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In Romans 7:14-24, Paul is referring to his past experience of trying to be justified by the 613 laws of Moses as a part of being in the false Pharisee religion. They over emphasized salvation by the Law and did not make God's grace through the Messiah the basis of their salvation. When a person seeks to be justified by Law Alone Salvationism and no grace, then of course they are going to be a slave to their own sin because they are not playing ball on God's terms.
As for the dual nature teaching that we sin the flesh and yet we are seen justified in the eyes of God spiritually because we have a belief alone on Jesus: Well, if this is indeed the belief you are referring to, then it is clearly false according to the Bible.
2 Corinthians 7:1 says,
“Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.”
You are co-mingling thoughts from different doctrines and making erroneous conclusions.
First off we will not seek salvation by grace!
As Paul wrote in Corinth.
1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
The unsaved man has no capacity to understand issues of soteriology, unless theyare being convicted by the Holy spirit prior to salvation.
Paul made it clear the law has nothing to do with our salvation. Just the opposite as He said in corinth
2 Corinthians 3:7
King James Version
7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
and also:
- Galatians 3:24
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
- Galatians 3:25
But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
A person who is saved by grace- can finally please god because they are a new creature, have a new mind, a new nature, and God living within them. the unsaved have none of these!
As for sinning in the flesh and still being justified?
YOu have confused justification with sanctification!
Judtification is us being declared innocent of all sin!
Sanctification is th eprocess of growing into what what God has declared us to be!
Sons of god, seated in heavenly places, justified, glorified, having all things work for our good. and as the writer of Hebrews declared:
Hebrews 10:14
For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
The new man cannot sin but the old man can do nothing but sin! We have to choose who we will allow to control daily! this is what is known as positional truth and experiential truth.
Our position is secure and our experience should be growing to what God has already declared who we are!
God has already perfected us- and now He is making us holy so that what we are in our daily life will match more and more what god has declared we are in His sight!
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