fhansen
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It was John's insinuation if you want to read it that way. The point is that faith does not exclude us from the obligation to be righteous, or even stand in for it once we're forgiven, cleansed, made new creations, as if we could practice unrighteousness as a lifestyle at some point thereafter. But, once justified, that state of justice can be lost, we're NOT OSAS IOW. We can return to the status we had before we were justified; we can be in a state of injustice again. And so we can't simply presume that we're still saved; rather we start over, now as believers who've tasted of the heavenly gift but have fallen away, in need of repentance and reconciliation again. This is all about a change of heart. There are weightier sins and less weighty ones, sins that lead to death as John put it, and that are always oriented against love of God and/or neighbor. Persistence in this mentality is to walk-and live-away from God.Then by your insinuation with Scripture all including Christians are of the devil.
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