At Sept. 5, 2026, 8:52 p.m. Real_The_Founder said: Well, I do believe that God allows trials and tests to happen for a good reason. That's number one, and it has gotten me out of many cycles of sin in the past, so praise be to God! Now, whenever I find myself in a cycle of sin, I genuinely repent of it. I don't put up an act or a show up to God, because God knows the condition of my heart. I do truly and genuinely repent and change my mind, so that I firmly resolve to not sin in that way anymore by the Grace and Power of God. This is what I do whenever I'm in a cycle of sin: I truly repent, and I ask God to make sure that I do not fall into that sin again. And yes, i must put the words of Christ into practice: "If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away." Now, God allows these tests and trials to happen in order to purify us, so that we will become absolutely consecrated to God alone. There's a really wonderful Saint, called Saint John the Longsuffering, and he's the premier example of how to get out of a cycle of sin, and I do believe that his life answers all of your questions really effectively. His story in a very short telling is this: ever since he was a youth, he has always struggled with fleshly lust. He tried to go without food, without drink, and he would be in chains in order to contain the lust, but none of it worked. He then went to a cave, a cave that held the Holy relics of Saint Anthony the Great, the father of Christian Monasticism, and under the Guidance of the Holy Spirit, and the Prayers of Saint Anthony, he did conquer his fleshly desire of lust, after a period of 30 whole years in this cave. It was really hard to not give into the temptations of lust during his time, which were not taken lightly, because these temptations that Saint John faced against were really powerful and enticing, but not as powerful as the power of Christ. He didn't leave the cave once. On the night before Easter during his last year of asceticism, an extremely powerful temptation from Satan himself attacked Saint John, and Saint John from the bottom of his heart cried out to God: “O Lord my God and my Savior! Why have You forsaken me? Have mercy upon me, only Lover of Mankind; deliver me from my foul iniquity, so that I am not trapped in the snares of the Evil one. Deliver me from the mouth of my enemy: send down a flash of lightning and drive it away.” And it was so; God sent a powerful flash of lighting down to destroy the evil one tempting him, and after 30 years of constant asceticism and constant temptation and constant cycles of sin and temptation, these were the words that were spoken to John from God: “I tried you according to the power of your endurance. I brought upon you temptation, so that you might be purified like gold. It is to the strong and powerful servants that a master assigns the heavy work, and the easy tasks to the infirm and to the weak." Saint John the Long Suffering's story teaches us many things: God allows these trials and cycles of sin to happen so you can be purified like gold, in choosing always to submit to God rather to the Worldly Prince; You must always and constantly practice repentance from sin and asceticism towards God, cutting off the things that tempt you, and if not possible, enduring it by the power of the Holy Spirit. It's an ever-present struggle towards righteousness, so you shouldn't worry about if it matters towards the end of your life, beginning, or middle portion; what counts is right now. And when you are tempted, three words from the Holy Spirit should come to your mind: Endure and Persevere.

At Sept. 5, 2026, 9 p.m. Real_The_Founder said: Now as of Christ commanding the adulterous woman to go and sin no more, he does mean go and sin no more. But of course, he knows our weaknesses and gravitation towards sin, so he will not abandon us in our journey to sin no more. There have been some known Saints who have gone prolonged periods of time without sinning once, all glory due to the Holy Spirit. The goal of course is to sin no more, because the result of unrepentant and habitual sin is indeed Hell. We will tackle with much temptation in this life, but temptations are not sin. They are roads to sin, and you are not to take that road. For the adulterous woman, go and sin no more for her means don't return to your sinful adulteries anymore, because you have already been delivered from sin. The same goes for us; once we have conquered our evil vices and temptations, like Saint John the Long Suffering, we are not to return back to our sins. So, you who have been delivered from your sins, go and sin no more, do not return to your sins, and stay united to God.

At Sept. 5, 2026, 9:09 p.m. Real_The_Founder said: So, in order to get out of your cycle of sin, you must 1) cut off what is tempting you to sin. A good example of this would be me on my computer right now. Obviously, me being on this website is very good, because this is a means of God bringing me closer to him, but of course there are temptations to go to websites that draw me away from God. I wouldn't cut off my computer, because then it would cut off my access to good Christian teaching on this website, but I would cut off my access to other websites. That's a good and effective practice of Christ's teaching. 2) Never go back to your old temptations and sins. If you successfully expel a demon from your life, but do not have the Holy Spirit with you and protecting you, that demon is going to come back with friends and torment you even more with even more sin. So don't go back to your sins, and make sure that you, being in the present, have the presence of the Holy Spirit with you. 3) if temptation strikes, you must always have the discipline to answer no, and you must always pray to the Holy Spirit to defend you. Remember that God always provides more allies than Satan can muster enemies, so stay connected to God, and he will defend you with angels and archangels, and his very presence as well. I hope the myriads of responses have helped, and if there's anything in need of clearer explanation, please reach out and tell me!

At Sept. 5, 2026, 9:46 p.m. Bleed_For_Love said: Thank you for taking time out of your day to respond to this question, and I’m sure it’s going to help me out a lot to overcome the temptations through the Power of God in the Spirit. Definitely gonna be praying for strength in this hard time. 🙏