Monday, November 17, 2014

Christians Are Not Perfect; Just Saved By Grace

                                          1 John 3:9
                "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit
                    sin; for his seed remaineth in him, and he
                      cannot sin, because he is born of God"

        A child of God cannot (should not) sin as he did before his new birth in Jesus Christ, and as others do who have not been born again into the new life of Jesus Christ.  John is not speaking here of a state of perfection in which it is impossible for a Christian to ever sin; but he is stressing the fact that a Christian cannot keep on practicing sin; because there is a light in his mind, which shows him the evil of sin.
        There is the love of God in one's heart which makes him hate sin.  There is the spiritual principle that opposes sinful acts.  And there is repentance for sin, if committed.  However it goes against him to sin with forethought.  A child of God and a child of the devil have their distinct characters.  The seed of the devil are know by the neglect of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and they hate Christians.  And Christians are righteous before God, as a justified believer through faith in Jesus Christ. 
         A man cannot act like the devil, and at the same time be a disciple of Jesus Christ.  Let us not serve or indulge what the Son of God came to destroy.  To be born of God is to be inwardly renewed by the power of the Spirit of God.  Renewing grace is an abiding principle. Religion is not an art, or a matter of skill, but a new nature.
        Amen!!

Reading: (1 John 3:1-24

                                 May God Bless You
                                  And Your Families

                                                  Minister Robert A. Lail Sr
                                                  The Cross Life Ministry            

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