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This complete 10-part KJV Bible study answers the question, “What happens when a Christian sins?” by carefully separating the believer’s eternal position in Christ from his daily fellowship, conduct, testimony, and accountability before God. The series begins by distinguishing sonship from fellowship and then examines broken communion with God, grieving and quenching the Holy Ghost, confession and cleansing, Christ’s advocacy, the Father’s chastening, the continuing consequences of forgiven sin, damage to Christian testimony, loss of reward at the Judgment Seat of Christ, the severe warning concerning a sin unto death, and the biblical path to restoration and renewed usefulness. Key passages include Romans 8, Ephesians 1 and 4, Colossians 2, 1 John 1–2 and 5, Hebrews 12, 1 Corinthians 3, 5, 10, and 11, 2 Corinthians 5, Galatians 6, and the examples of David, Peter, Moses, and John Mark. Throughout the study, eternal security is preserved without turning grace into license, and Christian accountability is taught without turning chastening, consequences, or loss of reward into lost salvation. Readers will come away with a clear biblical understanding of what sin can and cannot do to a saved believer, how fellowship is restored, why consequences may remain after forgiveness, how God disciplines His children, and how a humbled Christian can still finish his course faithfully.