What happens when a Christian sins? The answer to this question will depend very much on your experience since you received Christ Jesus as your Saviour and the teaching you have been received. Sadly for many what they have been taught does not necessarily represent what the Bible says on this matter.
The Bible tells us in 1 John 1:8-9 “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”. As Christians, we will eventually stumble and we will eventually sin. What makes us different from what we were before conversion is that now we have a new nature. It grieves us to sin. We don’t want to sin; we want to live a righteous life. But what happens when we sin? do we need to get saved again? Is that what the Bible is teaching? In that case, we have no security, and in some sense, we’re worse off than the world. At least the world is not tormented by a sin conscience. As believers, sin is not to be our focus of attention. Hebrews 10:2 states that through the sacrifice of Jesus, the believer should have no more conscience of sins. In other words, sin should not be the focus of our lives. God should be our focus.
In this series we will learn what the Bible does actual say about sin and its effects on a Christian and how to correctly deal with it when we do stumble.
Derek Baldry Ministries 