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I know.Not possible.
See, "God made Jesus to become sin"....... Jesus is the one time ETERNAL sacrifice for sin".
We are dead to self, and alive to God in Jesus Christ, yes.Sin, is found in the "old man that is crucified with Christ".
To be crucified is to be DEAD.
But we are not perfect and live in a sinful world. The devil is still prowling round, trying to trip us up and keep us away from God. Paul tells us we need to engage in Spiritual warfare by putting on the armour of God.
If we were completely impervious to sin, there would be no need for spiritual warfare, nothing to fight and no need to pray "lead us not into temptation" - which is what Jesus himself told us to pray.
Paul told you to "reckon your old man to be DEAD"..
You are not doing that. You are describing it as alive,
Even Paul did that.
Are you saying that you are completely sinless, 24/7 in thought, word, deed, unconscious desire etc? Sorry, I don't believe that.
The Holy Spirit is changing us into Jesus' image and likeness, 2 Corinthians 3:18. If we were sinless and perfect, we would not need to be changed.
No I'm not.You are not doing that. You are describing it as alive,
Sin = rebelling against God as Adam did; rejecting him, putting self first and going our own way. I am dead to that way of thinking. I don't want to put myself first, serve myself, do it my way, or the world's way. SIN does not rule my life; Christ does.
But, there are times when I slip up, give in, fail to put God's will first - either through ignorance, weakness or my own deliberate fault. I'm not perfect - none of us are. And if you doubt that Christians can do that, just look at some famous leaders who have given in to money, sex or power. Some have fallen in a big way. Some have been restored and forgiven by our awesome, merciful, loving God; some may have been too proud to ask for forgiveness, or enjoy their sin too much.
Whoever is proud that they are standing form, should be careful lest they fall, 1 Corinthians 10:12.
Whoever says they have no sin is deceiving themself and the truth is not in them, 1 John 1:8.
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