{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Be Ye Transformed","title":"How Do I Avoid Sinning? The Answer Is in the Question","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/5e6cf22d\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":573,"description":"What’s the best way to avoid sinning?\nMy short answer is built into the question: avoid it.\nThat sounds almost too obvious, but it changes the focus. Instead of relying only on willpower in the moment, I can look at what keeps putting me in that moment, and change it.\nI can cut off contact with a person or situation that repeatedly leads me toward wrongdoing. I can change my environment. I can give up something I like if it’s becoming a path to sin.\nAnd that's the practical lesson I draw from Jesus' words in Matthew 18:6–9.\nOf course, not every temptation can be removed. When I can’t avoid it, I still have to resist it; and that can be harder. But I believe God can give us the grace and strength to say no.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/LGqZeblIgQyCuDXIefmcivebZZRkTwAlkZMglK4pJJo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80YzI1/ODI2OTY1YWEyOGIw/OTczMmQ3M2Y5YmY1/YTMyMy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}