The Fog of War and the Law of Sin

Here’s some simple notes I took from my reading of Chapter 3 of the book When Sinners Say I Do, which is titled “The Fog Of War and the Law of Sin”. It’s a great reminder of a Christians call to battle, not with external forces but internal ones.  I think most Christians know these things, but most of us aren’t very mindful of them.

• The battle is within
  • Defeat sin, don’t let it break out of our hearts into our marriages
• The New birth doesn’t remove the battle, it just assures victory
• Sides in this war are not male/female or husband/wife or controller/enabler, it is flesh/spirit
• We have a “great opposition” within
• the greatest problem in my marriage? I am
• the law of sin
  • it feels natural, the way I am wired
• sin
  • crafty
    • feeling victimized by God
  • alluring
  • treachery
    • fog of war clears
    • bait-and-switch
    • Watson: sin “courts then kills”
• the battle is won by the cross of Christ
• Battle is won, we can have new joy, fresh delight in our spouse