Sinning religion is eager to tell us that Christians cannot obey and please God. (Of course, the Bible says we can obey and please God).
BUT EVEN WEIRDER, sinning religion is eager to tell us that we can, we will, we must disobey God and that we will displease Him. (Of course, such an indictment is against God and His saving grace rather than against believers, because believers would like to obey and please God, but according to sinning religion, God does not enable us to live in victory over sin.)
Instead of rejoicing in the grace of God that saves us and cleanses us from all sin, and makes us more than conquerors, and leads us in triumph, and gives us victory over sin and worldliness, sinning religionists celebrate the supposed enslavement of Christians to sin.
I am not a, "Name It/Claim It" person, but it is possible to talk yourself out of victory and talk yourself into defeat, for out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. Just as faith comes by hearing the truth of God, so also disbelief comes by hearing and believing falsehood. God tells us to speak to ourselves with truth. Truth builds us up, but falsehood, defeatist testimony and proclamation, tears us down and victimizes us.
1 Corinthians 13:6
6 (love) Rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
