If you love God more than you love sin, you will not be sinless but you will sin less. As time goes by you will sin less.
What we learn from the Bible is that the battle is internal. If you love sin more than you love God, you will continue to sin. In this sense, the question is very concrete and mathematical.
What we learn from the Bible is that the battle is internal. If you love sin more than you love God, you will continue to sin. In this sense, the question is very concrete and mathematical.
I really need to explore this further in the context of this thread.
FWIW,
I found Christ as my savior on Jan 1 2000 in a state of despair.
Prior to that, I was raised by a Roman Catholic father and the daughter of a Norwegian Methodist Minister from North Dakota. I attended Sunday School as a matter of what my Father wanted me to do without any discussion. I got nothing from those days. They separated and divorced when I was 12 and was left to my own devices, literally.
Left to discover both myself and a truth that transcends anything that could be TOLD to me.
I was completely free to mess up and figure things out for myself. And I did both.
I worked my butt off and along the way I found myself watching a PBS series by Joseph Campbell on mythology. I was fascinated. He’s conclusion is that WE are all Gods. This never really worked well with me as I sat that aside and continued on my path.
It was Jan. 1 2000 when I woke up after a devastating night realizing that my wife is cheating on me and what may become of my daughter. It was Charles Stanley that happened to pop up on the television. This is when I accepted Christ.
Just when I thought everything will now make sense, I soon discovered the seriousness of this position.
There was an awakening of my new/renewed foundations of belief.
I dove head first into the Bible and quickly realized that Apologetics was required. I attended a number of conferences and bible study groups and read boat loads of material. I thoughtfully examined the works of leading Christians and others. Ironically, it was Joseph Campbell and his Buddhism that reaffirmed my belief in God. I studied Evolution, Buddhism, the Koran, Physics and all the math along the way.
I came to a logical conclusion after a process of elimination that there is only one God and Creator, and Jesus came to earth and died for my sins. There is no escaping this.
I know this.
I just can’t stop myself from being severely flawed.