Do you think of some sins as being typical of men and others as being typical of women? There may be a basis for these stereotypes, but this is not a helpful line of reasoning. The vast majority of the Bible is not gender specific, and the same rules apply for all. Even lust isn’t exclusively male. The Biblical method for applying the rules is to examine yourself and judge yourself. To look outward to others and make evaluations and generalizations is not helpful for your spiritual growth and generates strife and contention. Assume that everything applies to you, judge yourself that you would not be judged, and extend grace and mercy to others. 

Do you think of reincarnation as a Hindu concept? The term implies death and rebirth in a physical sense. You reject this as being contrary to the Bible and rightly so. Yet the Bible is full of imagery of death and rebirth in a spiritual sense. You are called to lay down your life and pick up your cross and follow me. You are taught to be a living sacrifice and that a grain of wheat must die to bring forth fruit. Baptism is a symbol of death, burial and resurrection. Paul affirmed these concepts when he said that he died daily, but he understood that the death he experienced brought forth life in others. Do you understand this? How are these concepts working in your own life? 

Everyone has an image of themselves. What is the basis for yours? What do you identify with? Do you think that the more things your identity is attached to the better, because it gives you a richer life? There is a downside to this. Your emotional attachments make you vulnerable to manipulation and control from outside influences, and your well-being is a product of things external to you, making you unstable like a double-minded man tossed about by the waves. Your identity should be more stable than that. You can enjoy all these things, but be selective in your emotional investments and choose them wisely. 

Are you able to carry out everything you intend? Most people will acknowledge that they fall short of implementing everything they want to do. I said that the spirit was willing but the flesh was weak. Paul the apostle said that the good that he would do he did not. Yet have you known a few people with an ‘iron will’ who were able to do what they intended? But what sort of person were they? Were they achieving love and righteousness by strength of will? Were they pleasant company? Don’t you find people with an iron will to be difficult, selfish, and stubborn? The stronger your will is more it can take you places you don’t want to go. You enter the Kingdom of God by surrender.