(Rom 6:1-2 NKJV) What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? {2} Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?
A couple of days ago we talked about sin and how we tend to categorize it and wrongly classify some sins as being worse than others. We then talked about how we are to love the sinner, even while hating the sin.
Today we’d like to look at this topic from the angle of the believer, not the unsaved.
As with looking at the unsaved, we as believers tend to look at ourselves and each other and lump sins into certain categories and then label them as being bad, not so bad or maybe only minor. As with the unsaved, this is completely false.
Being born again children of God doesn’t negate the consequences of sin in our lives or make it any less of a sin just because we’re saved! Sin is still sin and we need to continue to recognize it in our own lives and the damage that it can do when it goes unchecked or it gets covered up.
Adultery, fornication, thievery, lying and so many other sins committed by believers are still just as bad as those committed by unbelievers! We are no better than any other sinner. We just happen to know the One who forgives us if we ask Him,
This isn’t a “happy topic”, but it’s a necessary one. And if we ask God to help us get things right in our lives, we will be happier in the long run.
He is faithful to show us where we need to make changes and then help us to make those changes. Let’s ask Him to help us clean up our lives and stay on the path of righteousness.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-377-5400
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