01/20/22 GOD ENABLES VICTORY OVER ALL SIN

01/20/22 GOD ENABLES VICTORY OVER ALL SIN

Christendom is in a "sinning religion" mindset today. People who claim to be Christians and are lauded as "great teachers" of the faith have led believers into deception and sin by saying that Christ and His salvation does not actually save from sin, but only saves from the penalty of sin.

In a discussion with one of these leading sin merchants, I was told that Matthew 1:21 does not mean that Jesus saves His people from their sins. Here is what God inspired (infallibly instructed) Matthew to write.
Matthew 1:21
(21) And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
This is God's word.

This is the first statement in the New Testament addressing the ministry of Jesus.
This is not an obscure, enigmatic, doubtful comment or verse. It says what it means and it means what it says.

Still, there are popular "Christian" leaders who say that God forgives people but God does not save people from the power or pollution of sin.

The Scripture clearly says that God, through the salvation in Christ, not only forgives but He cleanses, and delivers from the power and pollution of sin in this present evil world. God delivers us FROM SIN, He does not deliver us IN sin, or THROUGH sin, or BY sin. God does not deliver us from sin through DEATH. Death is the last enemy, not the final deliverer. Salvation is salvation from sin in this present time, this evil world.

The same God Who forgives and cleanses us from a sin also gives us victory over and delivers us from that sin. In fact, as long as we have a living faith in Christ, evidenced by an obedient walk with Christ, we are continually reconciled to God, cleansed from all sin, and enabled to live victoriously.

The merchants of sin and death deny Christian victory over sin by twisting Scripture, weaving false theological narratives, and following in the deceptive steps of Satan in the Garden of Eden, when he told Eve that she would not die if she ate of the forbidden fruit.

Genesis 3:1-5 (parenthetical notes are mine)
(1) Now the serpent was more subtle (cunning, crafty) than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
(notice Satan turned from the redemptive nature of God, referring to Him as Elohim rather than Yahweh and then he misquoted God.)
(2) And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
(3) But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
(It does not appear, according to the Biblical record, that God told the first couple not to touch the forbidden fruit. While it may seem to be a minor point, it would be a crack in the foundation which would lead to disobedience).
(4) And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
(the blatant lie, which would be followed by Satanic "reasoning.")
(5) For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

(Again, Satan mixes truth with deception, making deception palatable. In fact, Satan completely contradicts the truth of God. If the first couple had not eaten of the forbidden fruit, that is, if they had not disobeyed God, they would have been confirmed in the likeness of God. But disobedience to God did bring death, separation from God.)

Remember, the lies of sinning religion are designed by the father of lies to lead us to disobedience and therefore to separation from God (death) and eternal torment.

If someone is telling you that sin does not separate you from God, remember Eve.
If someone is telling you that you cannot be victorious over temptation and sin, remember, Jesus came, "to save His people from their sins."