In this Q&A video, Pastor Bill shares his thoughts about believers living sin-free and having their identity rooted in Christ.
i’ve heard you say that once i became
saved it’s impossible for me to sin
is that true that you said that
i never said that i never even thought
it i wish it were true
i would i would run around with the
great news yeah it’s totally so to be
clear you think
it’s possible for christians to sin oh
goodness yeah sadly tragically yes
and we may have personal experience with
it yeah yeah
no it’s you don’t lose the ability to
sin but you know
somebody once said you lose the ability
to enjoy it you know there’s that sense
of conviction and
you know if it’s impossible for someone
who has no sin
now yeah to sin then adam and eve
couldn’t have sinned
yeah i mean or saves himself at some
level yeah no need to send nature to sin
no that’s right that’s right and that’s
no that’s it’s just simply not true
i’ve never taught that um
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you have to work at it it’s not your
nature as a
believer i mean things really have
changed right
you have to you have to believe a lie
you usually have to believe a lie about
your identity believe a lie about what
god said over your life
things of that nature if i start
questioning those things well then
you know many things become appealing
that weren’t appealing before
you know yeah yeah well there’s that
passage i think it’s first john where it
says i’d write to you little children
that you will not sin
but if you sin we have an advocate yeah
for me it’s it’s perfect like hey yeah
the goal is actually
to continue to be transformed into his
likeness
yeah less sin is a really good goal
that’s right but remember when we have
an advocate you know if we do also
absolutely important i like the part of
that too that says and if anyone sins in
other words you’re not predestined to
say
yeah yeah well it’s possible you’re not
locked into that as a lifestyle and it’s
it’s silly to to think that you can’t
live sin free of course you can yeah