ARE WE SAVED FROM SIN OR SAVED IN SIN (TO CONTINUE TO SIN)?
Let's start with God's definition of sin...
WHAT IS SIN?
ROMANS 7:7 [7], What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. No, I HAD NOT KNOWN SIN BUT BY THE LAW: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, YOU SHALL NOT COVET.
ROMANS 3:20 [20], Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: FOR BY THE LAW IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN.
1 JOHN 3:4 [4], Whoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for
SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW.
JAMES 2:10-11 [10], For whoever shall keep the whole law, and YET OFFEND IN ONE POINT, HE IS GUILTY OF ALL. [11], FOR HE THAT SAID DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY ALSO SAID, DO NOT KILL. NOW IF YOU COMMIT NO ADULTERY YET IF YOU KILL, YOU ARE BECOME A TRANSGRESSOR OF THE LAW.
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CONCLUSION: SIN defined in God's WORD is breaking anyone of God's 10 commandments. We are also told that whatsoever is not of faith is sin *ROMANS 14:23. Unbelief or not believing and following God's WORD is sin when we know what God requires of us and we reject God's WORD *ACTS 17:30-31; JAMES 4:17
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THOSE WHO FOLLOW GOD DO NOT PRACTICE SIN
1 JOHN 3:4 [4], Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW.
JOHN 8:34 [34], Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, WHOSOEVER COMMITS SIN IS A SERVANT OF SIN.
Jesus wants to make you free from sin [BREAKING GODS LAW]...
JOHN 8:36 [36], IF THE SON OF MAN SHALL MAKE YOU FREE YOU SHALL BE FREE INDEED.
1 JOHN 3:6 [6], Whosoaver abides in him SINS NOT; WHOSOEVER SINS HAS NEITHER SEEN HIM OR KNOWS HIM.
1 JOHN 2:4 [4], HE THAT SAYS I KNOW HIM AND KEEP NOT HIS COMMANDMENTS IS A LIAR AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM.
1 JOHN 3:7 [7], Little children, let no man deceive you: HE THAT DOES RIGHTOEUSNESS IS RIGHTEOUS, EVEN HAS HE IS RIGHTOUES.
PSALMS 119:172 [172], My tongue shall speak of your word: for ALL YOUR COMMANDMENTRS ARE RIGHTOUESNESS.
1 JOHN 3:8-10 [8], HE THAT COMMITS SIN IS OF THE DEVIL; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.[9], WHOSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD DOES NOT COMMIT SIN; for his nature remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. [10], IN THIS THE CHILDREN OF GOD ARE MANIFEST AND THE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL:whosoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother.
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CONCLUSION: I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ it is the POWER of God to everyone who BELIEVES. We are all sinners in need of a Saviour. JESUS came to save us from our sins not to continue in them. All those who continue in KNOWN UNREPENTANT sin will not enter into the KINGDOM of HEAVEN because those doing so reject the gift of God's dear son *ROMANS 6:23.
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HOW DO WE KNOW IF WE ARE IN THE FAITH OR NOT?
We are told in God's WORD to examine ourselves to see if we are truly following God or not..
2 CORINTHIANS 13:5 [5], EXAMINE YOURSELVES, WHETHER YOU BE IN THE FAITH; PROVE YOUR OWN SELVES. Know you not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except you be reprobates?
Why?
1 TIMOTHY 4:1 [1], NOW THE SPIRIT SPEAKS EXPRESSLY THAT IN THE LATTER TIMES SOME SHALL DEPART FROM THE FAITH, GIVING HEED TO SEDUCING SPIRITS AND DOCTRINES OF DEVILS.
MATTHEW 7:22-23 [22], Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name? and in your name have cast out devils? and in your name done many wonderful works? [23], And THEN I WILL PROFESS TO THEM, I NEVER KNEW YOU, DEPART FROM ME YOU WHO WORK INIQUITY (SIN-Break God's Commandments).
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HOW DO WE EXAMINE OURSELVES TO SEE IF WE ARE TRULY FOLLOWING GOD OR NOT?
God's WORD tells us...
JOHN 3:19-21 [19], And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. [20], For every one that does evil hates the light, neither comes to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. [21], But HE THAT DOES TRUTH COMES TO THE LIGHT, THAT HIS DEEDS MAY BE MADE MANIFEST THAT THEY ARE WORKED IN GOD.
JOHN 12:46 [46], I AM COME A LIGHT INTO THE WORLD, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVES ON ME SHOULD NOT ABIDE IN DARKNESS.
JESUS is the LIGHT of the WORLD. JESUS is the WORD of God *JOHN 1:1-3;14..
PSALMS 119:105 [105], YOUR
WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH.
PROVERBS 6:23
FOR THE COMMANDMENT IS A LAMP AND THE LAW IS LIGHT; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life.
Sin puts out our lamp and light...
PROVERBS 13:9 [9] The light of the righteous rejoiceth; BUT THE LAMP OF THE WICKED SHALL BE PUT OUT.
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CONCLUSION: So it is to the Word of God we must come to examine ourselves to see if we are in the faith. Not believing and not following God's WORD shows us that we are not in the faith. Breaking any one of God's Commandments shows us that we are not in the faith and that our lamp and light has gone out (we have departed from the faith)
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HOW DO WE KNOW IF WE KNOW GOD?
1 JOHN 3:3-4 [3], AND HEREBY WE KNOW THAT WE KNOW HIM, IF WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. [4],
HE THAT SAYS I KNOW HIM AND KEEPS NOT HIS COMMANDMENTS IS A LIAR AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM.
1 JOHN 3:3-10
[3], And every man that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
[4],
WHOEVER COMMITS SIN TRANSGRESSES ALSO THE LAW; FOR SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW .
[5], And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
[6],
WHOEVER ABIDES IN HIM SINS NOT; WHOEVER SINS HAS NOT SEEN HIM OR KNOWS HIM.
[7],
LITTLE CHILDREN LET NO MAN DECEIVE YOU: he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
[8],
HE THAT COMMITS SIN IS OF THE DEVIL; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
[9],
WHOEVER IS BORN OF GOD DOES NOT COMMIT SIN; FOR HIS SEED REMAINS IN HIM AND HE CANNOT SIN BECAUSE HE IS BORN OF GOD.
[10],
IN THIS THE CHILDREN OF GOD ARE MANIFEXT AND THE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL: whoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother.
The difference between the children of God and the children of the devil is sin. The Children of God or God's people do not practice sin (breaking any one of God's 10 commandments). Through faith and the operation of God in them they believe and follow God's WORD and walk in God's Spirit *GALATIONS 5:16; ROMANS 8:1-4; PHILIPPIANS 2:13
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WHO ARE GOD'S PEOPLE?
REVELATION 12:17, And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which
keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ
REVELATION 14:12,
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that
keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
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WHO ARE THOSE THAT RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE?
REVELATION 22:14, Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
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WHO HAS GOD'S SPIRIT?
ACTS 5:32, And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the
Holy Spirit,
WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN TO THEM WHO OBEY HIM.
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CONCLUSION: SIN is KNOWINGLY breaking of any one ANY ONE of God's 10 Commandments (
JAMES 2:9-11;
ROMANS 7:7;
1 JOHN 3:4). Those who CONTINUE in KNOWN UNREPENTANT SIN will NOT enter into the KINGDOM of HEAVEN because they count the blood of the covenant and unholy thing and reject the gift of God’s dear son crucifying the son of God afresh *HEBREWS 10:26-31; HEBREWS 6:4-8; ROMANS 6:23.
Hope this is helpful...
What are your thoughts? Is the gospel the POWER of God unto salvation from SIN to everyone who BELIEVES? I cannot see anywhere in God's WORD that JESUS came to save us in sin, to continue in it. Those who teach this are teaching another gospel and only have a form of Godliness denying God's power to save them from their sins. (Scripture please)
May God bless you as you seek him through his Word.