Defenders of Faith or Defenders of SIN?

Defenders of Faith or Defenders of SIN??

There is always much talk among Christians about what Christ has done for us. He took on humanity, he lived among us, he suffered, he died and he rose again. He did all of this for us so that we might one day spend eternity with him.

But what about what he is doing in us? He has done all of that for us so that he might do something in us. He wants to create within us a clean heart. He wants to cleanse us from all sin. He wants to empower us with his Spirit and qualify us for heaven through his grace. "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God" This purifying within does not come by death, lest death become our friend instead of our enemy. It comes in life. Like the timbers that are cut, measure and prepared to construct the physical church, we are being formed and prepared in the church militant to one day take our place in the church triumphant.

This sanctification of the heart is God's plan to restore us to his original intent for Adam and Eve. They messed that up in the garden so God sends his son to the pit into which we have fallen and Christ reaches down to lift us out of the despair caused by our separation from God. This restoration includes a certain level of expectancy in God's plan for our purification. Many claim that we can't be cleansed or perfected. Perfection in this sense is not absolute. It is a term that means completeness. We are completed in the sense that we can perform that purpose for which we were created.

Some compromise God's plan by holding tightly to their sin. Some would defend and rationalize sinful behavior by claiming that they can't help but sin because it is a part of their nature. The danger of embracing this belief is that it makes sin triumphant. It makes Satan victor. If God's grace can save us from sin but it cannot keep us from sin then we blasphemously limit the power of an omnipotent God. If we claim that he will not save us and keep us from sin then we question the very nature of a holy God who will never tolerate sin.

Will Christians then live sinless lives? Not likely. If sin appears in the true Christians life he immediately feels remorse and repents with sincerity and he wills not to repeat it. But how can we claim that it is impossible to live sinless without limiting the grace and power of the almighty God?? Sin is the doctrine of hell, the work of Satan. Christ came to destroy his work. Why are there so many 'champions for sin' in our pulpits today? In his good pleasure and by his sovereign will he can and will cleanse sin from the humble and receptive heart.