02/22/25 SALVATION FROM SIN

02/22/25 SALVATION FROM SIN

I post a lot about the power of God to save believers from sin, and about the power of God that enables believers to follow, obey and please God by living a life of godliness. I am aligned with the New Testament apostles, who taught that God saves His people from sin and sinning.

But I also know that I have friends who disagree with the Biblical fact that God CALLS His people to be holy and to live a holy life, and they also disagree with the Biblical fact that God PROVIDES everything necessary for life and godliness, and they also deny the Biblical fact that God EXPECTS and REQUIRES His people to walk in truth, light, love, righteousness, obedience, faith.

I am sorry for their disbelief concerning these clear and redundant BIBLICAL truths. The same Bible that says, "You must be born again," also says, "without holiness, no man shall see the Lord."

I sometimes wonder if I have friends who find these posts to be enlightening and encouraging. Is it possible that my preaching and teaching about victorious living is a welcomed message because most of the preaching and teaching people hear today is about the supposed inability of God's grace to make believers more than over-comers, leaving us unable to resist all temptation, and unable to walk in obedience to God's will.

Ever since the Garden of Eden, people have been wanting God's blessings but rejecting God's will.

I remember decades ago when our society moved into the "Post-Christian Period." I thought, "What a strange idea?" But it was true. In that paradigm shift we have seen the rise of "SINNING RELIGION" replace SALVATION FROM SIN. Today most people think that the preaching of deliverance from sin is a heresy rather than the Divine work of salvation.

It is time for actual Christians to unashamedly walk in righteousness and declare the truth that saving grace conforms God's people to the image of His Son.

Don't be carried away by the flood of defeatist "Christianity" covering our nation today.