Sin Paid in Full

Continuing in my theme of answering questions which I come across on the internet, this is a great question.

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First let’s address sin payment. “For the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). Pure blood is the only acceptable payment for sin. Christ was the perfect sacrifice because he was completely pure, free from sin. Even before Christ came to earth, God made accommodation for sin as He knew that man could not overcome their sinful nature. Sin payment for the Israelites was by sacrificing unblemished animals. This is also why Christ is referred to in the bible as “the lamb of God” (John 1:29, 1:36).

Is atonement a license to sin? Due to man’s sinful nature, it is not possible to be free from sin. We were “predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son” (Romans 8:29). This is talking about long term conformity which is referred to as sanctification. Sanctification means we become more and more like Christ every day. The question is if God decided that we, as the body of Christ, should be more and more like Christ, who is free from all sin, then are we really followers of Christ if we do not see ourselves abandoning sin and conforming to the laws of God more and more every day?

The Disciple John put it this way, “If we claim to have fellowship with him”, (who is Christ in context, “yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth” (1 John 1:6). The word lie in Ancient Greek does not simply mean that the statement is a lie rather that your life is a lie. So, if we say we follow Christ, but continue to be involved in sin, we are living a lie and may not truly have salvation through Jesus Christ.

It was decided before the creation of the world that followers of Jesus would “holy and blameless in his sight” (Ephesians 1:4). We are to be presented as “holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation” (Colossians 1:22). On the subject of abortion (or any sin really), are we fulfilling this command to be holy and blameless if we sin intentionally? Certainly children are a gift from God and he will give all the necessary strength and provision if we only trust in Him and pray that he will provide these things.