One Can’t Be Sinless Now That Is Truth My Friends James Miersch When I was younger, my mother once confined me to my room until supper time because of my bad behavior. While there, I was very upset about getting into trouble. The guilt of not doing right and being punished was humiliating. Making my mother upset also lay heavily on my heart. I never wanted to disappoint her and have her punish me. After retrieving my Bible from the bookcase and reading random passages from it, I felt even worse. Although I don’t remember which passage affected me, I was reminded that my actions were sinful. Conviction made me feel worse. Soon, I made up my mind that I would never sin again. In a short time, I don’t remember what I did, but even though I was the only one in the room, I had sinned again. All alone, with no one to lead me astray, and I still sinned. At that point, I realized that it was not possible not to sin. Now that I am saved, I understand that I was discovering my soul may not want to commit iniquity, but my weak flesh had a mind of its own if I let it. As a Christian, we may be forgiven and may not sin as much as we did before being saved, but we are and always will be sinners, as long as we are in this body! We may not want to break God’s commandments, but we can and too often will. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23 “If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” I John 1:10 “What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin.” Romans 3:9 Admitting one’s sins is essential, but it is just a starting point for getting ALL one’s sins forgiven and forgotten by God. The crucial next part to have ALL one’s iniquities pardoned is to realize there is nothing anyone can do or pay to have their sins canceled. Good deeds and acts will not pay the great price the sinner owes God. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9 There is only one payment that God will accept to cover our transgressions. Believing that God sent Jesus, His only Son, to pay our sin debt on the Cross is the only way. That personal realization and trusting what He has done for us will then free one from sin’s ultimate penalty. “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” Romans 10:9 We can be saved from an eternity in a tormenting Hell. “As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.” Psalm 103:12 Although we may still need to confess and repent of our sins daily to remain in fellowship with God, it does not mean we have to be saved again. “And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.” Ephesians 4:30 “Sealed” indicates salvation is an official transaction that cannot be changed. “Quench not the Spirit.” I Thessalonians 5:19 “My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.” John 10:29 A saved sinner will not lose one’s salvation. If one is not saved, they will experience an eternity of regret. For those who are truly trusting Christ’s payment for their iniquities, you are forgiven. However, get it right with God and purpose to do your best to flee temptation and sin with God’s help. “When one is saved all their sins are forgiven, but refusal to clean up current iniquity can halt God from working in one’s life.” James God Loves You So Do I.