A Time To Sin
Dr. Rocky Ramsey unpacks the biblical truth that for believers, sin is meant to be a thing of the past, not the present. While the world embraces sin, Christians are called to live for God’s will, even when it leads to suffering.
Jesus suffered because of who He was. If we live like Him, we too will face opposition.
Suffering can break sin’s grip. Hardship refines us and deepens our dependence on God.
Righteousness troubles sinners. When we choose holiness, it convicts those still in darkness.
Everyone will be judged. Those who reject God will face judgment, but those in Christ have already won.
The message is clear: There was a time in your life for sin, but that time is over. Now is the time to live with purpose, seek holiness, and walk in the victory Christ has given us.
“Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and abominable idolatries. In all this, they are surprised that you do not run with them into the same excesses of dissipation, and they malign you; but they will give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. For the gospel has for this purpose been preached even to those who are dead, that though they are judged in the flesh as men, they may live in the spirit according to the will of God.”
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