Sudden Sin

Have you noticed how easy it is to sin? I know that I do. No matter how hard one wants and tries not to sin, the little white lies, the abrupt unkindness or the angry thought all pop up so easily. Can we stop these sins, somehow keep them out of our daily lives.

Probably not. As a Christian is sanctified, his awareness of God's glory gives him a greater sensitivity to what he should not do. He also has a greater desire to be like Christ, and has a stronger motivation to be careful in his actions. However, we are sinful to the core, and perfect sanctification is not possible in this life. We won't be perfectly sancified till we meet Christ in the new Earth.

7For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. 8Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. - Romans 8:7-8

Thank God then for His sacrifice of Jesus that redeems us for every sin we have committed and will commit. Also, take every sudden sin as a reminder of your original sinful state. It would be disastrously misleaded to think that we could be free of sin while in this flesh. See how the Apostle Paul describes this:

21So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. 22For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, 23but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. 24Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin. - Romans 7:21-25

Let us be reminded that our only claim to righteousness is in Christ's blood, given by the grace and mercy of God, and be thankful.