Sin in the Believer

God's perfect will for his children is that they should not sin. And to make this possible, he has placed within them a powerful life, the life of his Son, which is holy and pure. However, because they are still in the flesh, they still sin. That is why the Scripture says in Galatians 6:1: "If anyone is caught in any trespass...", and in 1 John 2:1: "My little children... if anyone has sinned...". Every believer is exposed to sin, and it is inevitable that he will sin (1 Jn. 1:8, 10). This is usually very painful for a believer who loves God and wants to walk in holiness.

Will a Christian who sins occasionally perish? No! The Lord said: "And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand" (Jn. 10:28). The salvation we receive is eternal. This is an unalterable fact.

So, does it not matter if a person sins after being saved? Yes, it does. If a believer sins, he faces two serious consequences: first, he will suffer in this life the consequences of sin (The brother in 1 Corinthians 5:5 was given over to Satan, which is terrible). The Lord forgave David's sin with Uriah's wife, but the sword never departed from his house (2 Sam. 12:9-13). Second, he will be punished in the age to come. When the Lord returns "he will render to every man according to his deeds" (Matt. 16:27). Paul said that we will all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, to receive according to what we have done while in the body, whether good or bad (2 Cor. 5:10).

Apart from these two consequences, sin interrupts our communion with God. For the believer, having fellowship with God is a blessing and a very glorious privilege; however, if we sin, we lose it immediately. When we sin, the Holy Spirit is grieved, and the life in us becomes uncomfortable, so that we lose joy and communion with God. But if anyone sins involuntarily, how can he restore his communion with God?

The Lord Jesus bore all our sins on the cross - those we have committed in the past and those we will commit in the future. At the moment we were saved, we were forgiven of all the sins we had committed up to that moment, conscious or unconscious. But he also bore on the cross the sins we would commit after we were saved.

When a child of God sins, he must confess his sins (1 Jn. 1:9; Prov. 28:13). To confess means to return to God, recognizing that we have sinned. When a child of God sins and does not confess his sin, he loses his communion with God and interrupts the intimate relationship that existed between him and God. This communion can only be restored when we confess. We must humble ourselves and confess our failures and faults before God. Let us not be proud or negligent, because we can fall at any moment. When we confess our sins, communion with God is immediately restored, and we regain the joy and peace we had lost.

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