Can a Christian continue to live in sin and go to heaven?
It's a very very, very important question,
because we live in a world that is full of lukewarm Christians
and Christians who live the way that they want to because they just
think all right God is just love and that they are saved through God's grace,
which is kind of true, but they feel that they can sin as much as they want to and
still go to heaven.
Is that true?
Can a Christian really live in sin and still
go to heaven?
Well that's what we're going to look at in this video.
Let's get to it.
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Now the main reason
why most Christians ask this question is because they don't want to
give up, certain sins, they don't want to fully turn away from their sinful lifestyle
towards God and this is the real root of the problem but the Word of
God is very very clear Paul says in 1 Corinthians 6 : 9. "Do you not know
that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God, do not be deceived
neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor homosexuals nor sodomites
nor thieves nor covetous nor drunkards nor revilers nor extortioners will
inherit the kingdom of God." So it is very clear and we should not
try to change the Bible according to our lifestyle, but we should change our
lifestyle according to the Bible. If we study the Bible we can clearly see
that there's a big difference between living in sin and not caring about it
and sinning sometimes as a Christian and asking God to forgive us. As a true
Christian you have received a new spiritual nature on the day he became a
Christian when you've been justified by God and now this new spiritual nature
does not want to sin against God and the Holy Spirit inside of you will also
convict you of sin. It is impossible for a reborn Christian to continue to
live in sin, but listen to this because this is very important, it is possible to
sin at times even if you don't want to, because you still live in this sinful
world and you still have a sinful nature a fleshly nature that will always fight
with our new spiritual nature so you got to learn how to live
through the spiritual nature and not through your fleshly old nature.
Galatians 5 : 16-17 says: "Walk in the spirit and you shall not fulfill the
lust of the flesh for the flesh lusts against the spirit and the spirit
against the flesh and these are contrary to one another
so that you do not do the things that you wish but if you are led by the
spirit you are not under the law. If you say that you are a Christian, but you
continue to live in sin, without feeling any guilt or any conflict then you are
probably not a real Christian and you will not go to heaven because you've not
changed at all you have never been reborn. If you are a true Christian you
are a new man, a new women; you have received a whole new nature; you have a
new spiritual nature that bears new fruit and is ultimately a whole new life.
2 Corinthians 5 :17 says: "Therefore if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation;
old things have passed away, behold all things have become new.
It is also your responsibility to learn what this whole new spiritual nature is
all about and to grow spiritually in Christ Ephesians 4: 22-24 says
"that you put off, considering your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt
according to the deceitful lusts." Very important, listen to this: "be renewed
in the spirit of your mind and that you put on the new man which was created
according to God in true righteousness and holiness." Some people say: "Well God
loves me as I am" Well yes, He does love you as you are, but he doesn't love your sin.
Let's look at what Paul says in Romans 6 :1 "What shall we say then?
Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not!
How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? You can go and read this whole chapter
in your own time but let's keep a little bit to verse 11 (Romans 6:11)
"Likewise you also reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Listen to this. "therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body
that you should obey in its lusts. It is very clear! The real question
for you should not be: Can we continue to live in sin and still go to heaven?
It should be: What is a true Christian? Am I a true Christian? Because a real reborn
Christian has been spiritually reborn and will obey God. Not because they feel
like they have to, but because they want to. 1 John 2:3 "Now by this
we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He who says I know him, and
does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever
keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him; by this we know that we
are in him. And he who says he abides in him, ought himself also to walk just as
he walked." You are only a true Christian if you follow God's Word.
Faith without works means nothing and works without faith means nothing. These two
always work together James 2 :14-26 explains this fully but he finishes
the whole chapter verse 26 by saying "For as the body without the Spirit is dead,
so faith without works is dead also." Alright, so the Bible is
very very clear and I believe it answers your question.
But the real question should be am I a real Christian and if you're unsure then
there's something wrong with your relationship with God, and you should
make sure if you are a real reborn Christian. And if you don't know what it
is then check out this video and it's gonna help you out and I'll see you there.
Now remember God loves you and I love you too bye.