Done With Sin!

[Christsfreeservant]

1 Peter 4:1-5 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

“1Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin. 2Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God. 3For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.​

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“4Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you. 5But they will have to give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.”​

Jesus’ Sacrifice for Our Sins

Jesus Christ, God in the flesh (God incarnate), the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – gave himself up for us on a cross to put our sins to death with him. He did this in order that we, by faith in him, will now deny self, die to sin, and walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, and no longer as slaves to sin, as a matter of life practice. But he didn’t stay dead. He rose from the dead in victory over sin, death, Satan, and hell, that we might walk in victory over sin and obey our Lord.

Our Confessions of Faith

So, if our confessions of faith in Jesus Christ are biblical, honest, and of God, and not of human flesh, then we should be those who do not, after having received Christ as Lord, then go on living in sin and in disobedience to God just like we did before we professed belief in Christ as Lord. That does not mean that we will be automatically perfect in every respect, but that we should not be those who continue living in sin in disobedience to our Lord as a matter of life practice. Our practice now is to die to sin and to obey God.

So, if you are someone who has made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ, but then you immediately kept on in deliberate and habitual sin against God, without change of heart, mind, and behavior, and if that is where you still are, then this message is for you. This is to let you know that you must deny self, die to sin, and follow the Lord in surrender to his will, in obedience to his commands, and no longer live as a slave to sin, or else you will not be saved from your sins, and you will not inherit eternal life with God.

They Heap Abuse on You

But, if you do follow the Lord in obedience to his commands, as a matter of life practice, and you go where he sends you, and you start living a holy life, pleasing to God, and so you have put sin to death in your life, by the Spirit, then you should begin to face opposition and the loss of friends, and perhaps even family members, who will chide and ridicule you for your faith and for deserting the life you were living before. And they may no longer want to hang out with you because it makes them uncomfortable to be with you.

But everyone will have to give an account to God one day when all stand before God on the day of judgment and we are all judged by our works. Many who call Jesus “Lord” will claim all that they did in the name of Jesus, but Jesus/God will say to them that he never knew them. Why? Because they did not obey him and his commands. They did not deny self and die to sin, but they continued in disobedience to God all the while they professed Christ as their Lord. So he will say, “depart from me, I never knew you.”

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Done With Sin!
An Original Work / July 15, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

To Be Like Him

Based off Scripture
An Original Work / March 16, 2014
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Crucified you are with Jesus.
To be like Him, oh, you’ll be,
Because He died at Calv’ry,
So from sin you’d be free.
Oh, what joy He brings into your life,
Giving life with Him endlessly.

Oh, what plans He has for your life.
Share the gospel faithfully.
Show the people He loves them.
Now His witness you’ll be.
Tell the world of sin about Jesus,
How He died for them on a tree.

Purifying hearts, He saves them,
Who believe on Christ, God’s Son.
Turning now from their idols,
New lives they have begun.
Jesus saves from sin; we’re forgiven.
Over sin, the vict’ry He won!

When He comes again to take us
To be with Him evermore,
There will be no more crying.
Gladness will be in store.
Heavens joys will now overtake us:
We’ll be with our Lord evermore.

 

[Aussie52]

The general attitude amongst modern day Christian that continual sinning is inevitable must be challenged. First John 3 is a rebuke to the sin loving Christian. It is my belief that a true Christian will have a desire, be it ever so small, to live a holy life. The absence of this desire for holiness is a sign of counterfeit conversion.

 

[Christsfreeservant]

The general attitude amongst modern day Christian that continual sinning is inevitable must be challenged. First John 3 is a rebuke to the sin loving Christian. It is my belief that a true Christian will have a desire, be it ever so small, to live a holy life. The absence of this desire for holiness is a sign of counterfeit conversion.

Yes, sadly that appears to be the case that modern day "Christianity" is allowing for continual sinning. Yes, this needs to be challenged. Yes, 1 John 1, 2, and 3 are a rebuke to the sin loving professer of faith in Jesus Christ. Thank you for sharing.