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Well actually it was the author of the book of Hebrews who wrote that - who probably wasn't Paul; but no matter.
God may well see us as perfect - because he looks at Jesus and we are in him.
But if Christians were already perfect, then Paul would not have said that the Spirit is transforming us into Jesus' image and likeness, 2 Corinthians 3:18. You can't transform something which is already perfect. He would not also have said that when he appears we would be like him - if we are perfect now, we are already like him. And that means that you have contradicted yourself because you, correctly, said that no one is perfect except Jesus.
Yes - IF we want, and allow, him to. We still live in a human body in an imperfect world, however, and we still have the ability to choose; the gift of choice. God did not create us to be puppets, so that we have to do what he says, no choice, he pulls the strings. That is what happened with Adam and Eve. If they were to be truly free, they HAD to be free to disobey God if they chose. If they obeyed the command their maker gave them, it had to be because they wanted and chose to do so, not because God was hypnotising them, pulling their strings or making it so that they couldn't refuse.
It is the same now. I believe God is desperately hurt and sad when his creation - us; we who were the pinnacle of his creation and a little lower than the angels CHOOSE to say, "I don't want to know you; I will go my own way and do my own thing." But he risks that hurt, for the joy of having children who want to love, obey, be with and serve him. And we are not perfect - just as a baby is not born being able to walk, knowing right from wrong etc; they have to learn and, in matters of morality, some do not learn too quickly. Same with God's spiritual children - but he is a perfect, loving, forgiving Father and keeps picking us up and setting us straight.
Indeed.
I don't believe that a child of God, someone who knows his love and mercy will continually and purposely sin. But no one is perfect - you said that yourself. No one can have perfect thoughts, desires, dreams, words, conversation, attitudes etc etc 24/7 - and even if we could, we'd still sin by not doing all the good that we could do.
Er no; I KNOW I have the Holy Spirit, and am saved. And by the way, that's the Spirit of the Lord who Jesus spoke about, and not an angel who is my own special holy spirit.
How you can write correct teachings about the Spirit convicting us of sin, and about why Jesus died, and then say that the Spirit is only an angel, and that Jesus himself was a created being who was made a god, is truly beyond me. I seem to remember you also said at one point that Jesus is the Spirit who is mentioned in Genesis 1:2.
How could it be possible for anyone to be baptised into an angel??
Obviously when inwardly perfected the transformation is still not complete, because the body has yet to be perfected. No one that carries on sinning has truly been born of God, and he is a liar if he is still sinning yet claims to have holy spirit. Obviously angels are also spirits, and thus just as unclean spirits, even fallen angels, can take possession of the body, so can a spirit of God enter the body, and thus sanctify and guide it, therefore, this holy spirit entering into the body is a baptism of a spirit that is holy. If you do not receive this holy spirit, you cannot be saved, because anyone who does not truly receive the spirit of God is only following his own voice, and not the voice of the spirit of God that speaks inside the believer and even tells him things he would not otherwise know. This baptism of holy spirit is always evidenced by an outward sign, usually prophesying or speaking in a new language that is not known to the believer. There are many who claim to have the holy spirit, but very few that do, and think that somehow any "godly thought" that they procure on their own is their own evidence of having the holy spirit. How foolish.
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