How Christians Can Defeat Sin

 

How Christians Can Defeat Sin

First Realize That Christians Can Sin

     To defeat sin, first realize that christians can sin. Then rejoice that when anyone is saved with Jesus repenting and deciding to stop sinning, the blood of Jesus will cleanse away all sin and make that person white as snow. 1 John 1:7-10 speaking to christians tells us that christians can sin; But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Word is not in us. Right now defeat sin; Get saved; Repent, decide to stop sinning, confess that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died on the cross for you, was buried, and rose again. 

     All people have two choices after they sin. Lost people without Jesus can by just good works choose to pay for their sins forever in the lake of fire and never be forgiven. Or lost people can choose to believe in Jesus where Jesus will redeem and pay for their sins with His own blood and forgive them forever with eternal peace. Without Jesus under the law, Job 10:14 says If I sin, then thou (Lord Jesus) markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. But with Jesus according to Hebrews 10:17 Jesus tells us And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. 

     Some people say that christians can not sin according to 1 John 5:18 that says 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. Note that this is saying that a christian's soul and spirit can not sin after salvation. But a christian's body and flesh can sin after salvation. 1 Thessalonians 5:23 tells us that everyone has a body, soul, and spirit. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. At salvation, a person's soul and spirit are redeemed and no longer sin. But at salvation, a person's body can keep sinning (lost as a golf ball in high weeds) and will not be redeemed until the rapture when Jesus appears in the clouds. Romans 8:23 says that christians groan within themselves waiting (until the rapture) for the adoption; to wit the redemption of our body. Then after the rapture christians will receive glorified bodies that will no longer sin. 

     The apostle Paul explained that the flesh that can sin wars against the soul and spirit of christians. Even Paul the greatest christian that lived admitted that his body could sin. Paul said at Romans 7:21 I find then a law, that when I would do good, evil is present with me. Paul went on to say at Romans 7:23 But I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am? Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

How Christians Can Defeat Sin

Stop Feeling Guilty Because Of Past Sins

Realize That Sin After Salvation Will Not Remove Your Salvation

Once Saved Always Saved

     Many christians believe that when a saved person sins that they lose their salvation. After salvation sin will not cause a christian to lose his salvation. Once saved always saved. We are not saved by our good works and constantly trying to regain salvation after we sin. We are saved by faith in Jesus alone; Ephesians 2:8 says For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves. It is the gift of God. Not of works, lest any man should boast. Good works don't save; Only faith in Jesus saves.  And Titus 3:5 says Not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to His mercy He (Jesus) saved us, by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost. Finally 2 Timothy 1:9 says Who hath saved us and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works but according to His own purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began. 

     Now I'm not giving christians permission to sin. If you are a christian and you sin, you won't lose your salvation, but you will suffer trouble and might even die when you keep sinning without repenting. Romans 6:1 says What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound. God forbid; How shall we that are dead to sin, live any longer therein. And Romans 13:14 tells us But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ and make not provision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts thereof. In other words daily deny your flesh and try to stop sinning. Remember Philippians 3:12 tells us to deny sin daily and strive for perfection; Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect, but I follow after if that I may apprehend (take hold of) that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 

     But remember good works don't save. If you got to heaven and boasted that your good works saved you, you would not need Jesus to die for you on the cross and save you. It's wrong to tell a drunk; If drinking causes you to be lost, then to quit drinking would cause you to be saved. Instead tell a drunk the truth; A person is lost because they don't believe in Jesus Christ. Therefore to get saved that person must believe in Jesus Christ. Jesus said at John 14:6 I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. And Acts 4:12 says Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name (Jesus) under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. 

     Trying to save yourself by good works after every sin is a works salvation that does not save. These people trying to get saved without Jesus by good works incorrectly say if living wrong takes you to hell, then living right will take you to heaven. No living right by good works without Jesus will take people to hell. The only way to get saved is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ without the merits of the flesh. You do good works after salvation to let others see Jesus glorified in you. After salvation, your good works will be rewarded after the rapture at the Bema judgment seat. I would not work my soul to save for this my Lord has done; But I would work like any slave for love of His dear Son. You don't work to be saved; You work because you are saved. Little Johnny could be a good boy and go to hell without Jesus. But little Bobby could be a bad boy and go to heaven with Jesus after a one time repentance. 

     Take time to read the following scriptures that promise eternal security and once saved always saved. Jesus said at John 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish; Neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand; My Father which gave them me is greater than all and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I might look like a rooster, but I ain't ever been plucked from God's hand. Praise God that I'm not holding Jesus because my sins after salvation would not secure me. Instead, thank you Lord Jesus that (Lord Jesus) you are holding me with eternal security and no man (not even myself) can remove thy salvation.

     Here are some more scriptures that proclaim once saved always saved. After salvation, sin will not remove salvation. 1 Peter 1:5 says Who are kept by the power of God (not our own power with good works) through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 2 Timothy 1:12 says For the which cause I also suffer these things, nevertheless I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He (Jesus and not ourselves with good works) is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day. John 6:37 says All that the Father giveth me shall come to me, and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out (after salvation God will not cast out a christian when he sins). Ephesians 4:30 says And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.  

How Christians Can Defeat Sin

Realize That Sin Removes The Joy Of Salvation

Also Realize That Sin Removes Fellowship With God

     To defeat sin, next realize that sin will remove the joy of salvation. After David sinned by committing adultery with Bathsheba and murdering Uriah the Hittite, David lost the joy of God's salvation. This is why David prayed at Psalm 51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy (God's not his by good works) salvation and uphold me with thy free spirit. Like David, don't allow sin (bitterness and unforgiveness) to remove God's joy of salvation. Remember the joy of the Lord is your strength according to Nehemiah 8:10.

     And to defeat sin, realize that sin removes fellowship with God. Psalm 66:18 says If I regard iniquity (sin) in my heart, the Lord will not hear me. In fact the bible says that God does not hear the prayers of wicked sinners that are lost without Jesus. Proverbs 15:8 says The sacrifice (prayer) of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord; but the prayer of the upright is His delight. Therefore every time you are tempted by the devil to sin, deny the sin so God can hear and grant all your prayer requests. Remember daily do three things ( Word, Prayer, and Church) to deny sin and get blessed. 

How Christians Can Defeat Sin

Realize That Sin Can Ruin Your Testimony

     To defeat sin, next realize that sin can ruin your testimony. God will forget our sins after repentance but unfortunately most people will remember our sins. We forget what we ought to remember and remember what we ought to forget. Most people read 3 bible verses and forget them after 3 minutes; But most people will remember a preacher's one small sin for 50 years. 

     Solomon warned us to avoid small sins that could ruin your testimony. Ecclesiastes 10:1 says Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour; so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. 1 Corinthians 15:33 says Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. In other words, sin can stop a person from witnessing for Jesus and ruin that person's testimony where people will not have the knowledge of God. Remember daily deny sin; don't waste time sinning; Instead witness Jesus everywhere and win souls for our Lord Jesus. 

     Remember after salvation it's wrong to say I'm saved and I can sin and do what I want. After salvation God owns you and you need to live for Jesus to have joy and peace. 1 Corinthians 6:19 says What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price (Jesus' blood); therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

How Christians Can Defeat Sin

Realize That Sin Will Remove Rewards In Heaven

Realize That Sin Will Remove The Millennial Inheritance

     To defeat sin, next realize that sin will remove rewards in heaven. After the rapture, all christians must appear before the bema judgment seat of Jesus Christ. Christians will either receive a reward for their good works or suffer loss because they sinned and failed to live for Jesus. 2 John 8 says Look to yourselves that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. 

     2 Corinthians 5:10 talks about the bema judgment seat saying For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. And 1 Corinthians 3:13 says Every man's work shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is; If any man's work abide, which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss, but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire. 

     Sin also can remove a christian's millennial inheritance. According to Luke 19:15-27 christians that were faithful with pounds from Jesus, were blessed to rule over cities in the millennium. Therefore if you are faithful to Jesus and deny sin daily, Jesus will bless you during the millennium to be a mayor or governor over a city. 2 Timothy 2:11 says It is a faithful saying, For if we be dead with Him, we shall also live with Him; If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He will also deny us; If we believe not, yet He abideth faithful; He cannot deny Himself. If you suffer with Jesus on earth, you will rule with Jesus during the thousand year millennium. 

How Christians Can Defeat Sin

Realize That Sin Causes Sickness And Death

     To defeat sin, realize that sin causes sickness and death. Romans 8:13 warns us 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. A christian that committed fornication with his father's wife died but was saved. 1 Corinthians 5:5 tells us that this christian was delivered to satan for the destruction of the flesh that the spirit might be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. If christians keep on sinning when they know they are doing wrong, God can take them home to heaven quickly before they can finish their blessed work for Jesus on this earth. Don't sin and avoid sickness and death by staying in the Word, praying, and going to church. 

How Christians Can Defeat Sin

Remember God Will Chastise And Correct

Christians For Sinning

     Remember that after a christian sins, God will wake them up to defeat sin by chastising and correcting them like a kind Father. After a christian sins, God chastens and corrects them because He loves them and wants them to stop sinning. A proof that you are saved is when God chastises you after you sin. Hebrews 12:8 says But if ye be without chastisement whereof all are partakers (in other words all saved people get chastened after they sin) then are ye bastards and not sons. It's a blessing to be chastised by God and corrected by the Word of God to avoid sin, trouble, and death. 

     Don't make excuses for your sin. Don't cover or hide your sins. Repent and confess your sins to God and receive forgiveness. And then forsake and stop sinning to receive God's mercy. Proverbs 28:13 says He that covereth his sins shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.  Remember a fault denied is twice committed. Be like David at Psalm 51:4 and admit you are a sinner to God. Tell God Against thee, thee only have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest and be clear when thou judgest. 

How Christians Can Defeat Sin

Start Over and Forget Your Past Sins

Washed Away Forever By The Blood Of Jesus

     To defeat sin, start over and forget your past sins washed away forever by the blood of Jesus. Remember God forgives you so forgive yourself and start living again for Jesus. Right now say the blessed quote from Carl Bard; Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. Determine today that you will start your life over new with Jesus with no guilt because your sins are washed clean by the blood of Jesus. Make a decision to obey Proverbs 4:14 Enter not into the path of the wicked and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

     I pray in Jesus name that this little bible study blesses multitudes all over this earth with great joy, peace, and strength. Feel free to email Brother Bob anytime at rz9tlm@gmail.com or write to Brother Bob Malkin 2233 Pinetree Lane Apt. N., Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068. (614) 604-7133. Till we all meet again soon to lift up our Lord Jesus, everyone have a blessed day in Jesus name.