Are we all in Sin?
The
following is a teaching that I hear quite a bit by preachers & teachers
within the church body:
We
are "ALL" sinners.
I
am familiar with the scripture Rom 3:23 For all have sinned and come short of
the glory of God. And all of Romans 7: including verse 23 & 24 O wretched
man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death? and the last
part of verse 25 So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with
the flesh the law of sin.
Now,
are these scriptures speaking about a sinner that has not come to the foot of
the cross? Or, are these scriptures speaking to a Blood Washed Child of God?
If
we read the very next chapter in Romans chapter 8:1 There is therefore now no
condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who "walk not after the
flesh, but after the Spirit. and continues to show us freedom from sin through
walking in the Spirit of God.
There
are numerous scriptures declaring we are not sinners after conversion and
acceptance by the Spirit of God bearing witness with our spirit, that we are a
child of God.
If
we declare ourselves to be a sinner after the Lord has washed us, then we are
making the blood of Jesus of non effect.
Whom
the Son sets Free is Free indeed, As Far as the East is from the West, we have
Victory in Jesus, if we are defeated by sin, then we are sinners.
Read
the following scriptures (There are many others on this subject, but these will
do)
Heb.
10:14-31 & verse 38 & 39.
Rom.6:13,19,22
- Rom.12:1 & 2 - 1 Cor.3:16,17 - 1 Cor.6:11 - 1 Cor.15:34 - 2 Cor.7:1 -
2
Cor.10:3-5 - Eph.5:5 - 1 Thes.3:13
- 1 Thes.4:1-8 - 2 Tim.2:19-22 - Heb.9:13,14 - James 4:4-8 - 1 Peter 1:14-25 - 2
Peter 2:20-22 - 1 John 1:5-10 - 1 John 3:1-12
Above
are a few scriptures regarding sin and where a person is, if they continue in
sin.
We
all know we sometimes stumble and make mistakes, We should strive to be perfect
as Jesus was perfect, God's Word tells us to be perfect as he is perfect. But if
we do stumble we have a mediator between God and man, the Lord Jesus Christ. We
sincerely ask the Lord to forgive us and we can continue our walk on that
straight and narrow path to heaven.
Instead
of telling the church (believers) we are all losers (not perfect) we should be
saying we are more than conquerors in Christ Jesus.
We now have the Power of the Holy Ghost to overcome, This is why we All need the fullness of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit to have the Power of God within. (Mat.12:43-49 - Luke 11:24-26) Believers have the armor to overcome, therefore saying we cannot be perfect is "not" what the Lord instructs. But just a teaching to continue to sin and lose out on our salvation.