Desensitization to the Person of Christ and the Sin issue?
2016 Feb 21st Streaming
Greetings Everyone!
It’s been a busy week for us. I hurt my back on Monday evening and was out for a few painful days. I went to the DC on Wednesday and things improved. I’ve been doing lots of rocking and crawling. We’ll be looking at and talking about Desensitization to the Person of Christ and the Sin issue. I received an email from a beloved member of the body and they wanted to know about a statement they heard concerning “there is no sin issue before God.” In the past 30 plus years preaching and teaching on the in-Christ message, I’ve heard this question more times than I can count. It is a valid question when the law has been our covering and what appears our safety net. The fear that the message of grace will at some point cause some to sin. So are we not to say Christ is more than enough to keep anyone? The liberty in Christ might cause them go out and sin if they know there is no sin issue. Here’s part of the questions we will talk about in fellowship today.
Hi pastor, we bless the Father for you. I am learning so much from the messages you brought. I have 2 questions I need your explanation on.
2 years back, (our Pastor) preached and made a statement like “your sin is not of concern to God if only you have Christ in you, your sin is not an issue to God but the resulting effect of what you do may hinder you from enjoying the victorious Christian life here on earth. eg a child of God living a promiscuous life does not make him less of a child of God but he might contract STDs, or waste his money etc with this he may not enjoy the beautiful life he ought to have (in Christ).”
After service I told him he should not be preaching like that or else he will encourage sin particularly among those who are not matured in Christ. He told me he preaches what the Holy Spirit leads him to not what human logic/thought feels. I felt unhappy because he rejected my advice. What he preached is the truth, but I felt it’s not to be preached to the congregation because the congregation is a mixture of saved and unsaved persons. Among the saved ones, there may be persons who won’t understand this in-depth truth and may misunderstand it to mean “I can continue in sin after all it has nothing to do with my salvation.’’
1. After listening to your message on desensitization to the person of Christ and converted verse begotten, it seems to me it’s okay preaching that way. My question is, is that not going to encourage sin among believers?
2. You said that Biological and spiritual union is permanent. You can’t lose who you are!! We have an older woman expressed the desire to have a new life in Christ Jesus but want to still be praying in the Islamic way. I guess there is nothing wrong if she accepts Christ and continue in her religion. After all it’s about the newness of one but not religion.
But where is the person of Christ in all of this? Now, let’s talk about it!
Love in Christ,
David & Katherine