself continually and honest relationships with others my support community, Samson brothers, accountability partners, spouse, children, friends.
All of these relationships are crucial. Second, recovery is hard freaking work. It is a lifelong effort, not a one-and-done kind of thing. I used to believe that if I said the right prayer, read the right book, implemented the right principles, listened to the right podcasts, attended the right intensive, had the right accountability software on my devices, then I could free myself forever.
