"Gospel transformation comes through pain,
struggle, suffering, and staring your ugly sin right in the face. The
trick is to stare it down with truth. Nobody sins because they want to
be deceived. We sin because we believe what sin offers is true. We
believe that being sexually aroused will bring us personal satisfaction
or being socially in the know will bring us meaningful acceptance. So,
we look at porn and gossip about others. If we really believed that porn
and gossip were based on lies that don’t satisfy, we wouldn’t
participate in them. Sin lies to us. We need to get in the habit of
talking back with the truth. Instead of expressing faith in the lies of
sin, we need to have faith in the truth of the gospel. "
Jonathan Dodson, Gospel-Centered Discipleship