What Keeps Us From Sinning In Heaven?

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How will we keep from sinning throughout eternity?


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BarneyFife

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Ever since I was filled with the Spirit I've been able to hear His voice, and enjoy countless miracles, including all my prayers are answered.
If this is what all Christian experience must be like, I'll never be saved. I was born again in 1972, I've been witness to many miracles, never once heard the voice of God audibly, and my prayers are answered, but many, many times the answer has been "no" or "wait." I have no recollection of a special, spontaneous baptism of the Holy Spirit whatsoever.
 

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@Nancy

The reason they had to leave the Garden in such a hurry was in case they ate of the Tree of Life in their current sinful condition. Therefore, that is another reason I didn't think of sis (thank you!!!) that proves we won't be sinning in heaven. We have to be born again and sin-free in order to eat of it. In other words according to Rev. 22:11 we have to be righteous and holy, accomplished through the divine nature and our will to not quench the Spirit.

Genesis 3:
24 So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

Sis, isn't it interesting how many believe they can get to heaven in their sin, instead of letting Jesus free them from their sin???

It is quite interesting as well as disturbing! What's more disturbing is the lackadaisical approach to certain views on here about sin itself. Do folks not know that the ONLY thing God hates is...sin. His yoke is light, easy.
I will not say that I do not sin at times...some might not see these things as sin but, I do yet...I do NOT live IN it...I TURN away from it and...it's all good. No matter how "big" or "small" ... sin is sin and, we should all strive to be as Christ and...improvement should occur naturally IMO.
I'm sorry my sweet sister but, I cannot say I am sinless at all times :(
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I think every living being, Angels or humans, are tested what is in their heart after they come into existence.
Angels bodies and human bodies, is just a house that the soul dwells in.
If you make it to heaven we get a heavenly body, our soul heart moves into it.
So therefore the heart has to be like Jesus where it never fails God's will.
Since we and the Angels have free will, we get to choose what we want.
Its says the Lord triest the heart.

So how are we not going to fail in heaven ?
We must be an overcomer, to overcome the lust of the heart desires that is against God's holy spirit.
We need the help of the Lord to make the new man stedfast and not moveable.
The will of the heart has to be true in the love of God so you will not fail him, as did Jesus.

So angels I believe were proven - some sinned and some stayed faithful always stedfast unmoveable.
So humans are proven - some sin and some will be faithful always, their mind is made up, stedfast unmoveable.

Revelation 3:12
12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

Just how I see it so far.
 
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Honestly, what will our edge over Lucifer, and Adam and Eve be?
It wouldn't be an edge. I think it would be a lifestyle, a culture. Just as God takes away our sins through [Jesus] the redeeming work on the cross and remembers them no more, so it is with us. We will not remember sin.....Jm2c
 

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It wouldn't be an edge. I think it would be a lifestyle, a culture. Just as God takes away our sins through [Jesus] the redeeming work on the cross and remembers them no more, so it is with us. We will not remember sin.....Jm2c

"I think it would be a lifestyle, a culture."
Yes, a family "culture" And agree totally, Christ took our sins away, as far as the East is from the West!
NO sin, pain, suffering of any kind. I can hardly imagine it...
 

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If this is what all Christian experience must be like, I'll never be saved. I was born again in 1972, I've been witness to many miracles, never once heard the voice of God audibly, and my prayers are answered, but many, many times the answer has been "no" or "wait." I have no recollection of a special, spontaneous baptism of the Holy Spirit whatsoever.

I went to church for 30 years before I experienced the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and all desire to sin was gone. I don't hear God audibly either, but when He speaks it is very clear, and what He says comes to pass.

"No" is not a scriptural answer to prayer.

1 John 5:14-15
14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

John 15:7
If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

1 John 3:21-24
21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. 22 And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. 23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment. 24 Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.
 
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Honestly, what will our edge over Lucifer, and Adam and Eve be?
Interesting topic, barny. I like your new avatar.

The devil will be thrown into the eternal Lake of Fire (Rev 20:10), for one thing, so he won't be around. So....no devil, no temptations! Hurray!!!!!

*We have been saved from the penalty of sin. Jesus took our punishment in His own body on the cross.

*We are being saved from the power of sin. Sin shall not be our master because we are not under the Law, but under grace.... (Rom 6:14) This is the sanctification process.

*We will be saved from the presence of sin. We will be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye (1 Cor 15:52) and forever be with Jesus (1 Thes. 4:17) in heaven where there is no more death, no more sorrow, no more pain.... (Rev 21:4).

I believe that in heaven, we will be better off than Adam and Eve. We will live in the presence of God Almighty and worship Him in His throne room. I believe that we will have bodies of glory like Jesus when He was resurrected. We'll see.
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Honestly, what will our edge over Lucifer, and Adam and Eve be?
The blood of Christ.
God foreknows everything, so it's impossible for sin to enter heaven, due the impossibility of an unsaved, unsanctified, disobedient, inappropriately attired wedding guest being admitted to heaven. Since God eternally foreknows everything only those whom He has saved and perfected can enter heaven, and any hypothetical "transgressing citizens of heaven" are disqualified before they get there. (I should write time travel scripts :) )

Heb 10:14 For by one offering he has perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

1Pe 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
 
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The lack of a carnal body and it's nature.

This is precisely why we must die first or be shed of this body in the rapture.

Our present body and it's nature hate God, and are not invited to the party.
Precisely, these things do not inherit.
 
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If you do not understand what will keep you from sinning in Heaven you do not understand the Gospel and its implications.
There is either a head knowledge that hasn't migrated to or touched the heart or whatever is believed is 'another gospel'
 

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If this is what all Christian experience must be like, I'll never be saved. I was born again in 1972, I've been witness to many miracles, never once heard the voice of God audibly, and my prayers are answered, but many, many times the answer has been "no" or "wait." I have no recollection of a special, spontaneous baptism of the Holy Spirit whatsoever.

Thank you for your post; it got me thinking. One thing I just realized after pondering your concern, even if it was mocking, is that there are more than one type of filling of the Holy Spirit. Yes, we receive the Holy Spirit once, but after that it is up to Him to release power, and this can happen throughout our lifetime. To be able to hear God's voice is not the first release of power. The first release, I believe, is the power over sin; Mark 16:16-18 also applies in the first release. The power over sin is what all must receive to be able to enter heaven. John 8:34-36

The more powerful releases thereafter are for ministry. Boldness, signs and wonders, all the gifts of 1 Corinthians 12, visions, dreams and the ability to hear God's voice. Besides the apostles, those on the Day of Pentecost did not receive this 2nd filling until Acts of the Apostles 4:29-31. On the Day of Pentecost they received the first filling for sin and the authorities of Mark 16:16-18. The apostles on the other hand received their 2nd filling on the Day of Pentecost, thus giving Peter the gift of prophecy when he preached to the crowd. The apostles received their first filling by Jesus, Himself, after the resurrection in John 20.

What I'm trying to convey is that you don't have to have my experience, just so you've been filled at least once. My experience is what writers would call "a religious experience." I got a double whammy or more. It was glorious.
 
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Yes, I know that. But before Adam and Eve fell to temptation, they had a perfect, sinless nature (both physically and mentally), as we will have at Christ's return. So what will we have that they didn't have to keep that same nature intact for eternity?
They also were given the ability to disobey God. That ability is what men name "free will". When a person is really born again he goes back to where Adam and Eve were before they disobeyed. He is clean, but he has a course to travel, which is the time each one is allotted here. Each born again person then has the same choices to make for himself that Adam and Eve had: to obey God or not; God or mammon; Life or death; Light or darkness?

Our disadvantage compared to Jesus [or Adam and Eve prior to disobedience] is that when we meet Jesus we already have a sin history, a pattern of habits which when followed will take us back into sin again. What we are given to make the difference is power of God in us via the Holy Ghost. This is why Paul admonishes us: "Quench not the Spirit". If we do that, we eliminate the advantage that make overcoming as per @CharismaticLady post from Revelation 2 & 3 possible. How long does it take to overcome everything standing between us and God? That is a open question depending on you and me. God can do it in us instantaneously, but we are for the most part a hard headed, stiff necked folk just like the children of Israel following Moses through the wilderness.

"It is hard to live for God easy; it is easy to live for God hard."
 

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If this is what all Christian experience must be like, I'll never be saved. I was born again in 1972, I've been witness to many miracles, never once heard the voice of God audibly, and my prayers are answered, but many, many times the answer has been "no" or "wait." I have no recollection of a special, spontaneous baptism of the Holy Spirit whatsoever.
Don't presume that hearing His Voice must be a voice audible to the carnal set of ears attached to the sides of your head. When you read the Bible with understanding, that can be God speaking to you. People here and elsewhere will describe the baptism of the Holy Spirit this way or that, requiring this or that, but I would go slow on accepting any of those as Absolute according to God. Different people are different and God works with them differently and speaks to them differently. Some people decide that only their particular way is the right way. But... I hazard to say that they did not hear that from God.
 

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They also were given the ability to disobey God. That ability is what men name "free will". When a person is really born again he goes back to where Adam and Eve were before they disobeyed. He is clean, but he has a course to travel, which is the time each one is allotted here. Each born again person then has the same choices to make for himself that Adam and Eve had: to obey God or not; God or mammon; Life or death; Light or darkness?

Our disadvantage compared to Jesus [or Adam and Eve prior to disobedience] is that when we meet Jesus we already have a sin history, a pattern of habits which when followed will take us back into sin again. What we are given to make the difference is power of God in us via the Holy Ghost. This is why Paul admonishes us: "Quench not the Spirit". If we do that, we eliminate the advantage that make overcoming as per @CharismaticLady post from Revelation 2 & 3 possible. How long does it take to overcome everything standing between us and God? That is a open question depending on you and me. God can do it in us instantaneously, but we are for the most part a hard headed, stiff necked folk just like the children of Israel following Moses through the wilderness.

"It is hard to live for God easy; it is easy to live for God hard."


I find it interesting that those into greasy grace have never pondered Matthew 7:13-14
 

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Don't presume that hearing His Voice must be a voice audible to the carnal set of ears attached to the sides of your head. When you read the Bible with understanding, that can be God speaking to you. People here and elsewhere will describe the baptism of the Holy Spirit this way or that, requiring this or that, but I would go slow on accepting any of those as Absolute according to God. Different people are different and God works with them differently and speaks to them differently. Some people decide that only their particular way is the right way. But... I hazard to say that they did not hear that from God.

I've never hear God audibly, but why would I need to when He is inside me? :D
 

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It is quite interesting as well as disturbing! What's more disturbing is the lackadaisical approach to certain views on here about sin itself. Do folks not know that the ONLY thing God hates is...sin. His yoke is light, easy.
I will not say that I do not sin at times...some might not see these things as sin but, I do yet...I do NOT live IN it...I TURN away from it and...it's all good. No matter how "big" or "small" ... sin is sin and, we should all strive to be as Christ and...improvement should occur naturally IMO.
I'm sorry my sweet sister but, I cannot say I am sinless at all times :(
xo

I still know you want nothing to do with sin because we are like minds on that.