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

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 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,

00:00:30.920 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

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

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