Author Archives: Karl

About Karl

Christian; married; father of two.

Live Sin-Free?

I had an interesting conversation with a co-worker today about whether or not it is possible to live a sin-free life.  The answer to that is always a resounding NO because we all know Romans 3:23.  I ask you, should that answer be no?  I pose to you that a sin-free life is attainable or God would not ask us to live a life without sin.  Jesus told the lame man and the woman caught in adultery to “sin no more” (John 5:14; John 8:11).  We all know we are going to fail on occasion or have failed already.  Why would we need Jesus if we lived sin-free without Him?  Does that mean however that a sin-free life is unattainable?  Just because we live under Grace, does that mean we should just sin?  The answer is obviously no (Romans 6).  You say, “well no man has ever lived a sin-free life.”  I have to say that is not true because Jesus did it.  We cannot deny that He was a man in the flesh being tempted in all ways that we are tempted (Hebrews 4:15).  There is no temptation put in front of us for which God does not provide a way of escape (1 Corinthians 10:13).  We will not live a sin-free life, but we should try because we have the perfect example of a man who did.

RefTagger

I’ve added RefTagger to the site to show verse contents on mouse-over of scripture references.  References will appear in NASB95 version.  I hope you enjoy the new feature.