QUOTE FROM THE POST: YOU ARE A SLAVE TO EVERYTHING YOU CANNOT GIVE UP.

Idolatry, addiction and victimism = SIN 👍🏻

Sin is often camouflaged as a disease, this is the case with those who are trapped in drug addiction, who are trapped in gambling addiction and also in an alcoholic life. A large part of this group prefers to say that they are sick and they really are, but their illness is not just in their physical and mental conditions but in their soul.

In the epistle of Romans 1 we observe that man gives himself over to his carnal desires and idols and by his very nature follows his passions.

We know that when man is given over to his passions, he lives imprisoned and dominated by addiction, as he has surrendered to his idols, is directly enslaved and has no control over his impulses and attitudes. He often experiences false peace and joy!

Man, for his sin and his rebellion against God, makes excuses for his attitudes, blaming everything and everyone for his situation, being unable to see that he got where he is on his own. When our addictions become uncontrollable, we baptize them and call them a disease, so we can accept our often lame excuses.

We know that other people's actions can influence us in a certain way towards sin, but it is still our decision whether or not to accept this lifestyle. We will not be considered innocent for claiming to be influenced by other people. We will be held guilty!

This does not mean that God does not take into account the traumas and tragedies of our lives when judging our actions. But if we do not recognize our ultimate responsibility, and there is no true repentance, there can be no deliverance from the bondage of our sins and thus we cannot live a healthy life.

The final answer to the sin of idolatry is to confess our guilt, surrender to Christ as channels of his righteous life, and walk by the power of his Spirit (see Gal. 2:20). If necessary, go to a psychologist and psychiatrist to help in the fight against addictions, but first and foremost seek God and ask forgiveness for our actions.

We need to turn to God first instead of turning to men. We need to abandon the “victim” label and repent before God for the choices we made that ended in ‘Addictions’ or ‘diseases’. This is the only thing that will set us free.

- Constantine 🔥🚨🚒🚑