I just realized after reading a part of Romans 6 that faith in Jesus Christ is the 13th step. If you follow 12-step philosophy about how to break addictions or strongholds, there is a phenomenon called the 13th step. When you reach the 13th step, you break your addictions to the point where you no longer identify yourself as a person who was addicted in the first place. You have a new life.
If you have believe you have been truly saved by Jesus Christ and you identify with the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ, then you have a new life and body. Faith in Jesus Christ gives you a new life as a person who never had the addictions and strongholds of your old life.
But this type of belief in Christ can only come to a person who believe that grace and faith in Christ has truly changed them. For some believers this will be an all-at-once process. For other believers, this change will take time. A part of our life will be changed, and another part will need to be changed. But if we have faith and trust in Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, then we know that we will be guided to change the parts of our life that have not been changed. It make a take a lifetime, but we know that we will have victory with God on our side.
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