God will not ask us to be what He has not engraced us to be because His commandments are not grivious, If God said ‘Be holy as I am holy’ it means we can be holy if we chose to – 1Pet. 1:15-16/ 1Jhn. 5:3
Interestingly, sanctification is not a gift but a choice, a choice with responsibility because Christ has condemned sin in the flesh and terminated the reign of sin at the cross –– Luk. 6:46-49/ Rom. 8:1-5/ Col. 2:11-15
However, we must recognize that sin is rooted in our thought life – Mak. 7:21-23
For instance, in the Garden of Eden, Eve saw that the fruit was good for food and pleasant to the eyes, a fruit to make one wise, She took of the fruit and ate it – Gen. 3:6
Note that all of the that led to the fall of man was processed in the mind – Jms. 1:13-15
This fall sent man out of the garden of Eden to the wilderness of struggles – Gen. 3:13-24
We must mind our thoughts because that is where our lifestyle is determined – Pro. 4:20-23
Satan haven lost all his power to Christ after resurrection, he is left with only subtilty, wiles and deception– 2Cor. 11:3 /2Cor. 2:11/ Rev. 12:7-9/

SIN HAS LOST HIS DOMINION OVER US