Reference: I John 3:8-10
Are you aware of the fact my friend thatyou are going to have to stand before the judgement seat of Christ and bejudged according to the deeds you have done in your body while you lived onthis earth? You will either hear the words to depart from me you worker ofiniquity or hear the wonderful words telling you to enter into the joys of theLord. Are you the type of person that fails to give a second thought about youreternal destination? I want you to know friend, that you can be completelyassured in this life just exactly where you stand in the eyes of Almighty God.Will you read this article and allow it to reveal your position as God sees youso that you will know how you stand? If you will do this you may see yourselfas you really are and find out that you are not what you may have thought youwere. Wouldn't you rather find out where you stand in this life instead offinding out on the last day when it will be too late to do anything about it?If you will allow the word of God to be true and place your faith only in it,then you are the type of person that can and will come to the knowledge of thetruth that will set you free. What do you think of the scriptures that iswritten as the text at the beginning of this article? Can you read them and sayamen to them or are you like thousands of others that will absolutely not agreewith what is said because of the fact that they yet commit sin in their lives?
Please read verse nine of I John chapter three to see if your Bible says that a born again child of Goddoes not and cannot commit sin. I know for a fact that the King Jamesversion of the Bible very plainly says this. Do you go along with this versionof the Bible or do you, like many others, blaspheme this version of God's word?If you accept the King James version of God's word then you must accept thefact that according to God's own word, he tells us that he cannot lie.Do you accept this as truth of God and his word? If you do then you must acceptthe fact that a true born again child of God does not live in and commit sin.Now will you examine yourself under the light of the scriptures about the sinquestion and allow God and his word to be true and find out just exactly whereyou stand with God? Can you truthfully say that you are free from sin's powerand you no longer continue to live therein? Now look at the tenth verse of ourtext where it tells us that whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God.This verse tells us that the children of God and the children of the devil aredistinguished by the fact about whether or not we commit sin. According to thiswe are proven to be of God if we do not live in and commit sin and proven to beof the devil if we live in and commit sin. Are you the type of person that maysay you commit sin but do not live in it? If you do not live in sin why then doyou or should you even commit a sin? Are you the type of person that givesglory to God by not degrading his power or are you the type that gives glory toSatan by denying the power of God? Did you know that you are a denier of thepower of God if you say that nobody can live without sin in their life? Are youaware of the fact that a true born again child of God is a person that Christlives in and is manifested through? If Christ is our life like the word of Godvery much so says that he is, why then do you say that sin yet reigns in ourlives in some respects? Is Christ a sinner? Is Christ a minister of sin? Theword of God tells us in Colossians 3:3 that we are dead and our life is hid with Christ inGod... If your old life is dead why thendoes he come back to life and take an active part through you? Do you thinkPaul told a lie when he said that he was crucified with Christ, butnevertheless he lived, yet it was not him, but rather it was Christ living inand through him? (read Galatians2:20) If your life is crucified withChrist how does he resurrect once in a while and manifest himself? I am surethat you are the type of person that is following a false teacher that issaying and teaching that the child of God yet has the carnal nature along withthe divine nature. Now friend how can this be? Please allow me to inform youthat this doctrine originated apart from the Bible, because the word of Godclearly points out that he carnal nature of man has been crucified with Christ.The word of God plainly tells us that sin shall not have dominion over us,because we are not under the law, but rather we are under grace. If sin hasdominion yet over you then it's simply because of the fact that you are underthe condemnation of the law. How can you actually believe that God can do allthings by his power and with the same breath say that nobody can live without sinin their life? Does your Bible say that Christ is going to present to himself aglorious church without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it shouldbe holy and without blemish? The King James version states this in Ephesians 5:25-27.The church that Christ will present to himself is a body of believers that hasprepared themselves through obedience to the revealed truth that the gospelcontains. Jesus said that the truth will make you free. If you are not free myfriend, what alternative can you have other than saying that you do not havenor know the truth. If you do not have truth then you do not have Christ,because Christ is the way, the truth, and the life. Jesustells us that if the Son shall make you free then you shall be freeindeed. How can we be free from sin if we yet commit acts of sin? Since theword of God very plainly states that whosoever is born of God does not commitsin nor can commit sin, then can you see that if you do commit sin then it's anevident fact that you have not been born again of the water and the Spirit? Iam not saying that you are not a repentant believer striving to please God, butI will say that you have not been born of God if sin has power over you yet.The main reason why people are not free from the power of sin is because theyare following false doctrines that deny the power of God. I believe that manysincere people desire to obey and to please the Heavenly Father, but theycannot as long as they stay in the denominational organization that they areaffiliated with. I realize also that many people are not willing to come up totruth and obey it simply because they love darkness more than light. If youstill commit sin in your life then it's either because you are not born againhaving come to the knowledge of the truth, or else you are not wanting to admityour error and you don't want to accept the true way of salvation that God hasprovided for us. Don't you know my friend that Almighty God is more than ableto do above what we may think or believe? Did you know that living thechristian life is as easy as living a sinful life? This is because Christ Jesuslives our lives for us. Does not the scriptures back up this statement myfriend? If you don't think so, then please go to II Corinthians 4:10-11; Colossians 3:3-4; and Romans 6:6, 11, 12,14, 18....