Remembering that the Bible is written by the Holy Spirit by the hand of human beings who are filled with the Spirit, and is to be read with understanding given by the Holy Spirit and in no other way, we must know that the war that we are in, is not against flesh and blood, but against the powers of this dark world.

Therefore, in our growing into maturity, into perfection in our Christian life, if we harbour or retain or cling to anything of our past life, anything that has led us into evil in our past, then we are in danger of returning to that life. Therefore in our baptism, we leave behind all spiritual opposition to our life in Christ and are raised into a new life in Christ. Behold! I am a new creation. No more in condemnation. Here in the grace of God I stand.

When we are baptised into Christ, we leave what was behind and run th ...