"As Christians we belong to God."

 James 4:17 “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.”

As Christians we are the children of God, we are no longer the property of any other because we were bought by the blood of Jesus, God’s own Son. We are to live, move, and have our being by the rule, authority, and laws of God, because He is our Father. God hates sin, there is not one sin that our Heavenly Father is pleased with, not one. So, what is a sin against God, it is any action, word, desire, purpose, or omission contrary to the law, which is contrary to the word of God. Jesus, God’s own Son said, “I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.” John 5:30 If every believer had this thought in their heart, and worked to accomplish this, we would be so obedient to our Father and our crowns and rewards would be also great in heaven. While we all sin because of our old nature, our new nature should correct our old nature, and we would sin so much less. When our sin is a voluntary violation of, or failure to comply with the word of God then we are in greater violation of God’s law. God said, “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” The Believers who walk the closest with God in His word are always the happiest because we are walking in fellowship with God. Jesus said, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. (17) If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.” John 13:16 - 17 And He should know because He walked 100% with God and in God’s will. We must remember that every transgression is represented in the Bible as an act of rebellion against God, who is all Holy and is a hater of all sin. For us as His children to act independently of him, to set up the will of His child against the will of their Father in Heaven, and to put self in the place of God, and thus to dishonor His Holy name. We must also understand that it is wrong to twist our thinking and to blame our natural flesh for our sin. We must accept responsibility to God and work every second of everyday to please our Father. Sin should be our unrest in life, like a tossing of the waves of the sea; a constant disturbance, the flesh against the spirit, us against Satan. The Apostle Paul wrote about “departing from the faith” it was like “…having their conscience seared with a hot iron;” 1 Timothy 4:2b That is “to render unsensitive” to the will of God for us to walk upright. Paul wrote about our new born again life, “This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.” Ephesians 4:17 – 19 And do not forget, when Paul speaks of the word “Gentiles” his reference is to lost people of the world.    

"It is just with God eternally to cast off and destroy sinners."

There is no question that sin is breaking God’s laws, and it is never just with a Holy God to break His laws, just or lost. God is a Holy God which means He does not ever tolerate sinfulness, not in any manner.  The punishment to all people who die lost or without being covered by the blood of the Saviour, will be an eternal presence in the lake of fire that will never be quenched. The most damning thing lost sinners can do is to listen to men attempting to preach things they know nothing about. God said, “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.”  Joh 5:39 Men are like Satan trying to teach you, the blind trying to lead the blind. Matt.15:14 “Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.” It is especially important for everyone, last and saved to understand that God hates sin and that He is going to punish sin to the lost and remove crowns and rewards to the saved. “Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.” 1 Corinthians 3:13 the works of every believer will be the Christians judgment. While Jesus Christ has paid for the sins of every believer, our failure in our service to God is our responsibility. It is different for lost people; their sins will be paid for in judgement including the sin of death they inherited from Adam. Rev 20:13 “And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.” Their works are their sins, and some too greater, some too lesser punishment, as their sinful works deserved. These people were cast into hell because Jesus said, depart from me, I never knew you as my own child. “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” Revelation 20:15 God is just in His hatred for sin and His judgment as He was in judging and punishing Jesus Christ for ours.