When good teaching on the subject of faith and the believer’s rights and privileges in the New Birth, is not available, they will usually resort to preaching that seeks to establish taboos. I am very much against the kind of preaching which seeks to establish taboos and nothing more. That kind of preaching can put people on real guilt trips and cause them to even doubt their own salvation. Do not get me wrong, I would never condone sin. I am certainly not one of those Christians who seek to be more popular with the world by becoming more complacent with worldly traditions which compromise the Bible in some way.
But the way that I see it is that if you teach on the right subjects, preaching from a positive and encouraging stand-point, then believers should gain the practical understanding that they need to live a good, wholesome and fulfilling life in service to the Lord. If you can establish that, then you would more than likely not even consider sinning.
When you are doing all the right things, you have not got the time or inclination to do those things that are wrong. Nobody is perfect and even the most mature and well-developed Christians get it wrong from time to time. When you get something wrong, you just remind yourself of who you are in Christ, that there is no condemnation for you because you are in Christ (Romans 8:1). When you do this, you know that you are forgiven at that very moment in time. God does not remember your sins anymore, so why should you? (see Hebrews 10:17).
If you find yourself sinning habitually, then it is a sure sign of wrong beliefs and attitudes. Wrong beliefs and attitudes serve to create wrong desires and motives. All of this in turn keeps God locked out and sin, hunger, desperation, guilt, hurt, and so on – locked in.
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