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Hope I didn’t Misspeak

Mar 20, 2007 Print This Post

.:mood:. Sinful
.:itunes:. Come On! Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens

I was perusing Abigail’s Blog and I came across this post about this weekend’s message:

While I love Noel, and usually agree with 90% of what he has to say. I really had trouble listening to a lot of what he said after a certain point in the sermon for the way it came across. There was a statement that was made when talking about sin and judging others (Christians) for what they do. I forgot the quote exactly how he said it, but basically that Christians don’t sin.

I posted a comment on her blog, but I also want to post it here in case anyone had the same reaction.

I hope I never said “Christians don’t sin.” If I said that, it was a big boo-boo because it says in 1 John 1:8,

“If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth.”

What I meant to say (and I thought I said) was that Christians “have the ability not to sin.” There is a huge difference. It’s like what Paul says in Romans 8:1-2

“So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death.”

I was not saying “Yay, Christians are great and never sin!” I was saying we have been set free from bondage and we can make the decision not to sin.

Hopefully this makes sense.