Why Do Good Christians Sin?

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Why Do Good Christians Sin?
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All Have Sinned

• All sin (1 K. 846 Rom. 323 1 Jn. 17-10)
• There are many reasons why people sin
• But, why do good Christians sin?
• Good Christians who hold a leadership role like
  preachers, elders, deacons, and Bible class
  teachers?
• Good Christians who attend every service, read
  their Bible, and pray regularly?

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Why Do Good Christians Sin?

• Good Christians may be unknowledgeable
• Good intentions may be mislead (Acts 818-19)
• But, all can know what Gods will is (Eph. 517)

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Why Do Good Christians Sin?

• Good Christians may be influenced by evil
  companionships
• Good morals are corrupted (1 Cor. 1533)
• But, peer pressure can and must be resisted (Psa.
  11 Prov. 110 1320)

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Why Do Good Christians Sin?

• Good Christians may listen to erroneous doctrines
  and follow after them
• Good teaching is replaced with error
  (2 Cor. 113-4 2 Pet. 21ff Jas. 519-20)
• But, false teaching must be identified and
  rejected (Rom. 1617-18 2 Jn. 9-11)

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Why Do Good Christians Sin?

• Good Christians may not sin deliberately, but
  they may sin unintentionally
• Good habits are overtaken in a fault
  (Gal. 61)
• But, one must be vigilant at all times for the
  devil (1 Pet. 58)

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Why Do Good Christians Sin?

• Good Christians may appear good on the outside,
  but have a sinful private life they act
  hypocritically
• Good habits are matched with bad habits (Mt.
  231ff Gal. 211-14)
• But, God sees all (Prov. 153)

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Why Do Good Christians Sin?

• Good Christians may grow weary and get tired
• Good foundations erode and drift away (Heb.
  21-3)
• But, one must press onward (Heb. 121-3)

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Why Do Good Christians Sin?

• Good Christians may want to try sin because it is
  new or something they have been kept from
• Good people want liberty (2 Pet. 218-19)
• But, there is good reason why they have not been
  allowed thus far (Prov. 627-28)

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Why Do Good Christians Sin?

• Good Christians may start loving the wrong things
• Good affections and ones first love is
  exchanged for a misplaced love (Rev. 24
  1 K. 111-2)
• But, one can return (Rev. 25)

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Good Christians?

• When good Christians sin they are no longer
  good!
• Let us remember that the devil does not want a
  sinner to become a saint (Christian), and he does
  not want a saint to remain sanctified (without
  sin)!