What it is to be sinless

Jesus said 'follow me and sin no more'. This has been interpreted as follow me and stop sinning. But how it should be interpreted is *if I am within you, and you follow what I have set out for you, you will no longer sin, as you are serving the father's will through me.*

When we cast stones when we look at others by their sin we are not doing the father's will. Knowledge of sin got no soul into the presence of the father. All knowledge of sin did was increase sin. Casting stones means you are acting out of judgement of others. We are not righteous. We have righteousness come through us only when we have set ourselves aside so to act in love and have any of the states of holiness come through us. In this way only, are we considered of righteousness, because the authority of Christ is what is perfect and the doorway to serving the will of God. No man can please God without honoring the authority of His Son.

We we not raised under the Law. We were in fact raised in our transgressions. Our only path of service is through the Holy Spirit which by our faith we seek council and guidance from to then act on in the present moment. This is why Christ said to his disciples, who were raised under the Law:

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Matthew 21:31

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"Which of the two did what his father wanted?" "The first," they answered. Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you."

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The Kingdom is there for those who in faith can set themselves aside. It is humbling to do so, because we want to react to what is in front of us, by our own will. But we know that to have holiness come through us, we must first set ourselves aside. And the only reason we would do this is love; our love of God, or our love for all others.

I bring this up often because we have seen a generation of ministry that created a false teaching of judgement and vanity. We all sin, and there is only one way to be holy as Jesus was holy, and that is by faith alone. In him our present is sinless. There is no sin in him.

There is another reason I bring this up often. We are in a generation where liberties of the flesh and freedoms of worldliness are supported by many human authorities. Our worldly society is supplying a morality that is meant to bring mankind into unity through the flesh and wealth. This is to be expected, as there is human wisdom and knowledge that supports this blindness. As believers, we have to see this as a dangerous time, because we have been raised to see sin and condemn it. It is not our place to condemn the actions of non believers.

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Hebrews 12:14

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Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.

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If indeed you carry the Spirit of the life of Christ in you, by that authority all holiness is available to serve the will of God in your acts. And you can then in confidence be surrounded by non believers and be nothing but an example of holiness. Love them, setting aside your weaknesses to allow the strength of Christ to guide you in your actions.

There are certain lifestyles that make it difficult to have the life of Christ in you. We know them well. And as believers who wish to serve through Christ, we are instructed to avoid these choices, even if we are naturally inclined towards them. This is the suffering that each of us has been appointed to carry out. And I say to you now, those who do set aside these natural states within them, are stronger in faith, and capable of greater service through Christ.

So what shall we say? Do not cast that stone. You will be tempted to do so. Judge, and you will be judged for it. Condemn and you will be condemned for it. There is perfect judgement, but in what we do, we are not called to judge; we are called to love. So love, and be the voice of holiness.

Carry on!