The truth plain and simple,is there is no excuse why we cannot abstain from sin,and act like Christ,for the same power that the man Christ Jesus had to be sinless,is given to the saints,the Holy Spirit.
Although we can sin if we desire to sin,we can abstain from sin if we desire to abstain from sin.
A Spirit led life will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh,and will show the characteristics of the Spirit,so a Spirit led life can abstain from sin.
Paul said we do not void out the law through faith,but we establish the law,and the law is spiritual,holy,just,and good,the moral laws,laws of love,so since those laws are spiritual,and in the New Testament it is spiritual,then they must be obeyed,and established,which can be done by the Spirit.
That is the purpose of the Spirit to help us to fulfill the law,by abstaining from fleshy pleasures,and to love people perfectly,which is the only way we can be right with God.The Spirit causes us to be like Christ,not have Christ's righteousness imputed on us alone,and our lifestyle does not matter for we are only human,but to act like Christ and establish the law by obeying it,which in the Old Testament they could not do it perfectly not being able to receive the Spirit,but in the New Testament it can be done by the Spirit.
There is no excuse for by the Holy Spirit we can abstain from sin,and act like Christ,and if the power is there to cause you to be like Christ,and abstain from sin,and love people perfectly,do you think God is going to say,that is alright you did not have to act like Christ,and feed the poor,and abstain from money,and material things,and treat people right,if you did not want to,which God would not say that,for that is what the people thought that said,Lord,Lord,why can't we dwell with you,and Jesus said they were workers of iniquity,they thought it was alright not to have to abstain from sin,but they repented when they sinned,but they would not let it go but held unto it,but if the power is there to cause a person to act like Christ,then there is no excuse.
That is why the Son,the man Christ Jesus,is the Judge,for He made it to heaven,so nobody has an excuse,and everybody will be judged according to His lifestyle on earth,which they can achieve by the Holy Spirit.
The Bible says they have a form of godliness,but deny the power thereof,lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God,ever learning and never able to come to the truth that God requires them to abstain from sin,and act like Christ,to have eternal life.
They wanted their flesh to be in control instead of the Spirit,all the while they thought they were alright.
And a lot of people believe that,the righteousness of Christ is imputed to them,but do not act like Christ entirely,but have a form of worldliness about them,and think we are only human and cannot abstain from sin.Millions of them wandering about with that attitude.
But if by the Spirit we can abstain from sin,how is there an excuse is someone is not serious about abstaining from sin,and not wanting sin.
The truth is they want the sin,but they want to make an excuse why they cannot abstain from sin,for they do not try very hard at trying to beat it at times,for even if we could not abstain from sin would they not at least give it their best effort to abstain from sin,seeing God hates sin,and sin separates us from God,but they do not try very hard at beating sin,and I have seen it time and time again,as they love some of the things in the world,and enjoy them,not putting in an effort to beat it,but think it is alright,and the biggest one is the loving money,and material things,department,that neglects the poor and needy.
Pro 30:11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
Pro 30:12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
Pro 30:13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
Pro 30:14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
The last generation of mankind before Jesus comes back,that will be so obsessed with money,that they will not care for the poor,and needy,which there is 8 people on this planet,that has as much money as half the population of the world.
Rev 3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
Rev 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
Rev 3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Rev 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.
And it appears as if a lot of people who claim to be with Christ are in on the devouring the poor from off the earth,and the needy from among men.
There is not excuse why we cannot abstain from sin,for we have the same power as the man Christ Jesus,the Holy Spirit,and all who do not measure up to His lifestyle,led by the Spirit,and establish the law,is not right with God.
And again I say,there is no excuse,which I am not saying I might not sin,for time is still ahead of me,but I will admit I cannot do it,and have to give up all sin to be right with God.
Jas 5:19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
Jas 5:20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
A person that claims Jesus as Lord and Savior,that is in a state of sin in their life that they will not let go,has erred from the truth,and needs to be converted,and if they give up all sin,and is led by the Spirit,their soul shall be saved from death,and shall hide a multitude of sins for they gave them up,so while they are in a state of holding unto sin and will not let it go,their soul is not in a right state,for when they are converted by giving up all sins,it saves their soul from death,so a person that claims Jesus holds unto to sin and will not let it go,their soul is not in a right state.
Will thou argue about the truth,for how can you,and how can people think we do not have to act like Christ entirely to be right with God,but those preachers of this sort have persuaded many people.
