Pray for Sinning Christians

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PRAY CONCERNING SINNING CHRISTIANS

1John 5:16  If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that.

That is, if you notice a Christian sinning, and that Christian is open to correction, then pray for them. The promise here is that God will act upon your prayer and deal with the situation. The sin unto death is a condition in which the "Christian" so strongly resists correction as to attribute the working of the Holy Spirit to the devil. That is, "It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace." Heb 6:4,6 In fact "It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. Of them the proverbs are true: A dog returns to its vomit, and, A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud." 2Peter 2:21-22

Now the content of your prayer may be anything from asking for a gentle correction as in Gal 6:1  "Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently",  to Paul's request concerning a sinning Christians in 1Cor 5:5 "deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus." It seems to largely depend on how compliant the person is to correction and how gross the sin.

Now consider a Christian whom you notice is sinning, and pray for them along these lines.

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