"[T]he mind is the watchman of the soul, commanded to judge and determine whether something is good and pleasing to God, so the affections can long for it and the will can choose it. If the mind fails to identify a sin as evil, wicked, vile, and bitter, the affections will not be safe from clinging to it, nor the will from giving consent. This is one side of the castle wall, the first line of defense: to keep in mind that every sin is a forsaking of God (Jeremiah 2:19), to never forget the polluting, corrupting, defiling power of sin - to be shaken to the core by how much God loathes sin."
- Kris Lundgaard
The Enemy Within: Straight Talk about the Power and Defeat of Sin, (P&R: 1998), p. 63
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