What happens to our sins when we get saved? Do Christians still sin? What does God do with our sins after we confess them? According to Joyce Meyer, a saved person becomes sinless. But, if you are saved and honest you know that isn't true. Because Christians don't become perfect the second they ask Christ to save their souls. According to I John, we make God a liar when we say that we don't sin.
The truth is that we are sinners by nature. The Bible says in Romans 3:23 that we are all sinners, and in Romans 5:12 that death has passed upon all men because of it. That's the whole reason that Christ came to die for us. He paid the price for this sin nature. You accept Christ as your Savior and your debt for sin has been paid, but that doesn't mean that you don't stop sinning- because you're a living human being with a sin nature. There's nothing righteous about us; we claim Christ's righteousness!
Now, John in I John 1:9 we are told to confess our sins to God and He will cleanse us from them. He puts our sins under His Blood and we are no longer held accountable for them. God says in Hebrews 8:12 that He won't remember our sins when we confess them. He won't bring them back and throw them in our face again. Psalm 103:12 says that He throws them as far as the East is from the West! Satan and our flesh will remind us of our sins, but God forgives and forgets!
