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Also, depending upon the compulsion to any particular sin ... I believe deliverance from such sin may come sooner or later. Pragmatically, I believe that the christian who is successfully dealing with their sin (through repentence and looking to the Lord for His way out) will experience a diminishing of said sin until said sin is expunged from his/her life.

That being said, I believe that a christian can, for a time, decide to leave their sin unattended to ... and so, commit such sin for an indefinite period. I also believe that God chastens His children in regard to their sin, in an effort to bring them to a point where they will deal with it.

Thank you for your thoughts. I find them quite reasonable.

The question at hand is ... how faithful are we in availing ourselves of that power (i.e. finding God's way out and taking it) ?

Good point. Some seem to view faith as something one either has or does not have. You recognize that it can be of varying strengths.

Are there some sins that a Christian cannot commit ?

Are there limitations to the Blood of Christ? Forgiveness is guaranteed for anything we may do, as long as we turn back toward God.

Are there some sins that a Christian cannot commit ?

Are there limitations to the Blood of Christ? Forgiveness is guaranteed for anything we may do, as long as we turn back toward God.

You're reading the question a different way than I intended. Valid, ... but not my intent.

My question is this ...

You are a christian. You have been saved and transformed by the blood of JESUS and the Spirit of God dwells within you. We are now children of the Light. We have aligned ourselves with the forces of good in the universe against the forces of darkness.

We know that, as we are faced with temptation, the Spirit of God within us is faithful to steer us away from the commission of the sin to which the temptation draws us.

We also know that we can resist the guidance of the Spirit of God within us, so as to proceed to commit some sin.

I presume that, the more eggregious the sin, ... the more the Spirit of God strives to steer us from that sin.

My question is ... as a christian, ... saved by the blood of JESUS, ... a new creation created to perform the good works which God has already ordained for us ... aligned with the forces of good against the forces of evil in the world ... having the Spirit of God dwelling within us ...

... are there some acts of evil which, in our identity as christians, the children of God, ... we would be absolutely inhibited from taking part in ?