In the New Covenant, God reveals the Holy Spirit to us. In doing so, he reveals a happiness to us that is superlative such that we can obey Him from our desires, not mere willpower.
Willpower can only get us so far, since the point of it is suppression. I push through my negative emotions and do, or do not do, something. Yet, we were given a desire to be perfectly happy by God Himself. This desire was meant to be fulfilled, not suppressed. Religion that only provides a list of prohibitions, "thou shalt nots" will never win over the whole man. Man must be won over in his heart, at the core of his desires.
When our hearts are open to receiving the Spirit and recognize definitive happiness in our communion with the Holy Trinity, we are delivered from the worst kind of bondage. As Christians we should rejoice as did the Israelites of old when God parted the Red Sea. In revealing Himself, and whetting our appetites for Himself, God delivers us from sin at its root: corrupted desires.
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