The NXR Podcast - DAILY TRUTH - ＂Everyone Born Of God Does Not Keep On Sinning＂

There is no state of perfect, sinless perfection in this life. That state does exist, and it is the state of the Christian in the life to come. Christians experience progressive, gradual, visible, tangible improvement in righteousness. They are no longer defined by sin. They have victory over sin, and Satan does not own them.

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00:00:23.480 five-star review on your favorite podcast platform. Thanks. There is no state of perfect,

00:00:30.960 sinless perfection in this life. That state does exist, and it is the state of the Christian in

00:00:37.840 the life to come. When we see him, we will be like him, for we shall see him as he is. In what regard, 0.82

00:00:44.580 how is he? Sinless, righteous. And the very presence, not only power and penalty, but even

00:00:51.560 the presence of sin on that day will be no more. So what John is saying is simple. He's not saying

00:00:58.260 you're gonna, if you're a Christian, you'll never sin again. But what he is saying is that Christians

00:01:02.620 should not be defined by sin. Christians experience real, progressive, gradual, visible, tangible

00:01:12.980 improvement in righteousness in this life. And if there's nothing, if there's no fruit to speak

00:01:21.520 up. I've been a Christian for 40 years, and in every single category that I can think of, I've

00:01:26.380 gotten worse. Well, you're going to hell. You're not a Christian. I mean, it's really simple, 0.99

00:01:33.680 right? This is an apple tree, and every year for 20 years now, in season, it produces pears. How

00:01:39.700 many apples? Zero. Lots of pears. Great pears. It's my favorite apple tree. Well, I think it's a pear

00:01:47.620 tree. So that's what John's saying. Not sinless perfection in this life, but progressive victory

00:01:55.640 over sin. You are not a slave to sin and you're not a slave to Satan. Because notice the second

00:02:01.360 half of verse 18, he doesn't just say that no, everyone who has been born of God does not keep

00:02:06.400 on sinning. But then he goes on and says that God protects him and the evil one does not touch him.

00:02:12.280 Now that's the big theme in the text that we're going to see multiple times as we move on to the

00:02:16.660 other verses. Christians, not only are they free from slavery to sin, but they're also free from

00:02:22.460 slavery to Satan. And what we'll see is there's one primary tool that Satan uses for the unbeliever.

00:02:30.840 But for the Christian, this tool, this weapon has been stripped, neutralized, disarmed. And we'll

00:02:37.520 look into that a little bit more in a moment. Let's look at verse 19 now. We know that non-Christians,

00:02:42.800 So we're comparing and contrasting.

00:02:44.280 So Christians, they're no longer defined by sin.

00:02:46.880 They have victory over sin.

00:02:48.760 They're being sanctified.

00:02:50.280 And the devil may tempt them, but he does not own them.

00:03:12.800 We'll be right back.

The NXR Podcast - November 22, 2023

DAILY TRUTH - ＂Everyone Born Of God Does Not Keep On Sinning＂

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