Can I sin and please God at the same time

Question: Is it possible to sin against God and please him at the same time? Is it possible for me to sin with the Spirit of Christ living in me?

Answer:Read I John chapter 1 and see what Jesus Christ says through John.

Verse 5 "..... This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness we lie, and do not the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

So, according to what Christ Jesus says we can no longer walk in darkness of sin and please God. Sin separates us from God, and when we choose to sin we deny our faith and lose our proper relationship with him. There are many thoughts on this subject as to whether a person would go to heaven after choosing to commit sin. I don't have all the answers to those ideas, but it doesn't pay to take chances. If we go on to Chapter 2 of I John we see how God views our sin and how he offers a continuing solution, if we seek it.

"My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not, And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And he is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."

I'm not a great scholar, but it sounds to me that God has a means for us to stop sinning against him and if we do sin we need an advocate (someone to stand up and defend us before God) and need to confess that sin so that we can return to a clear relationship with Christ and please God. It also seems clear that we need the same advocate for our sins as anyone else in the world. God provides grace for returning to salvation in Christ and also grace for a sinner to find salvation through the same advocate, Jesus Christ, the son of the living God.

Sin is not consistant with the christian walk. God says so. God is compassionate however and realizes man's weaknesses and offers to us a way of HOPE and reconciliation. Jesus Christ is our hope. His sacrifice of death on calvary again covers our sins as we confess and renew our faith in Him.

ITS HIM

I John 2:6 "He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk, even as he walked."

Question: How are we to walk (live our lifestyle)?

Answer: Just like Jesus Christ. Read his word and find out for yourself how he lived.

Question: Can we be exactly like Christ?

Answer: No, not in every way, because he is divine we are just human. He may choose to use humanity to do some supernatural things (miracles), but that's his decision not ours. We should not seek to do miracles, let him decide who, when, and how he uses us. He has grace however to help us live a normal Christian life in the midst of a sinful world filled with temptation. Jesus himself spent time every day frequently talking to God his Father because he needed the Father's help. He's our example, seek the Father through prayer and the written word.

We may not ever attain all that God has planned for us to be, but pursuing Christ and glorifying God by walking in obedience to him will keep us headed in the right direction.

We have questions, God has answers and grace to bring us HOPE.