08/09/23 NO LONGER SINNERS

08/09/23 NO LONGER SINNERS

The person without Christ is deceived if he claims to be without sin.
The person with Christ is deceived if he claims to be with sin.

You cannot be delivered from sin and held by sin at the same time.
You cannot be turned from sin and walking in sin at the same time.
You cannot be forgiven of sin and committing sin at the same time.
You cannot be cleansed from sin and corrupted by sin at the same time.
You cannot be a servant of God and a slave of sin at the same time.
You cannot be holy and sinful at the same time.
You cannot be alive in Christ and dead in sins at the same time.
You cannot be in the light and in the dark at the same time.

It is true that the unsanctified believer is Double Minded (the Old Man and the New Man, or Carnally Minded and Spiritually Minded) but God's indwelling Spirit enables and empowers the believer to make the right decisions; enables the believer to do the right thing.

(note portions I designate with asterisks*)
1 John 3:4-10
4 *Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and *sin is lawlessness.
5 And you know that *He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin.
6 *Whoever abides in Him does not sin. *Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him.
7 Little children, *let no one deceive you. *He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
8 *He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. *For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
9 *Whoever has been born of God does not sin, *for His seed remains in him; and *he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
10 *In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: *Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother. 

Though a battle may rage from time to time in the heart of a believer, he will usually choose to obey God. On those occasions when the believer refuses to follow the Holy Spirit and refuses to invoke the word of God to combat and defeat the evil one, then the believer will falter and fail, he will sin. It is imperative for the believer to repent immediately. The longer the fallen one waits to repent, the more darkness they will enter and the more darkness will enter them. It is easier to walk in victory than to turn from the wicked one.

1 Corinthians 10:13
13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but *God is faithful, who *will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation *will also make the way of escape, *that you may be able to bear it.