Reading: Lesson 12 - What’s the solution for sin?

Among those shadowy brides he is always adored, always the perfect lover; no demand is made on his unselfishness, no mortification ever imposed on his vanity. In the end, they become merely the medium through which he increasingly adores himself. . . . After all, almost the main work of life is to come out of our selves, out of the little dark prison we are all born in. Masturbation is to be avoided as all things are to be avoided which retard this process. The danger is that of coming to love the prison.”

Personal Letter From C. S. Lewis to Keith Masson (found in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 3)

What’s the solution for sin? 

Not behavior modification but heart transformation

Conversion: faith and repentance

Not repression but crucifixion

The ongoing need for the gospel

Sanctification: empowering grace of the Spirit

The fruit of the Spirit

Means of grace

Chastity

Integrity of the person: myself & others

Apprenticeship in self-mastery  training in human freedom

A long & difficult work

A cultural effort