tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538057051911243767.post8147060281301977955..comments2024-03-29T08:23:44.166-04:00Comments on Bible Love Notes: Can Good Christians Live Sinful Lifestyles?Gail @ http://biblelovenotes.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17462629145629813283noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538057051911243767.post-41921686868498088642021-03-16T19:43:08.932-04:002021-03-16T19:43:08.932-04:00God bless you God bless you Ononuju Ebubechukwuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110007650428789953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538057051911243767.post-37007120571660558272018-02-27T09:03:39.964-05:002018-02-27T09:03:39.964-05:00Hi Charity,
Yes, habitual slanderers also reveal t...Hi Charity,<br />Yes, habitual slanderers also reveal that they are not saved. <br /><br />But it’s important to make a distinction between habitual, lifestyle sins and committing sins.<br /><br />Christians still sin, but they don’t live in sin.<br /><br />1 John 3:9-10: "No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister."<br /><br />And Scripture specifically mentions some lifestyle sins that reveal a person is not saved:<br /><br />1 Corinthians 1:9-11:"Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."<br /><br />But sexual sins are different than slander for two reasons:<br /><br />1. Slander may be approved by some people, but it’s not approved by our culture. Homosexuality and other sexual sins are approved by our culture and by a growing number of professing Christians. When I write about sexual sins, I frequently have someone remind me that gossip, slander, or self-righteousness are also sins. But when I write about gossip, slander, or self-righteousness, no one reminds me that homosexuality and fornication are also sins. I believe that’s because culture has convinced us that it’s unloving to address certain sins.<br /><br />2. Scripture stresses the serious nature of sexual sin in Old and New Testaments. Any Christian who sins sexually sins against the temple of the Holy Spirit.<br /><br />1 Corinthians 6:18-19: "Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. 19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own.."<br /><br />If you want to read my devotions about slander, please put “slander” in the search box at the top left of the blog and you’ll find that I’ve written about it multiple times.<br /><br />Gail @ http://biblelovenotes.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17462629145629813283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538057051911243767.post-11136290219472857932018-02-26T23:17:51.741-05:002018-02-26T23:17:51.741-05:00Isn't the same true of gossips and slanderers?...Isn't the same true of gossips and slanderers?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17479889354677696451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538057051911243767.post-21152319667186041522017-10-18T09:59:04.062-04:002017-10-18T09:59:04.062-04:00Love this!Love this!Sister Lisa Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146514825379153384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538057051911243767.post-65127554998963649522017-10-18T09:57:56.763-04:002017-10-18T09:57:56.763-04:00God bless! God bless! Sister Lisa Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146514825379153384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538057051911243767.post-6505879235154612662017-10-18T08:41:26.749-04:002017-10-18T08:41:26.749-04:00I always appreciate the truth you write. Thank yo...I always appreciate the truth you write. Thank you.Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11876046646089728033noreply@blogger.com