Can a Christian lead a sinful life & yet remain sinless?

Question

If the penalty for all your sins has been paid, then can you consider yourself sinless even though you're a habitual sinner?definitely. Jesus paid for all your sins(past,present and future)--you just need to admit that that is you need to be a Christian. You can be a habitual sinner but as a Christian all your sins will be paid for. It's like pouring water into a jar with a hole in it's bottom. Your sins are the water, the jar is you and the hole is created in the jar by Jesus--the moment you accepted his sacrifice. So, what is the meaning of repentance for sins? You already repented for all your past,present and future sins the moment you accepted Christ. Why Jesus told the woman-"Go and sin no more". It's because Jesus was still uncrucified at the time.Some Christians are wrong in saying that we need to ask forgiveness. no--it's not a master or servant relationship that we have with Jesus--such that we have to ask for his mercy everytime we sin. if somebody ask forgiveness for any sin--it implies that he have deep in his heart real doubt that all his future sins were forgiven as well. so, sin boldly.If you are a preacher of mercy, do not preach an imaginary but the true mercy. If the mercy is true, you must therefore bear the true, not an imaginary sin. God does not save those who are only imaginary sinners. Be a sinner, and let your sins be strong (sin boldly), but let your trust in Christ be stronger, and rejoice in Christ who is the victor over sin, death, and the world. We will commit sins while we are here, for this life is not a place where justice resides. We, however, says Peter (2. Peter 3:13) are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth where justice will reign.

Answer 1

If you think you are SINLESS, you are deceiving yourself. There was one person that ever lived a SINLESS life, Jesus Christ, Lord and Saviour.

I John 1:8 (KJ21)
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

Answer 2

We were born into a world of sin! It cannot be helped. I am a Christian, however, and honestly I do try my best not to sin, but I know at times I do. I repent though, and ask for forgiveness and help so that I may be a better follower.

Answer 3

That is the most ridiculous, misguided and a blatant misinterpretation of scripture.

It is true that Jesus Christ died for all our sins, which is appropriated when we accept Him into our lives. We however are charged with the responsibility to sin no more. Not to take grace for granted.

Once you have accepted Christ it calls for you not to "grieve" the spirit of God.

You cannot experience God in real way, purpose yourself to follow Him and continue to sin habitually. The word of God (the bible) speaks to not confrrming to the ways of world, to seek and know the will of God, by seeking Him, reading His word and communicating via prayer to Him. If your are doing all this it gets increasingly harder to habitually sin.

Your words reveal that the heart of man is indeed wicked and does not crave the things of God, which is holiness and righteousness. But his word speaks about .. by His spirit we are able to do all things (para phase) so that no man can boast. I suggest you get to know Jesus in real and personal way and I can guarantee your outlook to sin will change, in fact you will learn to "hate" it because you will desire to please the Living God.

Trust you will find your way, as He did not wait on man , He came for us.


The scripture also goes on to talk about one day all will before the Judgement Throne of God., and by our lives on this earth, which trust me when you look at it, is short compared to eternity
we will all be judged. It speaks to those, He does not know (becasue sin separates you from a Holy God) and the judgement they will receive - to be thrown in the lake of fire where there will be great gnashing of teeth and wailing, pain and suffering.

Answer 4

No, Sin is sin.
The word sin is an old archery term.
Meaning - missing the mark....Not getting a bullseye...any shot that misses a bullseye....even if you get close it is called a "sin"

What Jesus is saying is that even though you "sinned", He will accept the penalty for your missing the mark.

A proper biblical view of sin is "disobedience"

Answer 5

Yikes!! Me thinks you need to read more of the Bible.

Romans 6:1 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

Jesus asks for our love, and he says that to love Him is to obey Him. If you're not obeying His law, you don't love Him, therefore, you're not saved.

John 14:15 "If you love me, you will obey what I command."

God judges the motivations of the heart. If you continue to live in your sin, did you ever truly repent and believe??

Answer 6

that's between the magnificent loopholes of Christianity as all of us comprehend it immediately. that's quite somewhat encouraging to sin. Like someone handing you a mastercard with a limiteless quantity of money on it and declaring "that's your money to spend as you wish- yet do not situation, that's already been paid for." One would imagine this sends the incorrect message...sin as a lot as you want- Jesus died for it, so do not enable him have died in ineffective. If Jesus died for our sins, why do Christians even might want to repent for his or her sins? And if he died for all of humanity, then why is it that this promise of salvation is purely held authentic for Christians (or a particular sect of Christianity)? As for the completed Adam and Eve element and unique sin...sin won't be able to be exceeded down. human beings are literally not born responsible of the sins of their forefathers each and every of the previously to Adam...they are born possibility free and organic. also, human beings pay for his or her personal sins and are rewarded for his or her personal deeds. God almighty is the purely human being who can pardon sins (on condition that the sinner repents with a truthful heart). No man or woman would receive such ability, and no man or woman ought to undergo the burden of others' sins.

Answer 7

All I have to say about your theory is when Jesus comes again, Surprise, Surprise.

Answer 8

You are really off the wall with this concept. Please don't mislead people with this line of thought! Even the apostle Paul was careful that he might not lose his salvation.

1 Corinthians 9:24-27: " Do YOU not know that the runners in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that YOU may attain it. 25 Moreover, every man taking part in a contest exercises self-control in all things. Now they, of course, do it that they may get a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible one. 26 Therefore, the way I am running is not uncertainly; the way I am directing my blows is so as not to be striking the air; 27 but I pummel my body and lead it as a slave, that, after I have preached to others, I myself should not become disapproved somehow."

Hebrew 6:4-6: "For it is impossible as regards those who have once for all been enlightened, and who have tasted the heavenly free gift, and who have become partakers of holy spirit, 5 and who have tasted the fine word of God and powers of the coming system of things, 6 but who have fallen away, to revive them again to repentance, because they impale the Son of God afresh for themselves and expose him to public shame."

Matthew 10:22: ' And YOU will be objects of hatred by all people on account of my name; but he that has endured to the end is the one that will be saved.'

Matthew 24:13: "But he that has endured to the end is the one that will be saved."

Philippians 2:12-16: "Consequently, my beloved ones, in the way that YOU have always obeyed, not during my presence only, but now much more readily during my absence, keep working out YOUR own salvation with fear and trembling; 13 for God is the one that, for the sake of [his] good pleasure, is acting within YOU in order for YOU both to will and to act. 14 Keep doing all things free from murmurings and arguments, 15 that YOU may come to be blameless and innocent, children of God without a blemish in among a crooked and twisted generation, among whom YOU are shining as illuminators in the world, 16 keeping a tight grip on the word of life, that I may have cause for exultation in Christ’s day, that I did not run in vain or work hard in vain."

Philippians 3:12-13: "Not that I have already received it or am already made perfect, but I am pursuing to see if I may also lay hold on that for which I have also been laid hold on by Christ Jesus. 13 Brothers, I do not yet consider myself as having laid hold on [it]; but there is one thing about it: Forgetting the things behind and stretching forward to the things ahead"

So if Paul wasn't even sure he had attained salvation, why would we think we have, and certainly not if we go on intentionally sinning! How grievious an error that would be!

Acts 3:19-26: " “Repent, therefore, and turn around so as to get YOUR sins blotted out, that seasons of refreshing may come from the person of Jehovah 20 and that he may send forth the Christ appointed for YOU, Jesus, 21 whom heaven, indeed, must hold within itself until the times of restoration of all things of which God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets of old time. 22 In fact, Moses said, ‘Jehovah God will raise up for YOU from among YOUR brothers a prophet like me. YOU must listen to him according to all the things he speaks to YOU. 23 Indeed, any soul that does not listen to that Prophet will be completely destroyed from among the people.’ 24 And all the prophets, in fact, from Samuel on and those in succession, just as many as have spoken, have also plainly declared these days. 25 YOU are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God covenanted with YOUR forefathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth will be blessed.’ 26 To YOU first God, after raising up his Servant, sent him forth to bless YOU by turning each one away from YOUR wicked deeds.”

Answer 9

No one is without sin.