If we are to truly enter the Christlike, mature Christian life, we must face the battle with sin with zeal, opposite to that of the Israelites’ slothfulness with eradicating the Canaanites. We must identify sin, give it nothing to feed on, give it no opportunities to tempt us, flee from temptation, and follow after righteousness.

If we are to truly enter the Christlike, mature Christian life, we must face the battle with sin with zeal, opposite to that of the Israelites’ slothfulness with eradicating the Canaanites. We must identify sin, give it nothing to feed on, give it no opportunities to tempt us, flee from temptation, and follow after righteousness.