Many people believe in Jesus Christ but not many follow Him. Not many of the believers
are TRUE Christians, REAL Christians. A real Christian, a true follower of Jesus Christ
does not SIN, they are SAINTS, they have been set free from sin.
Jesus Christ came to take away the sins of the world and those whom the Son of God has
set free will be FREE and free indeed. They will be FREE FROM SIN . Jesus said that he
who sins is a slave to sin. We cannot serve two masters, either we serve sin which leads
to death or Jesus Christ sets us free and we serve Him; we become SLAVES TO RIGHTEOUSNESS.
There were some Jews that also believed in Jesus Christ and we read in John 8:31.
“So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you
are truly disciples of Mine; 32and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you
free.” 33They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never yet been enslaved
to anyone; how is it that You say, ‘You will become free’?”
34Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the
slave of sin. “ They were SINNERS, yet they believed that
they were free but because they were sinners they were slaves and Jesus was telling them
that if they remain IN HIS WORDS (IN OBEDIENCE TO HIM), then they will become free, FREE
FROM SIN. 35“The slave does not remain in the house
forever; the son does remain forever. 36“So if the Son makes you free, you will be free
indeed.37“I know that you are Abraham’s descendants; yet you seek to kill Me, because
My word has no place in you. 38“I speak the things which I have seen with My Father;
therefore you also do the things which you heard from your father.”
39They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If
you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham. 40“But as it is, you are seeking
to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not
do. 41“You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said to Him, “We were not
born of fornication; we have one Father: God.” 42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father,
you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come
on My own initiative, but He sent Me. 43“Why do you not understand what I am saying? It
is because you cannot hear My word. 44“You are of your father the devil, and you want
to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not
stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks
from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45“But because I speak
the truth, you do not believe Me. 46“Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If I speak
truth, why do you not believe Me? 47“He who is of God hears the words of God; for
this reason you do not hear them,because you are not of God.”
Sin is the issue. Many believers do not want to stop sinning. They say they cannot stop
sinning. It is because they are slaves to sin. They do not belong to Jesus Christ, they
are OWNED BY THE DEVIL. If Jesus Christ has set us free then we will be FREE from the
dominion of sin and we will be servants of God. We cannot serve God and sin.
The apostle Paul wrote in Romans 6:12 ”Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so
that you obey its lusts, 13and do not go on presenting the members of your body to
sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from
the dead, and your members as INSTRUMENTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS to God. 14For sin shall
not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.”
The grace of God through Jesus Christ SETS US FREE from the dominion of sin so that we
can walk in righteousness. Verse15 “What then? Shall we sin because
we are not under law but under grace? May it never be! 16Do you not know that when
you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom
you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness? 17But
thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart
to that form of teaching to which you were committed, 18and having been freed from sin,
you became slaves of righteousness. 19I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness
of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness,
resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness,
resulting in sanctification.” If we present our bodies to Christ to do His
will, it will result in sanctification which will bring us eternal life.
Verse 20 “For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21Therefore
what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the
outcome of those things is death. 22But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to
God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life. 23For
the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our
Lord.” The issue is SIN. Those who sin are of the
devil, they are owned by the devil. Those whom Jesus Christ has set free, those who
truly believe in Him, the REAL CHRISTIANS, that are SAINTS, they SIN NO MORE. They do
the will of God. They live in purity, righteousness and holiness because they have become SLAVES
TO RIGHTEOUSNESS. They have one Lord and Master, Jesus Christ and they do His will. Those who
sin are slaves to sin and they belong to satan. Who do you belong to? Do you sin? Or are you
a REAL Christian, a real follower of Jesus Christ?