Today we will discuss when we talk about making mistakes when we know what is right. Many times we know the right thing but still we do the wrong thing. To understand this, we must first understand that sin lives in our body. This sin works against our spirit and prevents us from doing what we want to do.
So we will try to work against the desires of the flesh because the spirit works against the flesh and the flesh against the Spirit. The Bible says that there is nothing good in our flesh so if we try to walk by the spirit then we will be able to keep ourselves away from doing wrong.
This is a very important topic and to understand this topic well, we need to understand the functions of sin well. Along with this, we also need to understand that the Spirit of God frees us from slavery, and only by the Spirit of God we can change ourselves.
Dear friends, now let’s look at the following Bible scriptures where it is said about making mistakes when you know what is right.
James 1:22 : —
“But be ye doers of the word, not hearers only, deceiving your own selves”
James 4:17 : —
“Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, doeth it not, to him it is sin”
Luke 11:28 : —
“But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, keep it”
Luke 12:47-48 : —
“That servant, which knew his lord’s will, prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripesBut he that knew not, did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more”
Luke 6:46 : —
“Why call ye me, Lord, Lord, do not the things which I say?”
Luke 6:49 : —
“But he that heareth, doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, immediately it fell; the ruin of that house was great”
Hebrews 10:26 : —
“For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins”
Hebrews 12:25 : —
“See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven”
Romans 10:9-10 : —
“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be savedFor with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; with the mouth confession is made unto salvation”
Romans 14:23 : —
“He that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin”
Romans 1:20 : —
“For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power Godhead; so that they are without excuse”
Romans 2:15 : —
“Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)”
Proverbs 10:17 : —
“He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth”
Proverbs 13:13 : —
“Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded”
Proverbs 21:3 : —
“To do justice judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice”
Proverbs 28:9 : —
“He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination”
Proverbs 3:27 : —
“Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it”
John 13:17 : —
“If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them”
John 14:15 : —
“If ye love me, keep my commandments”
John 9:41 : —
“Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth”
Ephesians 5:17 : —
“Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is”
Titus 1:16 : —
“They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, unto every good work reprobate”
Titus 2:14 : —
“Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works”
Colossians 3:25 : —
“But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: there is no respect of persons”
Acts 17:30 : —
“The times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent”
Matthew 15:8-9 : —
“This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from meBut in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men”
Matthew 23:28 : —
“Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy iniquity”
Matthew 25:24-30 : —
“Then he which had received the one talent came said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, gathering where thou hast not strawedAnd I was afraid, went hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thineHis lord answered said unto him, Thou wicked slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, gather where I have not strawedThou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, then at my coming I should have received mine own with usuryTake therefore the talent from him, give it unto him which hath ten talentsFor unto every one that hath shall be given, he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hathAnd cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping gnashing of teeth”
Matthew 5:19 : —
“Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven”
Matthew 7:12 : —
“Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law the prophets”
Matthew 7:21 : —
“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven”
Matthew 7:26-27 : —
“Every one that heareth these sayings of mine, doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sandAnd the rain descended, the floods came, the winds blew, beat upon that house; it fell: great was the fall of it”
Psalm 119:1 : —
“Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord”
Psalm 119:11 : —
“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee”
Galatians 5:17 : —
“For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, the Spirit against the flesh: these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would”
Isaiah 1:19-20 : —
“If ye be willing obedient, ye shall eat the good of the landBut if ye refuse rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it”
Isaiah 5:20 : —
“Woe unto them that call evil good, good evil; that put darkness for light, light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, sweet for bitter”
Ezekiel 18:24 : —
“But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, committeth iniquity, doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die”
Ezekiel 33:31-32 : —
“They come unto thee as the people cometh, they sit before thee as my people, they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousnessAnd, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not”
Jeremiah 11:4 : —
“Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, I will be your God”
Jeremiah 7:23-24 : —
“But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, I will be your God, ye shall be my people: walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto youBut they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels in the imagination of their evil heart, went backward, not forward”
Micah 6:8 : —
“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, to love mercy, to walk humbly with thy God?”
Philippians 2:13 : —
“For it is God which worketh in you both to will to do of his good pleasure”
Philippians 4:9 : —
“Those things, which ye have both learned, received, heard, seen in me, do: the God of peace shall be with you”
Deuteronomy 30:14 : —
“But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, in thy heart, that thou mayest do it”
Joshua 1:8 : —
“This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, then thou shalt have good success”