Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength - # 194
Michael’s book is
available through:
Abiding Life Ministries
International
Littleton, Colorado
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What
a title for today’s writing by Michael…it automatically draws some sort of
response by everyone who sees it. The
question is: what is your response? Do
you initially believe “a Christian cannot sin”??? Let’s take a look at what Michael has to say,
then speak our belief.
Day 3
A Christian Cannot Sin
No one who is born of God
practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is
born of God. –I John 3:9
I
really enjoy I John as the great book of abiding. If we are in
Him, we will see exactly Jesus flowing from us. If we are not in Him, we will
fail. We will have times when we are not abiding, and in those times He is
greater than our sin. As we abide, His anointing is teaching us; we actually
will not need a teacher (I John 2:27). I cannot say that I have ever surprised
an abiding Christian with a truth he did not know.
Those
that are born of God cannot sin! Do you sin? Does this mean that
you are not born of God? No! Let me explain, for this passage has
tripped up more than one believer. As a Christian you cannot sin; that is a fact. You do not believe
me. Well, let me explain it this way. I say to the five-year-old boy, "You
cannot drive a truck." Is my statement true? Yes! He cannot drive a truck.
Later, the boy gets in the truck, inserts the key, turns the ignition, and
moves the truck forward until it runs into a tree. At that point are you ready
to admit that the boy can drive? No! Even though he has been turning the wheel,
starting the engine, and accelerating the truck, we all agree that those
actions alone do not constitute driving. He is not going to get his driver’s
license any time soon. In the same way the Christian cannot sin. Oh, he may get
in the seat and display the right actions, but he cannot go anywhere with it.
Nothing is done properly, and we will not give him a license verifying that he
is a sinner.
A woman told me that she was thinking of
having an affair, of becoming an adulteress. I exclaimed, "You
cannot!" "Who will stop me?" she wanted to know. I explained
that I was not going to stop her, but the seed of life in her, Jesus, would
never let her become an adulteress. "You may go through the actions, but
you will not be able to get your license as an adulteress. You will never be
comfortable doing that.” Although she did initially proceed down that road, she
turned back. Her outer life
could not maintain its stance against the Christ that dwelt within her.
Struggle reveals that a believer cannot
sin. It really stinks to have one’s heart condemn him. One day the believer
wakes up and says that it is just not worth it, and then he finds that Jesus is
greater than the heart. Beautiful.
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
Michael points to the seed of life, Jesus Christ, within each Christian
that works to prevent the Believer from sinning. Truth is: the real person of a Christian is
Jesus Himself. His Life IS our
life. And Jesus cannot sin. So, it is truth to say “a Christian cannot
sin.” And the Bible does not call a
Christian a sinner…only a saint. Yet
every Christian still has some “flesh” that can sin, but it is not the real
person.
Thank God that as a Christian our outer life (flesh) cannot maintain its
stance against the inner life, Christ, that dwells in us. The heart of Michael’s writing is that if sin
is present in our life for a time, it cannot prevail. Jesus IS greater than anything that presents
itself against Him. Amen.
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