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“Ye were the servants of sin…being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness” (Romans 6:17-18).
When we accept Christ as our Savior, we receive a new nature—a life that cannot sin. However, we still have the old sinful nature, and it is just as capable of sinning as before! All of us who are saved know that. So now a believer in the Lord Jesus has two natures.
If we are careless and allow the old sinful nature to act, we will sin. This does not mean that we are suddenly part of the family of the devil again, but we are acting like the devil’s family. We are still part of God’s family, but we are not acting like it. But God wants us to be like His family, and we do this by allowing the new nature to act in our life.
We need to remember that every time we sin, we are acting like the family of the devil. This is a very solemn thought!
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