No one who is born of God, whose heart is occupied by the Spirit of God, can at the same time enter into relationship with Satan. Anybody, who claims to be a Christian and is involved in cultism, ritual, fraud, lies, fornication, adultery, etc., is never a Christian.
It is a statement of fact without any pretence, that a Christian is not a sinner and a sinner is not a Christian. Anybody, who indulges in sin, is not a child of God. It does not matter whether you are a Pastor, Bishop, General Overseer/Superintendent or you claim to be born-again or ‘man of God’, as long as you are in sin and have not repented, you are of the devil.
1 Jn 3: 8-10 says, “He that commiteth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.”
Whosoever is born of God does not commit sin. This is because God has given him, by the new birth, real, spiritual life, and that life can never become extinct. For the divine seed of loving faith abides in him, and, so long it remains, he cannot sin, because he is born of God. Therefore, that, which abides in the heart of a Christian is not a mere gospel, it is rather that word, as made vital and efficacious by the influences of His Spirit. Any sermon by any preacher that does not aim at planting this life-changing seed in the heart of his listeners is not doing the work of God, but that of the devil.
Those born into God’s family do not have room in their hearts to offend God, because God’s life is in them. So, they cannot deliberately go into sin because they have been born of God. They are not evildoers, nor workers of iniquity, nor habitual sinners. They go not in any way to commit sin, as the wicked that makes a trade of it does, neither do they allow themselves in any single act of sin.
So now, we can tell who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are. Who is a child of the devil? He is that commits sin. Who is a child of God? He is that works righteousness. The Scripture has laid down real marks of difference between them. By this emphasis, we shall stand or fall before God, regardless of whatever our particular creed may say to the contrary. Good and bad men are really distinguished here. Let every man come to the knowledge of his own condition, whether he is a Christian or sinner.
1 Jn 5:17 says, “All unrighteousness is sin.” Anybody, who does not obey the commandment of God and has no love for genuine Christian, does not belong to God. Anyone, who makes mockery of the good work of the Holy Spirit or directly or indirectly participate in deriding the children of God, does not belong to Him.
Whosoever that indulges in lying, blackmailing, unforgiveness, pride, covetousness, malice, contention, strife or blasphemy is not a Christian. You are not a Christian if you are into terrible sins such as envy, hatred, cultism, bribery, stealing, robbery, fraud, divorce, masturbation, adultery, abortion, murder, kidnapping, smuggling, quarrelling or extortion. The question is, are you on God’s side or for the devil?
