1. Are we responsible for the expulsion of known sin in our lives?
Yes...We all have the choice to sin or not to sin. We can not do it on our own however...we are convictd of sin through the Holy Spirit then we must allow the Holy Spirit o work in us to overcome sin.
Exodus 20:20
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
Psalms 4:4
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
1 John 2:1
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2. If so, how do we expell known sin?
I have found that when I have been convicted of a known sin in my life if I will go to Jesus and ask for forgiveness and truly want to give up that sin through the power of the Holy Spirt it has been taken from me. HOWEVER...My problem is there are things I LIKE and don't want to give up so I allow my mind to not completely give it to Jesus. .
1 Corinthians 15:57
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
S.D.A. Bible Commentary Vol. 7
Page 974
Revelation
11 (Deut. 33:25; see EGW on 2 Thess. 2:7-12). Power to Conquer Day by Day.--All who will can be overcomers. Let us strive earnestly to reach the standard set before us. Christ knows our weakness, and to Him we can go daily for help. It is not necessary for us to gain strength a month ahead. We are to conquer from day to day (MS 28, 1886).
3. Is there any excuse for known sin? No.
4. Can we live without known sin now?
Yes...I believe it is possible. But only through the working power of the Holy Spirt..
Christ's Object Lessons
Page 311
Without a Wedding Garment
This robe, woven in the loom of heaven, has in it not one thread of human devising. Christ in His humanity wrought out a perfect character, and this character He offers to impart to us. "All our righteousness are as filthy rags." Isa. 64:6. Everything that we of ourselves can do is defiled by sin. But the Son of God "was manifested to take away our sins; and in Him is no sin." Sin is defined to be "the transgression of the law." 1 John 3:5, 4. But Christ was obedient to every requirement of the law. He said of Himself, "I delight to do Thy will, O My God; yea, Thy law is within My heart." Ps. 40:8. When on earth, He said to His disciples, "I have kept My Father's commandments." John 15:10. By His perfect obedience He has made it possible for every human being to obey God's commandments. When we submit ourselves to Christ, the heart is united with His heart, the will is merged in His will, the mind becomes one with His mind, the thoughts are brought into captivity to Him; we live His life.This is what it means to be clothed with the garment of His righteousness. Then as the Lord looks upon us He sees, not the fig-leaf garment, not the nakedness and deformity of sin, but His own robe of righteousness, which is perfect obedience to the law of Jehovah.
5. Can we do these on our own? No..
Reflecting Christ
Page 94
The Contrast Between John And Judas
John and Judas are representatives of those who profess to be Christ's followers. Both these disciples had the same opportunities to study and follow the divine Pattern. . . . Each possessed serious defects of character; and each had access to the divine grace that transforms character. But while one in humility was learning of Jesus, the other revealed that he was not a doer of the word, but a hearer only. One, daily dying to self and overcoming sin, was sanctified through the truth; the other, resisting the transforming power of grace and indulging selfish desires, was brought into bondage to Satan. . .
6. If we fail are we to be cast out?
No. Praise God we have a longsuffering and forgiving God who hears our prayers and understantds where we are in our life..and forgives us our sins when we come to Him and repent..
Numbers 14:18
The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
Psalms 86:15
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
John 6:37
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
In The Blessed Hope
Avalee
[ December 31, 2001: Message edited by: Avalee ]
[ December 31, 2001: Message edited by: Avalee ]