This to me is what many people looking to Christ have not been told in the churches.
I have spoken to Christians today who tell me that sin is unavoidable because we are in this flesh, that it's impossible to live free from.
Everything the Holy Spirit has taught me in scripture and done in my life is opposite of the above comments. I do not know what people are teaching today around the world, but i know that i will be judged based on what i know and what i tell people. And if i speak not in love and meekness than i have accomplished nothing. All of this is in love and for someone who believes on Jesus Christ but can not seem to break free from sin. This was my life for 20 years, but now its time to voice the truth, and the truth is GOD's word.
1 John 3:8-9, says
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
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."
And the apostle John plainly tells us that those who are in Christ Jesus are born of GOD.
John 1:12-13
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of
God, even to them that believe on his name:
13
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the
will of man, but of God.
You are born of GOD if you believe on Jesus Christ according to
John 1:12-13 and filled with the Holy Spirit!(
John 7:38-39).
John says that if you are born of GOD you do not commit sin. How can this be?
By the power of the Holy Spirit to put to death the deeds of the flesh....
Romans 8:8 “So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Romans 8:13 " 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
The "power" in
John 1:12-13 is the Holy Ghost given by GOD to those that believe on the name of Jesus Christ and repent :
Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth
Before the Holy Spirit comes in we can not live holy nor free of sin because the power to break free from sin which worketh in our flesh is the Holy Ghost!
That is why in
Romans 7 Paul explained that before Christ he could never do the things he wanted, but his flesh had dominion over him, and his flesh always served sin, never GOD.
Romans 7:18
For I know that in me (
that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. 19For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 20Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
The very next chapter explains that Christ Jesus has not only redeemed us to GOD by His blood and paid the sacrifice for our sins washing us, but has given us a way to break free and truly live free from sin by the "promise & power to those that believe on Him as the scripture hath said" the Holy Spirit!
Romans 8:8 “So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Romans 8:13 " 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Very lastly before anyone gets the wrong idea, GOD is merciful unto us, and if any man sin, if you have the mind to repent GOD will forgive you in Christ Jesus.
1 John 2:1
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Finally if you are reading this, AND ALREADY BELIEVE ON JESUS CHRIST AS THE SCRIPTURES HATH SAID and know you are living in sin, and have the question whether you have been filled with the Holy Spirit,
do this
1. Repent again and ask GOD to fill you. (repent=you have godly sorrow and truly want to never commit sin again if only you had the power.(the Holy Ghost)..)
OR
2. Ask GOD to confirm His presence in you. ( i spoke in tongues and felt the Holy Ghost come in, it was a real spiritual experience.)
How to be filled?
1. Believe on Jesus as the scripture hath said.
2. Repent of all your sins and ask for forgiveness, (truly repent)
3. Ask the Father to fill you in Jesus name!
(supporting scripture)
John 7:38-39
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
Luke 11:13
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall
your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Acts 2:38
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
You must believe on the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost and fully believe the gospel of Jesus Christ as the scriptures hath said and repent.
Also, give up anything in your life you are putting before GOD, that can keep you from being filled. (personal testimony of a brother in my church who idolized/loved his car way too much, and was forced to sell it for financial reasons, and after was filled with the Holy Ghost and confirmed by speaking in tongues.)
(p.s. Paul told the Jews in Acts chapter 2 to be baptized only in Jesus name because they were Jews and knew who the one true GOD was and already believed in the trinity, they only had a problem believing on Jesus Christ. But for Gentiles, we were without GOD in the world and needed to believe on all three of the trinity, since we had no idea who the one true GOD was and is, don't be confused as to why Jesus told the apostles to baptize in the name of the Father, The son and the Holy Ghost in
Matthew 28:19 , this was for all nations who knew not GOD yet, the Jews already believed on the true and living GOD. Some had an issue believing on Jesus Christ at that time.)