WILL WE BE CAPABLE OF SINNING IN HEAVEN?
2 CORINTHIANS 5:21 tells us that we will have the righteousness of God. It seems that we won’t sin in Heaven for the same reason God doesn’t. He cannot sin. Our inability to sin has been purchased by Christ’s blood.
The apostle John, in describing heaven, wrote there will be no mourning, crying, or pain there (Revelation 21:4), and anyone who does evil will never be permitted to enter (Revelation 21:27). The angels who are part of heaven are sinless.
The saved will be elevated to a better state of being eternally than they are currently (Rom 8:18, 2 Cor. 4:17).
The saved, once glorified, will no longer sin throughout eternity
Revelation 21:27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
If there is no possibility of sin, does that mean we will no longer have a free will in heaven? Perhaps in heaven, our ability to choose will be similar to that of the angels. The angels had a one-time choice to obey God or follow Satan. There is no possibility of further angels sinning and joining Satan in his rebellion. The holy angels are “elect angels” (1 Timothy 5:21). Similarly, the elect in heaven will be “sealed” in their decision to forsake sin and trust in Christ. We will not even have the choice to sin.
