06/13/26 HOLINESS IS ESSENTIAL
SINLESSNESS???
(This is good truth for everyone. Read the article. I make over two dozen points concerning God's deliverance from all sin, which reflect hundreds of passages. Use this as a study or discussion starter.)
The word "sinless" is used ostensibly to deny the salvific work of God to deliver Christians from sin and sinning.
I have often had people, who profess salvation, tell me that God does not cleanse and deliver believers from all sin (sinful actions and sinful nature), does not empower, lead and enable believers to overcome all temptation, obey God's commands, follow Christ fully, do that which is pleasing in God's sight.
When I refer to passages that declare God's work of salvation from sin through His word, His Son's blood, and His Holy Spirit, they often accuse me of claiming to be "sinless," They continue by saying there has only been One sinless Man (as if this was a surprise to me). They imply and equate sinless and sinlessness with being self-righteous. The falsely accuse me of claiming inherent righteousness or salvation by works of the flesh. They ignore the passages and the history of God's salvation from all sin.
The question at this point is not whether a person is sinless, but rather what is meant by the word "sinless."
OK, "sinless" is a real word, but it is understood and used differently. Those who believe in sinning religion (in other words, they believe that God does not save His people from their sins, from sinning or from the sin nature) use the word "sinless" as a weapon of deception. They use it as a false indictment against the doctrine of holiness of heart and life.
Therefore, if the words "sinless" and "sinlessness" are meant to convey the idea that a person has never sinned, or that a person who has been saved is unable to sin, or that a person who has become a Christian is inherently, immutably impeccable (unable to sin), or that a person who has been saved becomes inherently righteous, holy, pure, and able to live the Christian life without the constant presence, power, leading of God and His grace, THEN I AGREE, no human being (including Christians) are sinless or live without sin.
In fact, I hardly ever use the words "sinless" or "sinlessness," because most people attach this false narrative to the terminology.
If, on the other hand, a person uses the word "sinless" to mean purity of heart and life, holiness of heart and life, righteousness in heart and life; to mean that a faithful follower of Christ can obey God, keep God's commandments, can do that which is pleasing in God's sight, can deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Jesus, can walk in the light, can die to the world and the flesh and the devil, can live in the Spirit, can resist temptation, can love God with the whole heart and mind and soul and strength and love their neighbor as they love themself, or can be made pure and holy and righteous by God through His word and the blood of His Son and by the work of His Holy Spirit, or live by faith, or bring every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, THEN, YES, God's grace, power, sacrifice, salvation, does make it possible for the believer who trusts and chooses Christ alone for salvation is able to live without sinning (willful disobedience to the known law of God) and without the internal corruption of the "Law of Sin and Death" (The Old Man, The Double Mind, The Carnal Mind [mind of the flesh]).
As I said, I don't use the term "sinless" because it can be misunderstood or misapplied. I choose rather to use Biblical nomenclature. Therefore, if a person denies that God's grace makes it possible and practical for a believer to be holy, pure, righteous, faithful then they are in opposition to the revealed word of God and they are denying the salvation of God.
Deliverance from sin is not a human accomplishment, it is a Divine work of salvation.
And, by the way, the fact of this "salvation from sin" is not negated simply because it is not being practiced (though it is negated in the person who does not receive it by faith). God's word and His work provided full salvation, God has called us to full salvation, God has commanded us to receive full salvation, God has led us to full salvation, God has given witness that people have received full salvation. If you don't have it, it is not God's fault or blamable on someone else. If you have not walked in the light that God has given you, then you are accountable for your own sin.
Hebrews 12:14
14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness (the holiness or sanctification), without which no man shall see the Lord:
