JLB777 said:
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Can you share some scripture that says it’s impossible for born again Christians to practice the works of the flesh?
There's not much I agree about with LJB's opinions and theories, but on this one I do.
Because the Bible backs it up.
Are you aware of what John called the "sin unto death" in 1 John 5:16? He was referring to God's act of ultimate discipline whereby the believer is simply taken out of this life.
We see this in Acts 5 with Ananias and Sapphire. And please don't suggest that they were unbelievers. Why would God kill unbelievers for doing only what they can do?
We see the potential for physical death for the incestuous man in 1 Cor 5:5.
We see the entire first generation of the Exodus crowd who all died before entering the promised land because of their failure to believe God's promise to them. This included Moses himself, who you can't argue that he wasn't saved. Only Joshua and Caleb entered the land from the first generation, because they believed God's promise about the promised land.
And this is what Paul thought about the whole deal. 1 Cor 10 -
1 For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea.
2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
3
They all ate the same spiritual food
4 and
drank the same spiritual drink; for
they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. {this isn't literal but spiritual}
5 Nevertheless,
God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
As if that isn't enough evidence, why did Paul include these verses in ch 10?
v.6 - Now these things occurred
as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did.
v.11 - These things happened to them
as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come.
So, what happened to the first generation is an example to us (believers).
How can any unbeliever become "an example" for any believer? Apples to oranges.
Now, JLB will say these are examples of loss of salvation, but I know that you know better.
So, please explain how the first generation, minus Joshua and Caleb, became examples for believers today.