If I'm Saved and My Sins Are Forgiven Why Can't I Just Continue to Sin?

The following is a transcribed Video Q&A, so the text may not read like an edited article would. Scroll to the bottom to view this video in its entirety. 

"This goes back to the question of who were you made to be. If you don't understand that you were destined to reflect God's nature and that sin is the exact opposite of who God is, then you're not going to understand why we flee sin. 

We don't flee sin because we're afraid of God's punishment, we don't embrace sin because we're confident in his grace, we flee sin because we are fleeing to who God made us to be. The scripture teaches that by losing our life, we find it and what Christ was trying to communicate is that we are pursuing a fullness and an abundant life that only he can offer and that is rooted in who we were made to be. 

We were made to be creatures who reflect the glory of God, and so our motivation for fleeing sin is rooted in God's holiness, but it's also rooted in the fact that this is in our best interest as well."

Can I Sin All I Want and Still Go to Heaven?

The purpose of grace and forgiveness is not that we have a "get out of jail" card to play whenever we proceed with some sin. The purpose of grace and forgiveness is that our dastardly sins can be wiped up and tossed away so that we can live a "new" life in Christ.

Those who think that it is OK to sin--just because they expect God to forgive them--have another thing coming! So, let's think again.

An easy attitude toward sin results from an inadequate experience of what Paul refers to as godly sorrow:

"Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death" (2 Corinthians 7:10).

Let me illustrate: Godly sorrow means that we begin to see our sins as Jesus sees us doing them and understand that our sin is breaking His heart. 

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