The Christian walk is a daily walk. We are daily faced with temptations and have choices to make. But because of the work of God's Holy Spirit in our lives we are changed, our desires are for Him and not for self.
2 Corinthians 5:17
"This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
There is a difference between willful sin and sins of weakness.
“Dear friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have received knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice that will cover these sins.”
Hebrews 10:26 NLT
“All wicked actions are sin, but not every sin leads to death.”
1 John 5:17 NLT
“This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.”
Hebrews 4:15-16 NLT
“Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.”
Isaiah 53:4-5 NLT
Jesus paid for our sins with such agony and literally died to free us from the stronghold of sin. To say that we are Christians, that we are saved from sin and to keep living in willful sin is a lie! Yes we do have weaknesses and when we fall, we ask God to forgive us and help us not do it again. I think
I John3:9 clarifies how our lifestyle marks where we are spiritually:
“Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning, because God’s life is in them. So they can’t keep on sinning, because they are children of God.”
1 John 3:9 NLT
God help us to give up the sins that pull us down! Help us to live surrendered lives to you, your will and your ways! Help our lives to be a testimony of Your power to change our lives. Help us not to drag Your name through the mud by living in willful sin and claiming the name of Christ!
“And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.”
Romans 12:1-2
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.”
Hebrews 12:1-2 NLT
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