“Curds and honey He shall eat,
that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good.”
Isaiah 7:15 

In a particular nation, two competing factions were fighting for control of the country. Eventually, with the help of an outside army, one faction won the war and assumed control of the nation’s government. But the loosing side did not stop fighting. They simply changed their tactics to guerrilla warfare and continued to fight. In fact, they were so successful that they country supplying the outside help could not withdraw its’ troops.

So it is with the Christian. Satan has been defeated and the reign of sin overthrown, bit our sinful natures resort to guerrilla warfare to lead us into sin. This results in the struggle between the spirit and our sinful natures. In what ways have you experienced this struggle?