Focus
Verse: 1 John 3:8 “He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has
sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was
manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”
There’s
a saying that goes like this, “there are two certainties in life, death
and taxes.” Let’s add another one, sin. The Bible even says that we
all sin. 1 John 1:8 “If
we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living
in the truth.” This verse doesn’t give us an excuse to go out and
commit sin.
I
believe the Bible teaches that once you have humbled yourself to repent
of sin, believe God's Son Jesus was the sacrifice to pay the price for
our sin and accept Christ to lead your life and are saved, then there is
enough grace to cover you so you cannot lose your salvation. Does that
mean you can go out and live anyway you want? No! That desire denies
your heart for God. If you are living in a pattern of continual sin,
then you don’t understand what Jesus did for you on the cross. When you
come to Christ for salvation, justification takes place. Justified
means that God sees me “just as if I had never sinned". When you come
to Christ for salvation there will be a change in your heart which will
change your life choices.
Someone
who continues to sin WITHOUT being sorry for that sin is not in danger
of loosing their salvation, but they may have never been saved to begin
with. Even as Christians, none of us are perfect, but we should have a
pattern of doing what is right and not what is wrong. A beliver has a
pattern that brings internal conviction, repent and seek holy living.
God has justified the saved believer, so there should not be a continual
unrepentant habit of sin in our lives.
Bobby Johnson
Interlocking Ministries
For more: "All of us have weaknesses and can fall into sin, even if we don’t want
to. Even the apostle Paul did what he didn’t want to do because of the
sin at work in his body (Romans 7:15). Like Paul, the response of the believer is to hate the sin, repent of it and ask for divine grace to overcome it (Romans 7:24-25).
Although we need not fall because of God’s sufficient grace, sometimes
we do because we rely upon our insufficient strength. When our faith
grows weak and, like Peter, we deny our Lord in word or in life, even
then there is still a chance to repent and be forgiven of our sin."
From Got Questions at https://www.gotquestions.org/forgive-same-sin.html
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