In John 5:14 it says, "Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee." Does this mean he won't committe anymore sins? Does it mean that no sin will be counted against him even if he does committe sin(s)?
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Sin no more?
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Surmising that the man may have willingly lived a sinfulllllllllllll life that resulted in him being plagued by an infirmity. Jesus would know what the man had done, so was exhorting him to not return to his old life of sin, but to live rightly! 
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Agree. Jesus never stated that anyone would, as a result of His ministry, never sin again, but He plainly encouraged us to sin no more, that is to live a sinless life, but if we blow it, we can ask for forgiveness and be assured of it.
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I think we each have certain uhmm, "Sins" that God can look at us and say "now you need to stop this one becuase this one is diffrent than the rest." what this man had been doing we dont know.
God doesnt expect us to go and perfect from now on, becuase he states in his word that we "grow" into the full knowledge of God, we "GO-ON" unto perfection, it is a process, and we can only change our actions as fast as we grow up in the Lord in wisdom and grace and knowledge.
we will continue to commit sins.
yet sometimes we do have sins that we commit, not just becuase were in the flesh, but sins that we have to pass stop sighn after stop sighn after stop sighn in order to commit. those are diffrent.
but yeah the bar of holiness is high, and God wants us to run with passion and joy and faith to reach every bit of it. and through time, and grace and the power of God in our life we can reach it.
we may not be their yet, and God understands, but he still tells us to go and be perfect, becuase we need to never lose sight of that as our goal.
God doesnt expect us to go and perfect from now on, becuase he states in his word that we "grow" into the full knowledge of God, we "GO-ON" unto perfection, it is a process, and we can only change our actions as fast as we grow up in the Lord in wisdom and grace and knowledge.
we will continue to commit sins.
yet sometimes we do have sins that we commit, not just becuase were in the flesh, but sins that we have to pass stop sighn after stop sighn after stop sighn in order to commit. those are diffrent.
but yeah the bar of holiness is high, and God wants us to run with passion and joy and faith to reach every bit of it. and through time, and grace and the power of God in our life we can reach it.
we may not be their yet, and God understands, but he still tells us to go and be perfect, becuase we need to never lose sight of that as our goal.
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