Thursday, June 4, 2009

If Im saved, its ok to continue sinning, God will forgive me, right??

This one wont be as easy as the ones before but I feel God is leading me to say these things, please continue reading....

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins He is faithful and righteous to forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Does This verse mean we have the right to continue in sin just because we know God can forgive us for it??
That's a big question. And for that lets look at what the bible says. because if your a christian then you believe the bible and will trust and do what it says. Here we go...

Romans 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? God Forbid! How shall we, that are dead to sin, continue in it any longer?

WOW! That's tough. It pretty much says it all. if we have accepted Christ's Grace then we should be dead to sin, which is just a fancy way of saying that we are no longer controlled by it, or wanting to get rid of it because it is wrong. Really we should HATE it because it only brings strife and frustration, and distance between you and God.

Here's another

V. 11-14 consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God. Therefore do not let sin reign in you mortal body so that you obey its lusts and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness

...pretty plain there also...

Another...
2 Cor 5:17 If anyone be in Christ he is a new creation, old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new!
Old things have passed away- If you have truly repented and turned from your sin to God and believed on Jesus for your salvation, then old things are gone. you no longer want the old things, you have a new perspective on the things you use to do, the view you had of sin is different, you see it now for what it is-evil against God!

Last thing-

The answer is yes, He will forgive-but only out of true repentance-if your continuing to sin with no guilt then maybe you should think about that...

Are you continuing to do sinful things without feeling bad about them?

Think about this for a moment- Could it be that you never TRULY repented and accepted Christ? Maybe you just did it because it felt good at the time, but you never really felt bad about your sins or you never gave it all to God. whatever it might have been, don't wait any longer- run to Him now! Confess your sins before God and ask for the forgiveness provided by Jesus Christ, turn from the sin, and ask God to become Lord of your life!!- That's all you have to do!

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