Abstaining from Sin Even Christians still sin, but they do not remain in sin or keep on sinning as if nothing is wrong. I have heard many who have confessed to be Christians live in ways that are contrary to the ways of God but they state they are “carnal Christians.’ I can not help but be concerned for their salvation. John stated a very serious warning to those who think they are saved but feel no conviction of continuing in sin because that is not the description of a born again believer. First John 3:6-10 says, “No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him. Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother”. Also John writes, “Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us” (1 John 3:24).
Posted on: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 16:30:12 +0000
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