As Christians, we are never without hope, and we are never able to do what we want to do. So when we talk about struggling with sin, we are discussing this with an all-wise God. We are never under condemnation or under the law as our schoolmaster. God brings us through trials for the purpose of declaring that in spite of our stumbling around, He has His purposes in using our weakness and sin in the working out of His will.We are always forgiven before we commit the sin again, and we are always accepted with that sin. However, if we condemn ourselves, then we are not fully aware of God's work in our personal sin to cover the full effects of its grief in us. The only problem we have with the reality in our struggle is that we have not fully brought it to a forgiving God who has done the work and said it is finished. So His call in us is within the paradigm that we will never get to a place where we feel as if we do not struggle with sin or we do not have the potential of falling into the same sin that we repented.Our relational circumstances are taken care of in the cross, so that we can claim the victory over our attitude and the other persons reaction to our sin, as if we are free from the obligations of others reactions. We are in a state of no condemnation. He will kill the sin in us by His grace alone, through the work of Christ alone, and in the hope and glory of His willing it to be so through us. This means that we can have assurance that our relationship with God is not based on our performance, but on His grace alone.If we try to come up with our own ways of determining things, it indicates a lack of faith in what God has planned. Our own strength is insufficient; God knows we are weak. We may think we are able to do something, but God knows we are not. We may think we can gain God's acceptance by doing something, but God knows that Christ's work was all that was required for us to be accepted. Our problem is not that we struggle with sin, but that we don't understand the terrible predicament we're in as sinners. We don't understand the weight of grief we carry as a result of sinning, and we don't understand the incomprehensibly mercy of God's forgiveness and always abiding love.We are constantly experiencing a mixture of joy and grief that is difficult to describe. However, it is not our confession or the act of confessing that brings us salvation or righteous living, but only through Christ. We need to always look to Him for guidance and understanding, since He loves us and sometimes we do not feel loved enough to break free from the guilt that Satan has over us. So we need to feel loved or we will fall right back into that emotional grip of guilt after satisfying our own need for atonement.