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Does God Separate Himself from Us Every Time We Sin?

April 26, 2022

Adriel Sanchez

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Does God Separate Himself from Us Every Time We Sin?

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Union with Christ

Does God Separate Himself from Us Every Time We Sin?

25 min

Episode 953 Show Notes

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We are sealed with the Holy Spirit who is the guarantee of our inheritance. God has given us this down payment of the world to come, the new creation is ours because we have been sealed by the Holy Spirit.

–Adriel Sanchez

Does God Separate Himself from Us Every Time We Sin?

Questions in this Episode

  1. Is it ok for me to serve communion to my family around dinner?
  2. Is it sinful to get a tattoo to memorialize my friend who died?
  3. I have heard that when a believer sins we are separated temporarily from God. I don’t think people mean we have lost our salvation when they say this, but this seems confusing and maybe unhelpful. Is the language of being separated or losing God’s presence appropriate in light of the New Covenant realities we have as Christians?
  4. What did Jesus mean in John 14 that the disciples could not go with him?
  5. How can I know which tradition or denomination in Christianity is right?

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Adriel Sanchez

Adriel Sanchez is the pastor of North Park Presbyterian Church (PCA) in San Diego, CA. He received his theological training from Westminster Seminary California and serves as host of Core Christianity. Adriel is the author of Praying with Jesus and, most recently, Why We Worship: Experiencing Heaven on Earth at Church. He and his wife, Ysabel, have six children.

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