And this happens from the first day you repent?
What is the new testament for?
how many times can a person fail?
how does a person even know what sin is...save a short list
theyve maybe heard of or a conscience that may be unsure.
If im not saved "in sin" does that mean true believers have no sin?
with others i see valid points..but it just causes tons of questions
both from a biblical and experiencial point of view.
Did you get saved and were you good as milk after that?
If a man has truly come to a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart, the very thought of giving in to sin again is enough to make a man sick to his stomach.
Psalm 51:17 (KJV)
17 The sacrifices of God
are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Matthew 21:42-44 (KJV)
42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Luke 20:17-18 (KJV)
17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
When we fall upon Jesus we are broken.
Have you ever seen a person say the "sinners prayer" on there face before God in a heap of remorse for the life they had been living, sinning against God?
I personally have NOT! All those I have witness saying this prayer get up from where they are laughing and joking and go right back to there current way of life.
When I came to Christ with a broke spirit, with a contrite heart, I was on my knees crying like a baby. I was ill for days with remorse for how I had sinned against my God; my Maker. All I could do for days was cry to Jesus for mercy. Crying to hime how sorry I was for how I had wronged him.
My life since that day has been lived to glorify My LORD and Saviour and seek the lost sharing his gospel message of LOVE.
I know others who have had this same experiance when coming to Christ whole heartedly. With there entire heart and soul.
It happens no other way.
To just go and say a prayer and get up believing, ok I am good to go, God will over look my sin now. These people are deceiving there own soul.
Proverbs 8:32-36 (KJV)
32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed
are they that keep my ways.
33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
34 Blessed
is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
When we sin against God we wrongeth our own soul.
1 John 3:6-10 (KJV)
6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil:
whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.