Without sin, there is no need for a saviour.
Human nature is sinful. We desperately need the finished work of the cross of Jesus Christ in our lives.
Keep praying, keep repenting from selfishness, strife and rebellion.
Christians who ignore their sin nature end up sugar coating their shortcomings and fall into self-righteous religiosity. They end up straining at the gnats of carnality in the lives of others while swallowing and making excuses for the camels of carnality in their own.
No one is exempt from the fallen nature of the human heart. No preacher, no Christian... Yet some live in the lala land of assumed victory while they leave a trail of immature garbage behind them for other people to clean up.
Only Jesus Christ can clean the mess of the human heart. Only he was sinless. Only he could take away the penalty of our sins so that we could boldly go to the throne of grace without fear of being condemned by a holy and righteous God.
The penalty of our sins (death) was taken upon him. He paid the ultimate price. And because he died (and rose again), I live eternally.
Let us not be deceived in this day and age of 'sinless' Christianity.
Just because we don't get drunk or engage in works of the flesh that are without a doubt sinful, does not mean there is not a monster within each of us, beating just below the surface, ready to break out and fullfill its every selfish ambition no matter the cost.
We need help. We need Christ.
Everyday.
1Jn 1:8-10
If we say, "We aren't sinful" we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
God is faithful and reliable. If we confess our sins, he forgives them and cleanses us from everything we've done wrong.
If we say, "We have never sinned," we turn God into a liar and his Word is not in us.
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