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April 29, 1990
Is the battle against indwelling sin irrelevant once we place our trust in Christ’s atoning work? Alistair Begg reminds us that because Christ came to take away sin, He stands in holy opposition against it. It is impossible, therefore, for anyone united with Christ to maintain consistent patterns of sinful behavior. When Christians pursue holy living, we guard against the indifference and hardness of heart caused by unchecked and unconfessed sin.
4Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; jsin is lawlessness. 5You know that khe appeared in order to ltake away sins, and min him there is no sin. 6No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; nno one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 7Little children, olet no one deceive you. pWhoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8qWhoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was rto destroy the works of the devil. 9sNo one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's2 seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, tnor is the one who udoes not love his brother.
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