In this message, Eric Ryan teaches that Christian transformation flows from our union with Christ, not from self-effort or moral resolve. Drawing from Romans 6 and 7, he names the common frustration believers feel when they desire obedience yet continue to struggle with sin. 
Ezekiel 36 provides the promise that God fulfills in Christ: a new heart, a new Spirit, and new desires. Because believers are united with Christ in his death and resurrection, sin no longer has dominion over them. Growth still requires discipline, but that discipline flows out of grace, not fear or earning. 
God’s purpose is not merely forgiveness, but transformation — shaping believers day by day into the likeness of Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit.