A verse in the bible that has always been an interest to me especially as a teenager is in Proverbs. It is Proverbs 26:11 in the New Living Testamant it reads like this, "As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his foolishness."
This is an awesome verse and it make so much sense to me. In our society we have down graded sin. We want to be politically correct so we say we have made mistakes or didn't understand but oh no we did not sin. Or we will be okay with white lie saying that it is not as bad as really lying.
Since we have down graded sin it doesn't seem so BAD. So we continue to sin over and over again.
We validate this by saying that everyone sins and we can never be free from sin.
To which I would love to respond. In 1 John 1:9 It say that " If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins amd cleanse us from all wickedness. " Some versions may say unrighteousness, I just say sin. It means if we confess our sins, God is faithful and will cleanse from all our sin.
My question is, at the point where the Bible says he will cleanse us from all our sin, are we completely sin free at that time. I say yes, if not then Jesus did not die enough for our sins. If Jesus Christ did die enough for our sins, which I think he did.
So another question to ask then is if we are truly sin free at the pint of God's forgiveness, Can you go 1 second without sinning?
Can you go 10 seconds? Can you go 1 minute without committing a sin?
To which I say I think we can. Especially through the power of the Holy Spirit.
So instead of being like a dog and returning to the vomit or committing sin over and over again.
Why not try to see how long you can go without sinning.
Just a thought.
It is All Good
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