We have the mind of Christ.

1 Corinthians 2:16

We should have the same attitude towards sin as our Father God.

When God confronts sin in your life, it is not because He is against you, but He is for you. He wants to root out those things that are hindering and hurting you so that you are set free and healed. In this sense, when you truly appreciate what Christ has done for you on the cross by defeating sin on your behalf, you can fully appropriate Christ's victory to overcome every sinful temptation, habit and addiction.

We can recognise this certainty in all of the Apostle Paul's epistles to the believers. They faltered in their faith walk because they have forgotten who they are and to whom they belong. Spiritual amnesia explains the Corinthians' fleshy behaviour towards spiritual things; the Galatians' backslidden condition and the Colossians' pursuit of so-called higher knowledge. Somehow, they have lost the revelation of their fullness in Christ. Thus, they follow their own fleshly desires rather than trusting and obeying Christ. Paul had to reveal the simple gospel of Christ again to them so as to restore them to the truth and grace of Christ.

Knowing that you are saved and cleansed from every sin frees you from a sin-conscious mind to having the very mind of Christ. To have this mind of Christ is to learn to think and act like Jesus through His unlimited power working within you. This will transform your mindset and thought processes in how you define yourself and in how you deal with the problem of sin.

Since Christ won the war for us and His victory is complete, you do not respond to sin with a self-defeating attitude or behaviour. Rather, sin cannot dominate you because you are already dead to sin. Rather, keep walking in the truth of your identity and life in Christ and you will manifest the fullness of Christ in every area of your life.