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

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00:00:16.360 and gospel of Jesus Christ. Help us press forward the crown rights of King Jesus by leaving us a

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,

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,

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