The speaker argues that resisting sin requires more than avoidance. Instead, cultivate a genuine desire for God's presence and the Holy Spirit's power. When you actively seek God's blessings, the Holy Spirit reshapes your inner desires and strengthens you against temptation.
Resist temptation, resist sin, resist tempting situations. Absolutely. But recognize that your greatest power against that wrongdoing is going to come in desiring the presence of the Holy Spirit, desiring the things that God has for you, looking to not just what he doesn't want you to do, but instead also looking to everything he has for you. Now this is a powerful truth because the Holy Holy Spirit is that force that fights against the nature of sin. He desires holiness through you. He desires holiness on your behalf. He does a work within your heart that bends your desires toward the will of God.
