August 05, 2008

Romans 6

Paul wrote that being saved through Jesus is not a license to sin as much as you want. When we come to Christ, our old self dies and we have a new life in Jesus. Before coming to Christ, each of us was controlled by sin. After coming to Christ, we should allow ourselves to be controlled by Him, and if we are wholly controlled by Him, we will not want to sin.

Once you become a Christian, you can't go on living your life the same way as before. You don't get a free pass on all your sins and you definitely don't get permission to ramp up the sin level. True acceptance of Christ brings about a change inside of you that should make you want to sin less. This doesn't mean you won't ever sin again - you won't become perfect overnight - but the draw of sin lessens the closer you get to Christ.

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