“NOW UNTO HIM THAT IS ABLE TO KEEP YOU FROM FALLING (GREEK, APTAISTOS, ap-TAH’-ee-stos, “without sin”), AND TO PRESENT YOU FAULTLESS (WITHOUT SIN) BEFORE THE PRESENCE OF HIS GLORY WITH EXCEEDING JOY, TO THE ONLY WISE GOD OUR SAVIOR, BE GLORY AND MAJESTY, DOMINION AND POWER, BOTH NOW AND FOR EVER. AMEN.” (JUDE 2-25). DON’T LIMIT GOD, FRIEND. YOU ARE LISTENING TO THE DEVIL IF YOU DO.
“NOW IF ANY MAN HAVE NOT THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST HE IS NONE OF HIS” (ROMANS 8:9). IF I HAVE THE SPIRIT OF BEETHOVEN, SIT ME DOWN AT A PIANO. IF I HAVE THE SPIRIT OF REMBRANDT, SIT ME DOWN IN FRONT OF A BLANK CANVAS WITH A PALATE OF PAINTS BESIDE ME. AND IF I HAVE THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST, I WILL ACT AND REACT, SPEAK AND THINK AS HE DID!
SOME SAY, “WHEN GOD GETS READY, HE WILL TAKE THIS SIN (HABIT, WHATEVER) AWAY FROM ME.” NO SCRIPTURE EVEN HINTS AT SUCH A THING. WE ARE TO “PUT OFF” THE OLD MAN, AND “PUT AWAY” THE DEEDS OF THE FLESH. GOD IS READY FOR YOU TO FORSAKE ALL SIN THE MOMENT HE FIRST BRINGS YOU TO REPENTANCE.
GOD MADE IT ABUNDANTLY AND GRAPHICALLY CLEAR THAT HE PUNISHES A BELIEVER’S SINS IN THE CASE OF A COUPLE WHO TOLD ONE LIE. (SEE ACTS 5:1-11).
THOSE IN CORINTH, WHO THOUGHT THEY COULD KNOWINGLY SIN AND MAINTAIN FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD, FOUND OUT DIFFERENTLY. (SEE I CORINTHIANS 11:26-32).
Christ’s Faithful Servant (Galatians 1:10-12),
Donald Wiley