Question:

In the Bible, a lot of Godly people made huge mistakes such as Solomon, the wisest man, had a lot of wives.  David, a man after God’s own heart, killed another man. I know these are examples of how Christians sin too, but it almost seems like it’s okay to sin once you’re saved. It will be hard trying to explain this to an unbeliever and almost seems that Christians that do things like adultery once they are saved may be okay and still go to Heaven. I think this is wrong and am puzzled by this.  Please help me.

Answer:

The fact that the Lord includes the sins of His people in the Bible shows us that we are all subject to failure, even the man after God’s own heart.  We should realize our dependence on the Lord on a moment by moment basis so that we do not sin. When we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour, we are saved for eternity. John 10:27-29 teaches us that we are safe in the hands of both the Son and the Father: “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand.  My Father, which gave them Me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of My Father’s hand.” Romans 8:38,39 teaches us that no matter what happens in a true believer’s life, we can never be separated from the love of the Lord.  “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”