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Can a soldier be called a saint?

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By Grace the elect are saved and their sins are covered...not those who willfully (ie: deliberately) continue in sin. Read Hebrews 10:25-31,1 John 3, and 1 John 5

Here's real Scripture brother...unless this too is "unbiblical"

Hebrews 10:26
26 If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left,

1 John 3:9
9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.
 
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Jesus rescued a adulterous woman but warned her not to commit sin anymore. He healed a person under the bondage of sin, yet again cautioned him not to sin anymore.

Compiled books of the Bible cannot sideline the preaching of Jesus!

No striving for a transformed life, no salvation that comes through grace.
 
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Of course, you shouldn't continue to sin. That doesn't mean that we won't.

A child of God may be backslidden, but they will likely be convicted at some point and return to living more righteously.

When you are saved, you are saved by GRACE. The Lord does NOT LEAVE his children. Why? It's because God is providing grace through the redemption of sin by way of the shed blood on the cross.

You seem to insinuate that grace is something to be earned through living a less sinful life, and that is so unbiblical, and I can't believe you think that, if indeed that is what you are thinking.

We should strive to not sin, but sinning under grace does not make one fall from grace, nor does it necessarily mean that we aren't saved in the first place (though someone who does live a sinful life may not have had a true conversion). It's really in the heart and where our heart was at the moment of salvation.

There is never a limit to God's grace.
 
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By Grace the elect are saved and their sins are covered...not those who willfully (ie: deliberately) continue in sin. Read Hebrews 10:25-31,1 John 3, and 1 John 5

A Child of God will likely not sin, but it does happen. A Christian can be backslidden. We all sin. One sin is not worse than another in God's eyes, except for the sin of unbelief.

You sin. We all do. Considering that God does not see one sin as worse than another, for we have all fallen short of the glory of God, our "righteousness" is but filthy rags, if not for the blood of Christ. Thus, one sinning willfully and defiantly to God, but of whom had a true conversion, is no less covered under grace than the person who tries to never sin. Of course, we should try to not sin and to be more Christ-like, but you are taking the verses out of context, in my opinion, looking at them by themselves and not in context of the entire Bible.

The elect are those who have answered the call. They are the children of God, the saved. Yes, the elect's sin is covered, as they are children of God.

Here's real Scripture brother...unless this too is "unbiblical"

Hebrews 10:26
26 If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left

This is not talking about people who have accepted Christ, but about people who have rejected Christ after hearing the knowledge of truth.


1 John 3:9
9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.

You never sin? We all do. If not for God's grace, we'd be without hope. However, we have hope because God justified us to Himself though the blood of His Son, Jesus Christ.

In Jesus, we are a new creation. We are saints, not longer defined as a sinner, for God's blood has eradicated that sinful nature. We are no longer condemned.

Since God's seed is in us, and since God cannot share a place not of the spirit, our sins are as though they do not exist. Thus, we are blameless before God and without sin (hence, no sin; cannot sin in terms of it resulting in condemnation) because we have been born of God. Consider the following verse:

1John 3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

There is NO SIN in Christ. Thus, it's as if we don't sin. It's been covered. Now, this isn't free reign to live a sinful life, but it does mean that grace has us covered. Coupled with verses that indicate that salvation is eternal, it obviously matches.
 
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I employ you to prove it with Scripture. Hebrews 10 says "after receiving" and thus they had received...you might need to brush up on reading comprehension...being from Georgia myself, I know it's not our native strong suite...(Im from Macon)

Contradiction. Either we sin or we dont. Cant have your cake and eat it too.

well I guess Scripture is just wrong then...lets cut 1 John 3:9 and 5:18 out since it doesn't fit [your] contemporary Christian theology.

Also...look back at my last post on page 2...must more on-topic content there.
 
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Of course, you shouldn't continue to sin. That doesn't mean that we won't.

Scripture says "cannot" and "does not," meaning having an inability to sin. Sorry...but that's what it says.
 
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No grace to the disobedient hypocrite!



Hebrews 10
29 How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?

Revelation 3
16 So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.
 
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Scripture says "cannot" and "does not," meaning having an inability to sin. Sorry...but that's what it says.

You're going to sin. The Bible says that we sin. It's just that we are justified to Christ and appear blameless to Him, in terms of condemnation. That is what it means by no sin, in my opinion.
 
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You're going to sin. The Bible says that we sin. It's just that we are justified to Christ and appear blameless to Him, in terms of condemnation. That is what it means by no sin, in my opinion.

Where does the Bible say that the born again believer, reborn and possessing the Holy Spirit sins?
 
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The US has an offense system to further their interests, not a defense system to protect the innocent!
 
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