Can a Christian Live Above Sin 8-31-26

• 

Be a Noble Christian who searches for Truths

I heard a preacher say Christians can live above sin. Today I am going to prove according to the Word of God that as long as we born again believers on this earth we are affected by sin. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin (1 John 1:8-7). If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us (1 John 1:8).

From God’s perspective, we are already complete in Him. And you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power (Colossians 2:10). However, in this sinful environment we fall into sin. For a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again (Proverbs 24:16a). If we can only live above sin when get to heaven.

Jesus Christ delivered us from the penalty of sin. Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus (Romans 3:24-26).

We are being delivered from the power of sin. Sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace (Romans 6:14).

When we get to heaven we will be delivered from the presence of sin. He [God] will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away (Revelation 21:14).

We can strive to live a sinless life. I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus (Philippians 3:14). Sin still is present because we have flesh bodies that are subject to sin.

But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice (Romans 7:7-19).

Where does sin dwell? In our flesh, our spirit is perfect!

Caution- Studying and digging into the Word of God helps us to be more mature in the Word. How is it known who or what is true or not true? By searching the scriptures for ourselves and become those noble people of God (Acts 17:11).

Strong’s concordance- Acts 17:11 commends the Bereans as “more noble-minded,” praising their eagerness and discernment in daily examining the Scriptures. Here nobility is moral and spiritual, not ancestral. Strong’s Greek 2104 – εὐγενής Concept of Nobility in Scripture- The term εὐγενής highlights two complementary ideas in the New Testament: hereditary rank (“well-born”) and cultivated character (“noble-minded”). Scripture employs the word to show that genuine nobility is measured not merely by pedigree but by a heart responsive to God.

• 

Betty A. Burnett ~ burnettministries.org