Jesus nailed our sins to His cross when He allowed Himself to be crucified. It wasn’t just His human flesh that died that day; it was an end to sin’s power to control you ever again. Sin is part of the “old things” that have passed away and no part of the new things you have in Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
Because of this, habitual sin cannot be a pattern in the life of a true follower of Jesus. The only way we can sin is to decide to be in willful disobedience to God’s commands, and those who love Christ obey His commands. (John 14:15) This leaves us with only two options: either God’s Word is not true or we don’t love Jesus like we say we do. If we continue to sin, where’s our proof of love?