1. ‘Sinless Perfection’ or "Sin no more" is Jesus’s doctrine
Is sinless perfection possible? Most pastors and Christians say absolutely not. The phrase ‘sinless perfection’ does not come directly from the Bible but is an expression coined to mean living in this present world without committing sin. Church leaders say ‘sinless perfection’ is heresy, but did Jesus and his apostles teach it is impossible to live free of sin? The gospel books of Matthew, Mark and Luke all record that Jesus said his purpose was to call "…sinners to repentance" (Matthew 9:13, Mark 2:17, Luke 5:32). When preaching what we must do to get Heaven, the first thing Jesus preached was repent, that is, turn away from sin. When Pharisees brought a woman caught in the very act of adultery, Jesus said to her, "…go, and sin no more." (John 8:11). After healing a crippled man Jesus said to him, "Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee" (John 5:14). The Apostles taught Jesus’s same doctrine to sin no more. 1 Corinthians 15:34 says, "Awake to righteousness, and sin not…" Romans 6:12-13 says, "Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin…" 1 John 2:1, 3 "…My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not... And hereby we do know that we know him [God], if we keep his commandments." Titus 2:11-12 says, "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world…" The doctrine of Jesus is sin no more, so, why do pastors and churchgoers deny it is possible? It is because they are NOT true worshippers of God of the Bible.
2. True Worshippers are in SPIRIT in God’s LIKENESS to Be HOLY
In John 4:23-24 Jesus says, "…the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." Jesus makes 3 key points here. First, God is Spirit. Second, true worshippers of God must worship Him in spirit and in truth. Third, God the Father only seeks or looks for people who draw close to Him in this specific way. The meaning of these 3 points together is true worshippers of God have the same likeness as God himself—as God is spirit, their soul also will be in spirit obeying His truth—and only this pleases God. So how to worship in spirit? Many Christians claim to be ‘born again,’ ‘filled with the spirit,’ ‘led of the spirit’—but what is their evidence of this? Worshipping in spirit is not simply smiling and dancing while singing praise songs. Worshipping in spirit is not cheerfully attending Christian retreats and prayer meetings while continuing to sin. According to the Bible, worshipping God in spirit is being led of the holy spirit to obey God’s Word. It is a child of God growing in spirit to be like God their Father in holiness by sinning no more.
Jesus said God is a Spirit. In Luke 24:39 Jesus also says, "…a spirit hath not flesh and bones…" God the Creator is not visible as men and women are with flesh, blood, or bones. He is an invisible Spirit. 1 Timothy 1:17 says, "…unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever." God is one invisible spirit body with three souls. 1 John 5:7 says, "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." In the New Testament, the 3 souls of God are called God the Father, the Word (who becomes Lord Jesus Christ), and the Holy Ghost; these 3 souls are in one invisible spirit body. Men and women are in God’s image as they are born with a soul. Genesis 1:27 says, "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." Our soul is who we are, it is our inner person that is free to make choices—to choose to obey God and do good, or to choose to disobey God and do evil. Although we are born in God’s image with a soul, we are not born in His likeness with spirit. When we are first born from our mother’s womb, our soul is born into a visible, tangible flesh body. That is why although we are all God’s creation, we are not all God’s children and, so, we will not all inherit His heavenly kingdom. A child of God will have the same spirit likeness as God the Father, and only children may inherit their Father’s kingdom. For God the Creator to become God our Father, we must convert to have God’s same spirit nature. So, to have God’s same likeness as a child of God, we must be born again into a spirit body, which is the holy spirit. In John 3:6-7 Jesus says, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again." Jesus taught we must be born again of the spirit, and He also said only those in spirit can truly worship God.
3. Holy spirit leads to obey GOD’s CALLING to SIN NO MORE
How does the spirit enable us to be in God’s likeness and worship God? In heaven, God’s angels specifically praise His quality of Holiness. Isaiah 6:3 says, "And one [seraphim] cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts:" Revelation 4:8 says "… they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty..." God the Creator has different incredible attributes—He is omnipotent, He is omniscient, He is omnipresent—but God did not call us to be like Him in any of these ways. He called us to be holy, to be pure, to be clean of the filth of all sin. 1 Thessalonians 4:7-8 says, "For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit." God’s calling is not continuing in sin while claiming to be a Christian. God’s calling is to become clean of sin’s filth. If you desire to become a child of God, repent of your sin, cry out to God for help to overcome your sinful ways, and He will give you the holy spirit.
The holy spirit leads to holy living—it is that simple. The Word of God says that those who despise or hate this message, do not hate the men or women who share this message, rather they are proud people who hate God. For a relationship where God becomes your Father and you become His son or daughter, you must become holy in your heart, mind, and life in the spirit likeness of God. James 4:8 says, "Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded." 2 Corinthians 6:17-18, 7:1 says, "Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God." Scripture tells us to purify ourselves from all sources of sin and live perfecting holiness in reverential fear of God. Only if you do your part in following the holy spirit’s leading to draw close to God, will God then do His part to draw close to you. Obedience is the way to draw close to God, it is the way to worship in spirit.
4. True worshippers are in TRUTH by obeying Jesus’s doctrine
So, what does it mean to worship in truth? In John 4:23-24 Jesus says, "…the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." God wants people who worship Him in spirit AND in truth. When born again you are a spiritual baby. This holy spirit has the resemblance of God as spirit, but it is a much smaller, weaker version of God’s Spirit. If God’s Spirit is as the powerful Sun, man’s spirit is as a feeble candlelight. Proverbs 20:27 says, "The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly." The holy spirit is also called the spirit of man, as it is the spirit God gives to man. This spiritual candlelight opens our eyes to the filthy sin within us, but it will not force us to do anything. It is our choice to follow the spirit’s guidance to purify our life, or to follow the lust of flesh and continue in sin.
Growing in spirit requires obey God’s Truth, which is God’s Word as taught by Jesus and his apostles. 1 Peter 1:25, 2:1-2 says, "…the word of the Lord endureth forever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby…" Jesus preached the gospel of what we must do to get eternal life in Heaven. Born again spiritual babies who drink this true milk of God’s Word by obeying will grow in spirit. Please notice the instruction is cut out your evil ways and intentions—malice is harmful cruel intention toward others, guile is cunning deceit, hypocrisy is doing things without sincerity but rather as performance for others, envy is bitterly desiring others’ belongings. You cannot hold on to your prior sinful ways and be nourished by God’s Word.
The spirit and the flesh are in direct opposition to one another, so the soul chooses which to follow. Galatians 5:16-21 says, "Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would…Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like…" These verses say the spirit and the flesh are against or contrary to one another, so you cannot follow both. A growing spirit filled Christian will not continue doing sinful works of the flesh. A newborn drinks his mother’s milk every 2 to 3 hours, and growth is measured with increasing weight and strength as time goes by. Similarly, spiritual growth for a truly born-again Christian is measured by increasing righteousness and holiness. To worship God in truth is obeying God’s Word –this purifies your heart, mind, and life of sin. John 17:17 Jesus says, "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth." 1 Peter 1:22 says, "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit…" Sanctify is to separate or cleanse yourself of committing sin. Although you continue to live in this physical flesh body, your soul is separated from the flesh nature’s desires and intentions when you walk in the spirit by obeying God’s Word as taught by Jesus and his apostles.
5. True worshippers GROW to be HOLY as God their Father
Some deceiving pastors say that although you should try to obey God and may overcome some sin, ultimately, you can never stop committing all sin. But what sin is so great that God the Creator cannot help you overcome it? Which filthy lust is so powerful that God of the Bible is unable to help you put it to death? Christians pretend to have belief in an all-powerful God who created the world in less than a week and does great miracles like raise the dead, heal all sickness, cast out demons, and so on; yet is that same God incapable of helping you obey His calling to live a righteous, holy life? Do not learn from such church leaders who are servants chosen by Satan. Jesus chose Apostle Peter as the rock on which He would build His spiritual church, so let us learn what Peter taught the true body of Christ. 1 Peter 1:14-16 says, "As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he [God] which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy." To be holy in all manner of conversation, means to be holy in all aspects of your life, it is turning away from all sin. The holy spirit’s light opens your eyes to see the unjust, filthy deeds you committed in past ignorance. Apostle Peter says be a born-again child of God no longer fashioning or making yourself in the prior mold of sinful desires of when you were spiritually blind, but instead now obey God’s call to be perfectly holy.
Holiness is extreme purity or extreme cleanliness. Let’s say you are drinking a cup of clean water. If one drop of sewage is mixed in, is it still clean water? Will you drink it and say it is mostly pure? No—so also, you are either holy or unholy, you are either clean of sin or unclean. When the holy spirit shows the filth in your life, clean it immediately and detach from all sources of sin. Scripture does not say try to live holy but know that you will fail. 1 Peter 1:16-17 says, "Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear…" God says to be holy because He is holy—that is the standard of cleanliness He requires. It is not open for debate. God is not a respecter of persons, so on Judgement Day He has no favoritism for those who call themselves Christians. He will judge and reward every soul for eternity according to the works they did—filthy, unjust deeds or holy, righteous deeds. In Revelations 22:11-12 Lord Jesus Christ says, "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be."
If you find Jesus’s message of "sin no more" to be condemning, judgmental, proud, or heavy-handed, please understand that it is God your Creator’s call to be holy. Proud, religious people reject God’s message. Humble spiritual children of God obey His Word. Most church people deny the possibility of sinless perfection because they are not true worshippers of God. They are in flesh but NOT in spirit. They are in religious deception but NOT in truth. Do not believe in the words of deceiving pastors who are servants of Satan. Believe in the truth of God’s Word. Jude 1:24-25 says, "…unto him [God] that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen." Draw close to God by cleansing yourself of all sin, and He will draw close to you to help you sin no more. God of the Bible is able to keep you from falling to commit sin. God the Creator’s spirit, power and grace is enough to obey His call to be holy. Be a true worshipper of God. Worship in spirit and in truth by growing to be like God the Father in HOLINESS. Because those are the worshippers that God is looking to draw into His presence, and in His presence is fullness of joy.