Does God Overlook My Sin?

God is a holy God, and for Him to overlook sin would be going against His nature and His Will, which He cannot do because He is God. Yes, there is forgiveness of sins through Jesus Christ, but if you are no longer repenting of your sins, you probably have some sins which are not forgiven. Yes, when we repent to receive Jesus as Lord and Saviour, all of our sins are forgiven in the abstract, but there is still the practical aspect of walking with God in your sanctification process with out which you will not see God, (Hebrews 12:14.)

What does it mean to be sanctified after you receive salvation? Sanctification is a process in which you work with the Holy Spirit to resist sin and to live a holy life. Some churches teach that your sanctification is your salvation, but that is wrong. Yes part of going to Heaven is being holy, but unless you have the initial faith, your efforts to live for God will go unrewarded. Because the Holy Spirit lives in a saved person, the Holy Spirit will be working with that person’s soul and personality to shape them into a pure and honourable vessel.

When a saved person sins, God brings divine chastisement to that person’s body and soul, to bring that person to the point of repentance. At this point the individual chooses to repent, which of course is helped by God. We do not continue in sin (Romans 6:1-2) we persevere, “pTherefore, brothers,3 since we have confidence to enter qthe holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by rthe new and living way that he opened for us through sthe curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have ta great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts usprinkled clean vfrom an evil conscience and our bodies wwashed with pure water.”

(Hebrews 10:19-23) and (Hebrews10:19-39.) Of course we can’t do this without the help of the Holy Spirit, and we have to do our part, which is to repent. This is Mike.

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