Achieving Victory Over Sin Through Christ's Indwelling Presence

Yes, it is entirely possible to live a sinless life of victory because Christ lived a perfect life in our humanity to demonstrate that humanity combined with divinity does not commit sinTe 107.1+2. This experience is not achieved through human effort or legalistic striving but through the indwelling of the Spirit of Christ, which is the very life of Christ in the soul12MR 261.1+1. When we make an entire surrender and the truth occupies the citadel of the soul, we are crucified with Christ and He literally lives His life through us Galatians 2:20RH October 9, 1894, par. 14. By partaking of the divine nature, we are given the strength and virtue to overcome every tendency to evil and escape the corruption that is in the world 2 Peter 1:41SAT 399.2+1. This transformation of character is the testimony the world needs to see, proving that the redeeming power of grace can work upon faulty human nature until it is made complete in Him6T 43.1+2. We must individually strive for the mastery over every sin, trusting that the weakest soul, aided by divine grace, can be more than an overcomer through an abiding SaviourTR 23.1+2.

...me. Christ came to make us “partakers of the divine nature,” and His life declares that humanity, combined with divinity, does not commit sin— Te 107.1 (1949)

...ay, “I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.&rdquo— RH October 9, 1894, par. 14 (1851)

..., we shall give evidence that we have wholly received Him who in His humanity lived a sinless life. In the strength of divinity we shall overcome every tendency to evil— 1SAT 399.2 (1990)

The influence of the Holy Spirit is the life of Christ in the soul. We do not see Christ and speak to Him, but His Holy Spirit is just as near us in one place as in a...— 12MR 261.1 (1990)

But it is God's purpose that man shall stand before him upright and noble; and God will not be defeated by Satan. He sent his Son to this world to bear the death ...— YI April 16, 1903, par. 2 (1852)

...ted, are to be conquered; besetting sins are to be abandoned; wrong feelings are to be purged away. Transformation of character is to be the testimony to the world of the indwelling love of Christ. When faith works by love and purifies the soul, a transformation will take place. No human being c...— 15LtMs, Ms 6, 1900, par. 37