Five reasons why God leaves sin in His people.

Source: Wretched TV

• God leads sin in His people- to promote their humility. Pride springs from inordinate self-love – which is odious to God, for it robs Him of His glory. Since God will be glorious unto His saints, He subdues their pride – by leaving that in them which humbles their hearts.

• As God left some of the Canaanites in land – to prove Israel, so He leaves sin in us – to humble us. Sin has a continual abasing influence, bringing us to realize more and more our utter insufficiency and complete dependence upon God.

• Sin has an evangelical influence, for it serves to make us more conscious of the perfect suitability of the great Physician for such lepers as we feel ourselves to be.

• Sin's presence has a God-honoring influence, for it brings the renewed soul to marvel increasingly at His “long-suffering to us” (2 Peter 3:9)

• Sin's presence should promote a spirit of forbearance to our fellows: we ought not to expect less failure in them – than we find in ourselves.