You said a couple of things worth discussing
You say we are captive and not collaborators, that is true as scripture says anyone that sins is a slave to sin.
Everyone still sins. None are sinless.
Romans 6 gets interesting some translations say when you were slaves to sin you were free from obligation to do good. That sounds like we would not be punished
Sins are not counted against people. Sins are and will remain counted against devils. Those who try to work their way through these subjects without the devil and his messengers on the table have voided views, actually blinded by those same.
No one can come to grips with this until they see and admit to the internal presence of the tempter. If they don't the door of understanding remains firmly locked.
, but it rather reflected our inability to be obligated to righteousness because of our slavery to sin.
It's never a one or the other arrangement
All people do both good and evil regardless of their claims to only good. And we do so courtesy of the enemies unseen
Jesus sets us free from this bondage if we wish it, or rather use our free will to choose Him.
Never happened ^
Free will is off the table as soon as we see evil is baked in to the equations and none avoid that conclusion. Romans 7:21 is an honest conclusion as is 2 Cor. 12:7, Gal. 4:14, 1 Tim. 1:15, 1 John 3:8, Mark 4:15 all applied personally
When we give ourselves freely to Christ, we become slaves of righteousness. Our old man passes away and all things become new.
If these we questions or claims only of the person you'd have a point but that's never been the case
The devil or the adversaries are crafty, so they mix truth with lies in order to deceive.
No kidding
They say hey you can’t be saved by works(truth ), so don’t do them. If works cannot save you then it does not matter if you sin or do right, just believe and you will be fine. (Lie)
No one stops sinning and becomes sinless
This deception fools souls into thinking that they are “saved” while they remain slaves to sin. Scripture says God has prepared for us good works that we should walk in them
We lack ability to do good of our own, but God grants us free will to choose whom we will serve.
There us no choice available to eliminate the presence of evil i.e. the evil conscience, Heb 10:22, and this is courtesy of the tempter and his own, Romans 11:32, Eph. 2:2
What we should walk away with is at least honesty and dropping hypocrisy, thinking we're the better of our neighbors because we're not. We just see our condition and divide from it, knowing it's no longer I. Romans 7:17-20
When we are born again we are set free from our obligation to sin and our conscience becomes slave to righteousness.
Uh no. We achieve dominion over sin but that never means eradication
It does not matter the magnitude of our work, the smallest thing done gives glory to God, for He says if we are faithful in little, we will been given greater things to do, remember the woman with two pennies.
Whatever we do we do so with the presence of evil and sin. The classic light shining from darkness in allegorical terms
As we walk in good works, we learn from them, and learn of God. The basics are prayer, fasting and almsgiving. We do not do these things to boast, but to undergo training in righteousness
Our conscience is exercised by good and evil, never just one or the other
You will find, that the more you learn in good works, the more service you do, and the more joy you get from service. We do not seek honor, for what good is honor is those around us perish and their death causes grief in Our Lord?
Jesus said if we do all we are commanded to STILL term ourselves "unprofitable servants" Look it up. We are not even considered disciples unless we hate our own life Luke 14:26
With evil in the picture it's an easy place to get to
God gives us joy in service, or we can listen to Satan who says works can’t save you don’t do them, and persecute everyone that tries to encourage you to do them
Excusing Satan from these pictures is just a common evil work of same
Be not deceived. Jesus calls us to work, but His yoke is easy and His burden light
Doesn't apply to the adversary. No dodging, no joke
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