15 Apr '19 08:40>2 edits
Non Christians have all kinds of problems with this. I hear them say "how can he call himself a Christian and do______!" Folks, just because one accepts Christ as their savior, this does not mean they've immediately been given a backstage pass to a life of sin free perfection. If GOD had wanted his followers to be perfect little sin free robots, who mindlessly walked a perfect path he certainly could have created them. After his conversion, the apostle Paul, one of the most devout followers of Jesus said of himself:
So, I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in GOD's law; but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind, and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to GOD- through Jesus Christ our Lord.
It needs to be said over and over again:
Christians are not perfect, just forgiven.
So, I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in GOD's law; but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind, and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to GOD- through Jesus Christ our Lord.
It needs to be said over and over again:
Christians are not perfect, just forgiven.