A WALK OF FAITH WITH GOD

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If I'm a Christian do I have to ask forgiveness every time I sin? What if I sin, but I die in an accident before I ask God to forgive me?

Consider the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We are born again and we strive to be perfect but we still sin. Grace is undeserved love. We sin and God forgives.

Romans 8. The Apostle Paul said it best. We struggle always against the flesh, every minute of every day. I think, therefore, I sin. Paul sinned. We sin. Yet, we walk in the Spirit of Grace even as we sin. God hates sin, but loves the sinner.

Imagine that your car has a flat tire, and your neighbor is a mechanic. He isn't home, but you have faith that he will change the tire when you ask him. It's not running but it's still your car. Likewise, we sin, and yet, we belong to God. We&apos're still His children. We sin as we walk, yet we know that our walk is made safe because God's Grace has made it so.

LUKE 18 The Pharisee said, "All of these Ten Commandments have I kept from my youth up." However, if the Pharisee had been at all familiar with Jesus' teachings he would have said, "All of these have I broken from my youth up." The Pharisee never realized that sin manifests in our heart, and not in our behavior. Our behavior is only a reaction to our heart's lusts and sins.

The Pharisee kept all the commandments but he still wasn't perfect. Why? The Pharisee walked according to the Law, which is anchored to the flesh. We walk according to the Spirit which is anchored to Jesus. The Pharisee must always be on guard, every minute of every hour. He can't eat certain foods, work on the Sabbath, nor curse when he stumbles. We seek something stronger, a foundation whose builder is God. A faith that Jesus' death and resurrection has paid for every sin we have ever committed and every sin we have yet to commit.

The Law isn't the path to salvation. Yet, it is purposeful, for it tells that we are on the wrong road and should turn around. The purpose of the Law is to reveal sin, which it did. If kept, it would create a perfect human being, which it has. Jesus is that perfect human being because He fulfilled every jot of the Law.

The Law tells us that we are sinners, yet does it offer us help? Imagine if the mechanic told you that you had a flat tire, and left you on the side of the road. We have faith that our sins are already forgiven by Jesus' death and resurrection. As we walk in the Spirit we still sin, but we don't seek sin nor desire sin. It comes naturally because that is the Law.

HEBREWS 4 The Pharisee lived in the Law. He was faithful with himself that he could keep and honor the Law. Yet, he died by it. We live by faith in Jesus Christ, and so we live even when we are dead. We some times die before we pray, and often do not pray regularly as we should. But God seeing our walk of faith, remembers, for He is a discerner of the heart, and Jesus is that faithful servant.

And so we die, but not in our sins.

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