12/28/21 CHRISTIANS OUGHT NOT PRAISE SATAN

12/28/21 CHRISTIANS OUGHT NOT PRAISE SATAN

I have various reasons for not boasting in the supposed "unassailable power of sin."

First let me say, IT IS NOT UNASSAILABLE, which is fundamental to my other reasons.

You may be thinking, "Of course sin is not unassailable; who would say such a ridiculous thing?"
"Well, we know it won't be me," says I.

However, most of the people I encounter readily say that God is either unable or unwilling to save all of us, or even save any of us, from all sin (IN SPITE OF WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS).

They may say God saves all Christians from the PENALTY OF SIN, or at least they may say that God saves a special class of unilaterally, unconditionally elect from the penalty of sin (including sins that have not yet been committed and for which they will not be required to confess or repent),
BUT THEY WILL DENY that God saves anyone from sin's POWER AND POLLUTION in this present world, thus they are saying that sin is unassailable, at least in this life.

They say that God cannot or will not deliver from the SIN NATURE (AKA The Sinful Nature, The Old Man, The Carnal Mind, The Double Mind, The Evil Heart of Unbelief, The Root of Bitterness) in this present life and they will say that God cannot or will not deliver the believer from all temptation, or sinning. In other words, they are saying that sin is powerful enough to keep God from saving us from sin. If the problem is, as they say, that God can save us from all sin, but does not save us from all sin or is not willing to save us from all in this life, then they are saying that sin is unassailable.

But let me move on.
I refuse to boast in sin's penalty, power or pollution because it is not all powerful, BUT ALSO because sin gets plenty of boasting from preachers of sinning religion and the people who have fallen for the false doctrines of sinning religion.

It is hard to find a preacher that proclaims God's victory over all sin in the lives of His people today. They not only preach that all men have sinned (which is true) and that all men are born with a sinful nature (which is also true), BUT THEY FALSELY SAY that God does not cleanse us from all sin, they say that God does not save us from sinning, they say that God cannot or will not make us pure or make us holy or make us righteous or make us perfect in love. They falsely accuse true believers who are walking in the light, they falsely accuse those who are walking in the steps of Jesus, they falsely label obedient Christians as cultist, blasphemers, enemies of the cross. I WON'T SING THE "GLORIES" OF SIN and the sinning life (as so many others are doing), because it is a lie and it robs God of His glory.

Yes, I know there are false prophets who promote a false holiness of heart and life. But those same charlatans also claim to be saved, claim to believe in Christ, claim to believe the Bible. I am not going to deny the Bible, I am not going to deny Christ, I am not going to deny salvation OR HOLINESS OF LIFE, simply because there are false teachers giving false witness in the name of Christ and His truth. It would be like denying the Trinity or the Deity of Christ, just because the Roman Catholic Religion claims to believe in those truths. Truth is not a lie because a liar claims to believe that truth.

I also will not call God a liar or His word a lie.
I will not trod under foot the blood of Christ, or blaspheme the work of the Holy Spirit as He leads, empowers, enables and gives me victory over sin and Satan.
In fact, whether anyone ever experiences victory over sin or whether anyone gets saved, denial of truth does not change truth.
Also, keep in mind that plenty of people erroneously preach about the victory of sin in their lives and they deny the success of grace over sin. I refuse to stand with them in their false message. In fact, because so many preach a defeated salvation, there is a great need for people to know the truth and to proclaim the truth, no matter how unpopular it is. My hope is to be one of those who stands for truth
And, by the way,
I do explain the dangers, the deception, the power and pollution of sin.
I do warn people about the false hope of sin.
I do tell people about the inner corruption of the Adamic, Nature (the Sinful Nature).
I do tell people that no man is inherently righteous, independently capable of resisting temptation or able to save himself.
But at the same time, I do not preach that God leaves His children to be victims of darkness.
I preach full deliverance from sin through the shed blood and physical resurrection of Christ.
I do warn believers that they can go back into sin after being converted.
But I also preach that God is able to keep and enable His children to overcome all temptation and defeat all spiritual enemies.
I won't falsely glorify or honor Satan by saying his impact and influence over us is greater than that of Jesus Christ.
I won't claim to have victory over sin, if I do not experience it by His grace.
I won't tell anyone that they can earn or add to their salvation, but neither are they abandoned by God (because of Adam) to a life without hope or help.
For every verse that is falsely offered to deny and disprove that Christians can live without sinning or that God's grace is not greater than our sin, or that Christ is not more powerful than the grip of Satan on God's people, there are hundreds of verses that clearly proclaim God's victory over sin, in His children, in the here and now.

Let Satan, all the demons of hell and every tongue in this world deny the overcoming power of Christ in this life, but God's word stands sure.
Let every preacher deny the power of God unto salvation from sin, but God is still true.