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The struggle to….. “not sinâ€Â….. MUST eventually lead to “turning away from sin.â€Â
SIN IS VERY SERIOUS!
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death,
SIN NO MORE
Those who are truly in Christ are indeed under grace and no longer under the law.
Obviously this by no means gives a license to sin. Actually it is quite the opposite.
We are called to be HOLY!
Those who are TRULY IN CHRIST are in the PROCESS of TURNING AWAY FROM SIN.
1Jo 3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.
1Jo 3:8 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.
1Jo 3:9 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.
1Jo 3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
1Jo 5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
Those who are truly in Christ are immediately convicted by God’s Holy Spirit if they should sin. They immediately repent and are much less likely to EVER make the same mistake again.
Those who are truly in Christ agree with God that SIN IS TERRIBLE. IT SEPERATES US FROM GOD.
They know…..
WE ARE CALLED TO BE HOLY!
I am the Lord who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.
(Leviticus 11:45)
Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy. (Leviticus 19:2)
Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God. Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the Lord, who makes you holy. (Leviticus 20:7-8)
But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: Be holy, because I am holy. (1 Peter 1:15-16)
Heb 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
1Co 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1Co 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
God would not tell us to do something He wasn’t prepared to ENABLE us to do.
Lev 20:8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.
Those who obey God and study His word in a humble Spirit, who seek His wisdom and ask His strength to flee temptation and resist the devil, God enables to do so.
1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
James 4:7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Those who are truly in Christ are the minority. A VERY SMALL MINORITY! They are in the PROCESS of turning away from sin.
The majority are DEAD IN THEIR SINS. They are in the PROCESS of completing their sins.
THEY LIKE THEIR SINS AND REFUSE TO GIVE THEM UP!
Instead they believe “church doctrine†“the teachings of men†“THE TEACHINGS OF SATAN†that tell them GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO ENABLE US TO TURN AWAY FROM SIN. THAT IT IS OK TO KEEP ON SINNING!
IT IS NOT OK! SIN SEPERATES US FROM GOD!!!!!!!
Matthew 15:9
They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.'
Revelation 2:7
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
Revelation 2:11
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death.
Revelation 2:17
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it.
Revelation 2:26
To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nationsâ€â€
Revelation 3:12
Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name.
Revelation 3:21
To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne.
We MUST realize our TOTAL, wretched, sinful, state, for which GOD’S SON, OUR LORD was beaten beyond human recognition and NAILED TO THE CROSS. FOR US!
FOR OUR SINS!!!
We MUST reach TOTAL HEARTFELT REPENTANCE and DESIRE TO TURN AWAY FROM SIN.
We MUST AGREE WITH GOD that SIN IS TERRIBLE!!!!!!!
We MUST TURN AWAY FROM SIN!
We MUST OVERCOME! SIN, SATAN AND THE WORLD!
1Jo 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
We were created to do God’s will not ours. Those who are truly in Christ soon find themselves doing God’s will. Those who are rebelling against God are doing Satan’s will, as God allows.
" ... an experience of evil hath God given to the sons of man to humble him thereby" (Ecc. 1:13).
Are you a new creature??? Are you in the process of turning away from sin? Are you listening to God?
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
If you still like your sins, you are in disagreement with God. All the death, suffering and separation from God in this world are the result of ONE act of disobedience in the Garden of Eden. JUST ONE!
SIN IS TERRIBLE, IT SEPARATES US FROM GOD!!!!!!!
Isa 59:2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
Colossians 1:21
Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.
You cannot have fellowship with God if you keep returning to your sins. You cannot!
You are not listening to God if you keep returning to your sins. You are not!
So let me ask, if you are continuing to do the same old sinful things, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE LISTENING TO???????
Satan is the “voice of reason.†( the voice of FALSE reason )
Christ is the VOICE OF TRUTH.
2Pe 2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
2Pe 2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
2Pe 2:22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
1Jo 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
1 John 3:24
Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.
1Jo 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
1Jo 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
John 14:17
the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
Joh 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Romans 8:9
You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ
Romans 12:2
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will isâ€â€his good, pleasing and perfect will.
John 5:30
By myself I can do nothing;
Phi 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
YES WE CAN STOP SINNING. GOD’S SPIRIT IS SUFFICIENT.
Romans 6:17
But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted.
l Peter 1:5, "By God's power we are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time."
Jude 24,25, "Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing, to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen."
l Thessalonians 5:23-24, "May the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful, and he will do it."
2 Timothy 1:7
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
1Jn:2:5: But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
1Tm:4:16: Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
Jms:1:21: Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
Rom 8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Rom 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Rom 8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Rom 8:9 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.
Rom 8:13 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.
Gal 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Gal 5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Gal 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness."
Heb 10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Heb 10:27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Here are a couple of links on Holy Spirit Conviction. I do not agree with everything that is said on these two sites, however it is a good start on beginning to understand the concept.
I believe it is a very important subject worth much hard study.
Here's the links.....
http://members.cox.net/jroden/holyspiritconviction.html
http://www.peacemakers.net/unity/lrs-sa ... spirit.htm
SIN IS VERY SERIOUS!
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death,
SIN NO MORE
Those who are truly in Christ are indeed under grace and no longer under the law.
Obviously this by no means gives a license to sin. Actually it is quite the opposite.
We are called to be HOLY!
Those who are TRULY IN CHRIST are in the PROCESS of TURNING AWAY FROM SIN.
1Jo 3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.
1Jo 3:8 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.
1Jo 3:9 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.
1Jo 3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
1Jo 5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
Those who are truly in Christ are immediately convicted by God’s Holy Spirit if they should sin. They immediately repent and are much less likely to EVER make the same mistake again.
Those who are truly in Christ agree with God that SIN IS TERRIBLE. IT SEPERATES US FROM GOD.
They know…..
WE ARE CALLED TO BE HOLY!
I am the Lord who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.
(Leviticus 11:45)
Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy. (Leviticus 19:2)
Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God. Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the Lord, who makes you holy. (Leviticus 20:7-8)
But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: Be holy, because I am holy. (1 Peter 1:15-16)
Heb 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
1Co 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1Co 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
God would not tell us to do something He wasn’t prepared to ENABLE us to do.
Lev 20:8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.
Those who obey God and study His word in a humble Spirit, who seek His wisdom and ask His strength to flee temptation and resist the devil, God enables to do so.
1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
James 4:7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Those who are truly in Christ are the minority. A VERY SMALL MINORITY! They are in the PROCESS of turning away from sin.
The majority are DEAD IN THEIR SINS. They are in the PROCESS of completing their sins.
THEY LIKE THEIR SINS AND REFUSE TO GIVE THEM UP!
Instead they believe “church doctrine†“the teachings of men†“THE TEACHINGS OF SATAN†that tell them GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO ENABLE US TO TURN AWAY FROM SIN. THAT IT IS OK TO KEEP ON SINNING!
IT IS NOT OK! SIN SEPERATES US FROM GOD!!!!!!!
Matthew 15:9
They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.'
Revelation 2:7
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
Revelation 2:11
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death.
Revelation 2:17
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it.
Revelation 2:26
To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nationsâ€â€
Revelation 3:12
Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name.
Revelation 3:21
To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne.
We MUST realize our TOTAL, wretched, sinful, state, for which GOD’S SON, OUR LORD was beaten beyond human recognition and NAILED TO THE CROSS. FOR US!
FOR OUR SINS!!!
We MUST reach TOTAL HEARTFELT REPENTANCE and DESIRE TO TURN AWAY FROM SIN.
We MUST AGREE WITH GOD that SIN IS TERRIBLE!!!!!!!
We MUST TURN AWAY FROM SIN!
We MUST OVERCOME! SIN, SATAN AND THE WORLD!
1Jo 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
We were created to do God’s will not ours. Those who are truly in Christ soon find themselves doing God’s will. Those who are rebelling against God are doing Satan’s will, as God allows.
" ... an experience of evil hath God given to the sons of man to humble him thereby" (Ecc. 1:13).
Are you a new creature??? Are you in the process of turning away from sin? Are you listening to God?
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
If you still like your sins, you are in disagreement with God. All the death, suffering and separation from God in this world are the result of ONE act of disobedience in the Garden of Eden. JUST ONE!
SIN IS TERRIBLE, IT SEPARATES US FROM GOD!!!!!!!
Isa 59:2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
Colossians 1:21
Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.
You cannot have fellowship with God if you keep returning to your sins. You cannot!
You are not listening to God if you keep returning to your sins. You are not!
So let me ask, if you are continuing to do the same old sinful things, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE LISTENING TO???????
Satan is the “voice of reason.†( the voice of FALSE reason )
Christ is the VOICE OF TRUTH.
2Pe 2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
2Pe 2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
2Pe 2:22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
1Jo 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
1 John 3:24
Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.
1Jo 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
1Jo 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
John 14:17
the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
Joh 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Romans 8:9
You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ
Romans 12:2
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will isâ€â€his good, pleasing and perfect will.
John 5:30
By myself I can do nothing;
Phi 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
YES WE CAN STOP SINNING. GOD’S SPIRIT IS SUFFICIENT.
Romans 6:17
But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted.
l Peter 1:5, "By God's power we are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time."
Jude 24,25, "Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing, to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen."
l Thessalonians 5:23-24, "May the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful, and he will do it."
2 Timothy 1:7
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
1Jn:2:5: But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
1Tm:4:16: Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
Jms:1:21: Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
Rom 8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Rom 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Rom 8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Rom 8:9 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.
Rom 8:13 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.
Gal 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Gal 5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Gal 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness."
Heb 10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Heb 10:27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Here are a couple of links on Holy Spirit Conviction. I do not agree with everything that is said on these two sites, however it is a good start on beginning to understand the concept.
I believe it is a very important subject worth much hard study.
Here's the links.....
http://members.cox.net/jroden/holyspiritconviction.html
http://www.peacemakers.net/unity/lrs-sa ... spirit.htm