Randy Kluth
Well-Known Member
Grace helps us overcome our fallen, sin nature, but it doesn't replace it - not in this life-time, anyhow. Therefore the temptation to sin is always with us, and at some point, all believers give in to temptation and sin. Any believer who claims he never sins is even more deluded than the believer who claims he is already saved.
Furthermore, what is your definition of "sin"? You could be committing a sin without even realizing it's a sin. Even your thoughts can be sin.
I don't disagree with you that Christians, even with the new nature in Christ, have a Sin Nature. To overcome it means just that--we don't annihilate the Sin Nature--we *overcome it.*
What this means is that despite the flaws in our character, we are able to let the love of Christ rule in our hearts. It takes precedence over our wish to "get even," or "be proud." We can do the right thing.