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QUESTION 73:
Why is it that so many professing Christians are not living a
victorious life over sin?
ANSWER: A very important question. It is true that the
Christian standard is no different from that of the world.
They are often bound by the same sinful habits, and live for all that
they can get out of the world.
Before people are really born again, they are salves to sin.
Jesus said, “ Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin
is the servant of sin.” John 8:34 The word ‘committeth’ means as
continual habits. And the word ‘servant’ means a slave. He also
said, “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
V.32
To know the truth is found in John 14:6, “Jesus saith unto him, I am
the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by
me.” When you realized that you are a salve to your sins and cannot
free yourself, and you believe what Jesus said about the truth setting
you free, then you can trust Him as your Saviour and Lord to be
liberated from your slavery to sin. Listen to what He
says. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be
free indeed. John 8:36 The reason so many professors are bound by
sin is, they either have never been born again or do not know
that there is power in the gospel to liberate them from their
sins. For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared
to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly
lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present
world; Titus 2:11,12 The word ‘teaching’ here is the thought of
training us. Grace also enables us. We are saved by grace through faith
(Eph. 2:8) We lived by grace through faith. (Rom. 5:1,2) If
you can trust the Lord to forgive you of all your sins, you can also
trust Him to deliver you from them. Gal. 1:4, Who gave himself for our
sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according
to the will of God and our Father: It is a dishonour to the Lord and
the gospel for a real Christian to be living like an unsaved person.
If you are not saved, and die in your sins then it is judgment and
hell for you. Why not be wise and repent of your sins and turn to the
Saviour that loved and died for you? For Christ also hath
once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us
to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 1
Peter 3:18
All comments and questions to:Harold Smith
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