The question "Is it possible for people to go on hours, days, or months without sinning?" has hit my mind. I always thought it would be so awesome not to sin anymore but no matter how hard we try to be perfect, we will be always sinners and always have been.
Pslam 51:5
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Romans 5:12
12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Romans 3:23
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
These verses state that regardless of our human efforts, we will always fail to measure up to God's standard of perfection. The only person who is able to measure up to His standard is Jesus Christ!
However, thanks to Christ, he freed us from endless striving of measuring up to God's standards because all of our sins from the past, the present, and the future are already forgiven through the Christ when he died on the cross. How we are so glad for that!!
Romans 3:24
24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
The apostle Paul even had frustrations with battling his own sins which led him to cry in desperation, yet he rejoiced in great joy to the Lord for freeing him from his struggle with sins.
Romans 7:24-25
24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
We cannot use our freedom to satisfy our sinful nature / desires as we please. Our freedom is no excuse to live sinfully but peacefully. Instead, we use it to serve one another in love. We also got to stay free, not tied up to being slave to the law of sin again.
Galatians 5:1
"Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."
Again, we must continue striving to be perfect to maintain a peaceful, stable lifestyle and be able to walk with the Lord daily without suffering serious consequences for following our sinful desires and turning on the Lord.
1 Timothy 4:8
"For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come."
Proverbs 11:4
"Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death."
Proverbs 10:2-3
2"Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death."
3The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
When we go to heaven with Christ, there will be no struggle of sinning in heaven!!!!! :-)
Conclusion:
- We cannot measure up to God's standard of perfection, regardless of our human efforts, we will always fail.
- Christ has freed us from the law of sin, that we can use our freedom to serve God and our brothers / sisters in Christ in love.
- We must continue to practice our godliness to maintain a peaceful, stable lifestyle and walk with God daily.
