Sigh. If we tell ourselves we are not sinners, we lie to ourselves and call God a liar! Vallotton's point here is simply ridiculous. That sin is a result of believing in a sin nature. How do we know it is a ridiculous point? Because Kris Vallotton is an egregious false teacher and thus an egregious sinner, yet he believes he is not. This is someone who teaches that if you are poor you just suffer from a poverty mindset. His usage of 2Corinthians is also askew. This entire section of scripture is dealing with the notion that we are now ambassadors for Christ imploring people to believe in the Good News. As such, we are new creations in that we were once in rebellion to God. The new creation is reconciled to God through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Our flesh however remains our flesh.
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. -- Galatians 5:24-26 (ESV)
And he said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. -- Luke 9:23 (ESV)
If the scripture says do not become conceited, provoking one another and envious then it must mean it is wholly possible to do these things -- which are sinful. In the Luke verse we see Jesus say that the picking up of our cross and denying our selves (which means our sinful nature) must be a daily occurrence. Now, Kris is right that living a lifestyle of sin is not congruent with someone who is saved but that speaks to their eternal state in salvation. Someone who is living an adulterous lifestyle without repentance is either not saved or strayed so far from Christ that the conviction of the Holy Spirit no longer is felt. Either way, they stand a real good chance of standing before Christ and saying Lord Lord.
"Let me be clear that I am not saying we will never choose to sin or never need to repent once we are born again. All it takes to sin is a free will and the capacity to believe the lies of the enemy, and believers possess both. We may indeed choose to sin, and consequently, need to repent. What I am saying is that we don't naturally sin because we no longer have a sin nature that is married to the Law. Our old nature has been crucified with Christ, we are new creations married to Christ in the New Covenant. Those of us who know God are not in a war with our flesh, however, we do have a devious, evil enemy who is a sinner. He is endlessly accusing the Body of having his own wicked nature. He is trying to get us to believe him, to forget who we really are and to disqualify ourselves from our divine destiny of putting him under our feet." -- Kris Vallotton
This is breathtakingly bad theology. Our sin nature was never married to the law. The law reveals our sin and the Gospel sets us free from the eternal judgment of the law. It does not change our sin nature. Read Romans 3 if you want to see how God sees us without the blood of Christ. None follow after God! Vallotton as usual is talking out of both sides of his mouth. He just spent the first 80% of this article telling you that believers do not sin and now he is couching that with, well of course they CAN sin. No Kris, you do not get to have it both ways. We are also not married to Christ in the new covenant. The church collectively is the bride. Notice that it is always someone else that takes on our sinful nature. We are never to blame. Its that rascally ole devil that's the real sinner! Not us! This is merely the end result of poisoned theology beloved. This is what happens when your beliefs are that you are the beez-neez. When you have no humility, you start to think you are God, even if its just a little god. Mercifully, Vallotton concludes.
'Embrace your true identity. So today I want to encourage you to embrace your identity as a saint, repent from any partnership you've made with the lie that you're a sinner, and begin walking in the freedom that Jesus purchased for you! If this is a new revelation for you, I encourage you to declare this over yourself today: "I am a saint. I am a new creation. My natural tendency is to please God. I am free from the life of sin and shame! I bless my soul to be led by my spirit and Holy Spirit into all righteousness!"' -- Kris Vallotton
If you discern beloved you must realize this is the voice of Satan speaking to you. Don't believe you are a sinner! Just look at this declaration from one of the most sinful false teachers alive today. Is Kris Vallotton's natural tendency to please God? If it were he would stop lying about Him! Is he free from a life of sin and shame? No! His entire ministry is sinful and shameful. How much blood does he have on his hands for those he has led astray from Christ? He thinks he has the power to bless his own soul and believes he is led by the Holy Spirit! He cannot and he is not. He is a sinful false teacher and that beloved, is no mistake.
