The NXR Podcast - DAILY TRUTH - No Sinless Perfection In This Life, But…

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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,

00:00:30.920 sinless perfection in this life. That state does exist, and it is the state of the Christian in

00:00:37.820 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

00:00:44.540 How is he? Sinless, righteous. And the very presence, not only power and penalty, but even

00:00:51.520 the presence of sin on that day will be no more. So what John is saying is simple. He's not saying

00:00:58.220 you're going to, if you're a Christian, you'll never sin again. But what he is saying is that

00:01:02.140 Christians should not be defined by sin. Christians experience real, progressive, gradual, visible,

00:01:12.440 tangible improvement in righteousness in this life. And if there's nothing, if there's no fruit

00:01:20.940 to speak of. I've been a Christian for 40 years, and in every single category that I can think of,

00:01:26.180 I've 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

00:01:39.660 many apples? Zero. Lots of pears. Great pears. It's my favorite apple tree. Well, I think it's a pear tree.

00:01:47.860 so that's what john's saying not sinless perfection in this life but progressive victory

00:01:55.600 over sin you are not a slave to sin and you're not a slave to satan because notice the second

00:02:01.320 half of verse 18 he doesn't just say that no everyone who has been born of god does not keep

00:02:06.380 on sinning but then he goes on and says that god protects him and the evil one does not touch him

00:02:12.160 now that's the big theme in the text that we're going to see multiple times as we move on to the

00:02:16.640 other verses. Christians, not only are they free from slavery to sin, but they're also free from

00:02:22.420 slavery to Satan. And what we'll see is there's one primary tool that Satan uses for the unbeliever.

00:02:30.800 But for the Christian, this tool, this weapon has been stripped, neutralized, disarmed. And we'll

00:02:37.500 look into that a little bit more in a moment. Let's look at verse 19 now. We know that non-Christians,

00:02:42.760 So we're comparing and contrasting.

00:02:44.260 So Christians, they're no longer defined by sin.

00:02:46.840 They have victory over sin.

00:02:48.720 They're being sanctified.

00:02:50.240 And the devil may tempt them, but he does not own them.

00:03:12.760 We'll be right back.

The NXR Podcast - November 29, 2023