Can a Christian be TOTALLY free from sin?

This is a teaching I have desired to take for a long time now. I have prayed and studied for the Holy Spirit's illumination on this matter.

It is long, don't go further if you are busy, I won't like you to to read it in a hurry.

When you are ready, kindly get a seat and your Bible as we dine at the Lord's table.

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Now, I will fully answer the question that many people have asked me, which is: Can a Christian be TOTALLY free from sin?

My firm and humble answer is, YES!

I have said it and I am going to say it again that the Spirit of God in a Christian is the antidote to sin.

What does that mean?

Gently follow on as I take you through the Scriptures:

The moment you confess faith in the death and resurrection of Christ, you become saved... Born again!

The Bible says in John 1:12, "As many as receives Him, He gives them power to become the sons of God."

Praise God!

To be born again is very simple; repent from your sins and acknowledge what Christ has done for you on the cross by accepting Him as your Lord and Saviour.

Having done that, you are born again!

It is both a miracle and a mystery!

And like I used to say, a Born again Christian is not a polished or improved sinner. A born again Christian is a brand new creature. Yes, BRAND NEW!

The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 5:17, "If anyone, (yes, if ANYONE) be in Christ, such person is a NEW CREATURE, old things have passed away and everything has become new.

Hallelujah!

Once you are born again, every sin you have ever committed is washed and forgiven... As far as God is concerned, NOT a trace of your past sins will forever be remembered.

Amen!

However, there's something very important you need to know!

When you become born again, you didn't get taller or shorter, fatter or slimmer... Yes you are born again... But your body, your stature, your skin and hair color, remain the same!

Keep calm; you will understand what I am driving at in a moment!

Several people, shortly after being born again, find themselves committing the sin they have repented of, and then they wonder what the problem is.

See the Truth of the word of God in 1John 3:8, "Whosoever is born of God does not commit sin..." Yes, it is unnatural and very strange for a Christian to commit sin.

Don't give up on me yet, follow on!

Yes, at salvation, you become a NEW CREATURE, a New Man... There's a regeneration of your inner man, from Old to New.

Your inner man was re-created from being an Old Man of sin to a new man of righteousness.

But don't forget, the same BODY is the house for both the Old man that has been destroyed and the New Man that is just created.

When you were a sinner, the old man used your BODY as an instrument of unrighteousness and for sin.

Now that the occupant of your body has changed, the Bible says in Romans 12:1, "I beseech you therefore BRETHREN, to present your BODY, a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable..."

Did you notice the emphasis I placed on the word, "Brethren"?

Hold on, I'm not done yet!

Romans 6:19 says,
"... for as ye have yielded your members (your BODY) servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so NOW yield your MEMBERS (your BODY) servants to righteousness unto holiness."

Did you also notice from that verse; it is the same BODY that was yielded to uncleanness and iniquity that must be yielded to righteousness unto holiness?

Now you understand that if a born again Christian does not WILLINGLY yield his/her body as instruments of righteousness, in no time such person will not be different from a sinner.

Let me go a little further, I will conclude this teaching with a few verses from Romans chapter 8.

See this!
Romans 8:9 say, "But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His."

If you are born again, the Spirit of Christ dwell in you, therefore you are no longer under the influence of the old man.

Without the Spirit of God in our lives, we are not in any way different from every other sinner.

Verse 11 of Romans 8 will blow your mind:

"But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your MORTAL BODIES by His SPIRIT that dwelleth in you."

Oh my God!

It is the Holy Spirit in us that will give life unto our bodies because it is already dead to sin.

So again I say, “The antidote to sin is Holy Ghost living in the heart of a Believer".

Verse 13 is where I am heading to and I am there right now!

"For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live."

You see, when you were a sinner, your old man used your body to fulfill its lust, and its pride. It used your body to tell lies and keep malice... It used your body to do all forms of atrocities.

Now you are born again, the old man is gone, the new man is here, but occupying the same body.

It is your duty now to put your body in check (mortify) through the Spirit who now lives within you.

If you allow your body to take the lead, remember that all that your body knows how to do is what it learnt from the old man.

Therefore, as you MORTIFY your body through the Spirit, you will begin to train your body to do righteous and holy things.

Through the help of the Holy Spirit, you will begin to teach your BODY how to pray and read the Scripture.

As you continually yield yourself to the Spirit of God, He will continually call your attention to any lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh and prides of life.

Apostle Paul said, in 1Corithians 9:27 that he kept his body under control.

It's not any different today; we must mortify the deeds of the body through the help of the Spirit.

Hallelujah!

I hope this helps someone!

Any additional thought will be in the comment box.

God bless you.