Know Who and Whose You Are -- No Need to Sin

Every time we do sin, we can depend on God's grace to carry us through and carry us further:

"Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:" (Romans 5: 20)

Now, the natural question inquiring minds ask -- why not sin all the more? Paul responded to this query simply:

"What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

"God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?"" (Romans 6: 1-2)

When you have received Christ Jesus by faith, you have received His life. You are now a child of God, and He is your Abba (Romans 8: 15, Galatians 4: 6)

Why would you sin?

"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6: 23)

Sin requires effort:

"Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

"Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

"Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God." (Galatians 5:19-21)

Notice how all of these sins are the WORKS of the flesh, when has given us His Son and with Him all things (Romans 8: 31-32)

Even James indicted his readers because they simply did not ask God:

"From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

"Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

"Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts." (James 4: 1-3)

If you know that you are a child of God (John 1: 12; 1  John 3: 1-3), you can boldly enter the throne of grace (Hebrews 4: 16) and ask for anything that you need -- why would you steal, lie, or kill for anything? Why work at all? Believe on Him and receive (Mark 11: 24); walk like a child of light, because that is who you are (1 Thessalonians 5: 5; Ephesians 5: 8)