I think I at least understand what you are talking about since this is something weighing heavy on my own life lately. It really simply begs the question "Can a Christian Sin?". Recently a friend brought this up, and called into question is the prompting and guidence that Christians receive from the Holy Spirit the work of the Spirit dwelling in us, or simply the ministry of the Spirit to us calling us to real salvation and freedom from our sins. Reading through the Bible, in particular the New Testament, and studying both Christ's teachings and Pauls letters, I simply cannot find justification upon which a redeemed Christian is capable of sin or justified in excusing sin in his life. While I always believed when you have the Holy Spirit in your heart he will take away the desire to sin from your heart, I question whether or not that is part of initial salvation or a so-called "second blessing". Does that mean that those who sin, even after becomming believers and following the Holy Spirits prompting are not really saved until they fully give over their sinful nature to God? I question it. I fight it. But I question why I fight it. Is that my sinful nature fighting for control? Is it because I was always taught that salvation is basically "easy"? It definitely calls into question everything I ever learned growing up in church, everything I've ever heard taught. But upon truely studying the scripture in detail, I find it a harder and harder thing to "ignore".
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