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NASB | Ephesians 4:30 Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God [but seek to please Him], by whom you were sealed and marked [branded as God's own] for the day of redemption [the final deliverance from the consequences of sin]. [Eph 1:13, 14; Phil 3:20, 21] |
Bible Question: Thank you for your response, much appreciated. I struggle with my sin, am overwhelmed by it at times. I was a drug addict my entire life and lived and loved all of my sin. Now I have accepted Christ yet worry that not all of my sins are gone, just the major ones. So if I am struggling with my sins(I do hate them) I can use that as an indicator that I'm in the faith? I worry a lot about all the sins of my past, and if I'm really going to heaven. Mostly, I feel confident of it, yet there's always this little nagging "voice" questioning it.(are you REALLY going to heaven? just like the serpent in the garden) Now another question. Do you think that is spiritual warfare or just my old nature showing up? |
Bible Answer: Hi starstuff, The gospel is simply this: "Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures," (1 Cor. 15:1-4 NASB) If you have accepted Christ as your Lord and Savior, then yes, I do believe there is a consciousness of sin. Rom 7:18 summarizes the struggle by saying, "For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. " Going back, conversly Rom. 6:20 tells us that, "For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness." To the believer, Gal. 5:16 instructs us to "walk in the Spirit so you will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh." May I encourage you with these words and may they be your focus: "Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus." (Rom. 6:11 NASB) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |