You Can Sin Just As Much As You Want To
Perhaps you were shocked a bit by the title. What do I mean by that?
Paul said in his first letter to the Christians at Corinth,
“Everything is permissible”—but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible”—but not everything is constructive. I Cor. 10:23 (NIV)
Because you have a Savior Who died for all your sin—even the ones you are going to commit—all things are permissible to you. The sin you commit after you accept Christ’s atonement is not held against you because Christ took all your sin upon His body 2000 years ago. This is part of the grace that God extends toward you when you accept Christ.
What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? Rom. 6:1 (NIV)
Of course not, Paul says, and so do you, I’ll guess. As you begin to mature and you begin to meditate on just what Christ did for you on the cross, your desire to sin will lessen. You will draw closer to Him and the tendency to sin will decrease.
And this is how we may discern [daily, by experience] that we are coming to know Him [to perceive, recognize, understand, and become better acquainted with Him]: if we keep (bear in mind, observe, practice) His teachings (precepts, commandments). I John 2:3 (Amplified)
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. Gal. 6:16 (KJV)
When you’re a Christian, you can sin just as much as you want to…but you’ll want to less and less as you draw closer to Him.
(This is my post from last week at Faith Lifts.)
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