If I accept Jesus Christ as my personal savior, and recognize that he died for my sins, can I continue to sin?

Question

...and make up for it on Sunday at church??

That seems to be the "in" thing to do nowadays

Answer 1

Hey you know, you don't even have to make up for it on Sundays, because the deal is that everybody is obligated to forgive you! All ya gotta do is ask. Religion can be such a great way to rationalize anything you want to do and justify bad behavior!
R&S'ers ... please forgive me for following this heathen into your domain... Last nights ballgame got me started on some bad naughty habits! I'll go back to P&S now.

Answer 2

It may be the "in" thing, but it is not the way God's Word teaches the followers of Jesus to live. Jesus spoke of the times we live in and said that "many will fall away from the faith and heed seducing spirits". He said to "come out from among them and be separate". Anyone who claims to be a Christian, but who clearly does not follow His teachings is a false Christian and is lost. Being a true Christian requires following the teachings of Christ.
No one will be completely sinless after they accept Jesus and receive salvation. This is where people like to call Christians hypocrites.Christians will "slip" and sin everyday and we are immediately convicted by God's Holy Spirit and repent and ask for forgiveness. There is a difference between sin and willful sin. Willful sin is sinning continuously without remorse and repentance.
Before I was saved, I used to bear false witness against others and it didn't bother me a bit. I didn't care if it was wrong. I don't do this anymore and if I did, it would be willful sin. However, I sometimes gossip about others and immediately the Holy Spirit convicts my heart and I realize I have sinned and I ask for forgiveness. I also ask God to help me to not do this again. In my journey as a Christian, I'm learning to be more aware of what I say and to be careful not to gossip. I am doing much better than I used to.
I'm aware there are those who claim to be Christians and are still engaged in willful sin. If you will read the Bible, you will find out what Jesus said will happen to them and I assure you it's not pleasant.
No, we are not perfect. This does not indicate hypocrisy. If we were perfect, we would not need a Savior.
Don't be deceived by those who claim to know Jesus and think they may do as they please. Jesus doesn't know them.

Answer 3

To accept Jesus as your savior, you must repent (turn away) from you sins.

People may feel that it is the "in" thing to do, but they most likely have not even gotten their sins forgiven for Sunday church. God is not mocked, if a person determines to sin on purpose during the week, with the intent that they will "get right with God" Saturday night or Sunday morning so they can feel good about coming into God's house, then they did not get their sins forgiven, because they "willfully sinned" and God does not have to forgive them. It took Joana 3 days in the belly of the fish before he could get God to forgive him.

Answer 4

No, you're not supposed to.

1 John 3:9 says "No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God." If you have truly accepted him, you won't want to sin.

Then it says in 5:18 that if you continue to sin, you don't really have God.

Just because some people do it, doesn't make it right! Plus, does going to church really make up for anything? You go to church for yourself, not for anyone else. You don't get "points" for going. Truthfully, God cares more that you do what the Bible says than just simply go to church. The person who never goes to church, but follows the teachings of Jesus in the end is better off than the one who goes to church 3 times a week and changes nothing.

Answer 5

Just because a person is saved, does not make that person perfect. People who are saved are still the same sinners that they were before they were saved, and they still have the same tendency to sin. But the blood that Jesus Christ shed on the cross covers that sin. We cannont live up to the holiness that God demands, that is why Jesus Christ had to die on the cross.

The world has a very unrealistic expectation placed on Christians. They think they should be perfect. But in reality, there is only One who is perfect and that is God himself. Yes, Christians are called to live unlike the people of this world. Christians are called to live a higher standard, but it is impossible for them to be perfect.

So, Christians still sin and still do wrong things. It is human nature. Christians aren't perfect, but thank God they are forgiven by a God who is.

People always use the excuse that there are so many hypocrites in the church and that is why they don't go. But church is the best place for hypocrites to be in my opinion.

Also, don't blame God or church for things that individual Christians are doing. It's not God's fault and it's not the churches fault. That individual is responsible for him/herself and if they choose to continue to sin without remorse, then they have to answer to God for that.

Answer 6

No you can not. Only the "once saved always saved" believers believe that.Salvation is an on going process and seeking forgiveness and repentance is an on going process also. If one is truly a follower of God, one tries not to sin.

"As the Bible says, I am already saved (Rom. 8:24, Eph. 2:5–8), but I’m also being saved (1 Cor. 1:8, 2 Cor. 2:15, Phil. 2:12), and I have the hope that I will be saved (Rom. 5:9–10, 1 Cor. 3:12–15). Like the apostle Paul I am working out my salvation in fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12), with hopeful confidence in the promises of Christ (Rom. 5:2, 2 Tim. 2:11–13)."
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Answer 7

you are right, it does seem to be the "in" thing..but not just today...it has always been that way.

If a person TRULY accepts Jesus, that person will still sin. Why? Because that person is still human, and being human means being sinful.

But what should be happening to a Christian when they sin is the conviction of the Holy Spirit--meaining that they should feel badly about their sin, and should feel like they need to confess it to God. However, what happens is that the world tells them that it's ok, everyone does it, it's not so bad...And eventually they believe that lie, and become so deadened to the conviction that they ignore it completely. It still nags at them, so maybe they go to Church on Sunday "to make up for it"...

What they fail to see is that they are hurting themselves and their relationship with God. Their salvation is intact if they truly believed to begin with, but if they continue to sin without remorse, one has to wonder if they truly believed in the first place.

Answer 8

If you really wanted Jesus to save you and forgive you, why would you want to continue sinning against Him?
Repent means a 180 from sin. Turn from your sin and never look back.

Answer 9

No, absolutely not! Sadly, this is the very "in" thing to do nowadays. Nearly every Protestant denomination says that all you need is faith, and you are certainly saved. I don't know why they bother to mention the ten commandments, if they don't think they have to follow them anyway. Of course, nobody's perfect, we all sin, but there is absolutely no excuse to commit serious sins, such as murder, theft, or fornication. My advice, follow the Catholic Church's advice.

Answer 10

The Bible says this at Hebrews 10:26-27...
"If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God."