When we give our hearts to Jesus out of love for Him and thankfulness to Him for what He has done for us on the cross, we are instantly made holy. Our past sins are forgiven and our slate is clean. Then the Holy Spirit of God enters our hearts to give us the power to change and live in the image of Him. This is how we know who the children of God are. Will we still make mistakes? Yes, but we will learn from them and continue to strive to do what is right. We won't continue to sin. It is not possible when the holy Spirit of God lives inside us. When we truly love God, giving our whole hearts, souls and minds to Him, our foremost desire will be to please God, not ourselves, or anybody or anything in this world.
"Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray.
The one who does what is right is righteous,
just as He is righteous.
The one who does what is sinful is of the devil,
because the devil has been sinning from the beginning.
The reason the Son of God appeared
was to destroy the devil's work.
No one who is born of God
will continue to sin,
because God's seed remains in them;
they cannot go on sinning,
because they have been born of God.
This is how we know who the children of God are
and who the children of the devil are:
Anyone who does not do what is right
is not God's child,
nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister."
1 John 3:7-10 (NIV)
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