Larry do you actually know a born again , spirit filled Christian that is living in deliberate and wilful sin?
I dont, I know some who aren't born again, but do 'believe' that are,
but every truly born again Christian I know, wants to please God, and is struggling to do so, usually because they feel discouraged or haven't understood what God has been showing them.
Conviction is a work of the Holy Spirit not the flesh,
we can see what some people are doing wrong, and yet miss something in our own lives, that isnt as obvious, but is just as serious.
I trust the Holy Spirit to show those that are His what they are doing wrong , only He can give the desire to want to do the right thing, we cant make ourselves good, we just cant.
Maybe I am looking at this from an entirely different angle, but I just believe that we are all a work in progress, we are all being changed into His likeness, in His timing.
What we see as sin in someone elses life, may just be a project for later for the Lord.
I am not excusing sin, but I am saying that none of us are perfect yet, some are more nearly perfect than others, but God has usually been working on them longer!
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