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There are some who seem to think that there is no reason to fight the temptation to sin. They think it's all about grace.I dont think anyone does that! Certainly not people who belong to Christ...
messing up occasionally and sinning - losing patience, not feeling charitable toward a brother etc. - is not the same as sitting around sinning for pleasure..
The problem lies when people start saying that we can and should be living sinless or we aren't Christian. The response is in the truth - and we speak the truth, sinless perfection is not scriptural. This way people are not terrified of going to hell for messing up because someone filled their heads full of untruths.
There are some who seem to think that there is no reason to fight the temptation to sin. They think it's all about grace.
I guess for you they is main if not only point, that you bring peace into your life. You don’t see that your pursuit if your own happiness as a world view causes you to think of you alone.It is true that if I sin against you, I bring trouble into your life, but I also bring trouble into my own life. If I want to be at peace, I need to stop sinning.
The doctrine of sinless perfection (entire sanctification) is useful to some degree, as long as you graduate to faith in Christ. The law is a schoolmaster to lead men to Christ. The doctrine of entire sanctification, impaho, is the New Testament's way of preaching the law for this purpose.I dont think anyone does that! Certainly not people who belong to Christ...
messing up occasionally and sinning - losing patience, not feeling charitable toward a brother etc. - is not the same as sitting around sinning for pleasure..
The problem lies when people start saying that we can and should be living sinless or we aren't Christian. The response is in the truth - and we speak the truth, sinless perfection is not scriptural. This way people are not terrified of going to hell for messing up because someone filled their heads full of untruths.
When you are truly a recipient of grace you don't even want to sin. So it is all about grace.There are some who seem to think that there is no reason to fight the temptation to sin. They think it's all about grace.
I'm just pointing out that if you sin, you will bring unhappiness to yourself.I guess for you they is main if not only point, that you bring peace into your life. You don’t see that your pursuit if your own happiness as a world view causes you to think of you alone.
Satan will continue to tempt you to sin.When you are truly a recipient of grace you don't even want to sin. So it is all about grace.
A man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lust and enticed.Satan will continue to tempt you to sin.
Grace is there but "you don't even want to sin" is not true of all believers. Did those in the Corinthian church "not want to sin" as the Apostle Paul berated them for their sins. Did Ananias & Sapphira not want to sin when they conspired to lie against the Holy Spirit. Your premise does not hold up under the scrutiny of Scripture.When you are truly a recipient of grace you don't even want to sin. So it is all about grace.
How do I repent of not wearing tzitzit? I do not have access to any kind of shop that sells garments that have tzitzit attached to them; and if I did, I'm not sure I would want to wear those garments everywhere and every day (since I am not Jewish and I feel that it might be a lie to testify that I am Jewish in such a manner). I would also have to purchase enough outfits to last until my next laundry day every cycle.
I also don't have a chofar to blow every new moon; something else that the Mosaic law requires.
It seems to me that the Mosaic law is impossible to keep.
Starting my car on the sabbath day is a violation of Torah, it is kindling a fire. That would mean that I cannot travel anywhere on Saturdays, except by walking.
And even with that, scribes and Pharisees in Jesus' day interpreted the sabbath laws to mean that I could not walk more than one mile on the sabbath. So much for going with the Roman soldier twain when he forced you to go one mile. One could not keep Jesus' commandment to go the extra mile and keep the sabbath if it was on that particular day that one was forced to go a mile. Which one is more important? Jesus' commandment? Or Moses'?
I'm thinking of Christians who claim that we don't have to worry about sin because the Lord has taken care of that.
Satan will do what he can to lure you away from the Lord.A man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lust and enticed.
Also, the devil uses the law to bring temptation (Romans 7:7-13). Understanding that I am forgiven and that I am not under the law has proven to be a reason why the law has not been able to do this in my life more recently.
I do not want to give glory to the devil or give him any kind of power in my life in my words.
I have victory over sin in the understanding that I am completely forgiven of past, present, and future sin. As the result of this, the devil knows that he cannot heap condemnation on me if I do sin. Also, the wet paint principle does not have the effect on me that it used to. I wrote the following at a time when I was still in bondage to certain besetting sins, as a mental exercise to understanding what might be my key to victory; and I found that in understanding and repeating the principles to my mind, I began to have the victory. Will post the link shortly.
In Corinth, the true believers were the ones who had been washed, sanctified, and justified (1 Corinthians 6:9-11). Of course there was another element/group in that church that were Christians in name only.Grace is there but "you don't even want to sin" is not true of all believers. Did those in the Corinthian church "not want to sin" as the Apostle Paul berated them for their sins. Did Ananias & Sapphira not want to sin when they conspired to lie against the Holy Spirit. Your premise does not hold up under the scrutiny of Scripture.
Satan will do what he can to lure you away from the Lord.
That is a strange thing to say.Glory be to the devil!
Salvation is by grace through faith, and that not of ourselves; it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.
In name only? Where is that term used in reference to the Corinthian church? Paul admonishes them not because they were really unbelievers but because they were believers who were sinning. Why would Paul waste his time addressing unbelievers who can only choose to sin since they are not redeemed? Your logic does no make sense.In Corinth, the true believers were the ones who had been washed, sanctified, and justified (1 Corinthians 6:9-11). Of course there was another element/group in that church that were Christians in name only.
Problem is the scripture clearly states that they lied to the Holy Spriit who indwelled them. Unbelievers cannot lie to the Holy Spirit who does not indwell them. Matt 7 refers to genuine believers who are commanded to depart BECAUSE THEY PRACTICED INEQUITY - not because they were not genuine believers as you assert. The text speaks for itself.Those who are truly born again do the will of the Father as the result (Matthew 7:21-23). I'm not sure Ananias ans Saphirra went to heaven when they died; it doesn't say anywhere in scripture that they went there, or that they were even genuine believers according to Matthew 7:21-23.
How so? The apostle Paul contradicts your view as he warned in Rom 8:13.In fact, I find that the scripture substantiates my view more than any evidence there might be to attempt to show it to be wrong.
Indeed. I said it because you were glorifying the devil by what you were saying. Maybe even speaking into existence an attack from him on my person (if there be any truth to that type of thinking, concerning words creating reality).That is a strange thing to say.
In name only? Where is that term used in reference to the Corinthian church? Paul admonishes them not because they were really unbelievers but because they were believers who were sinning. Why would Paul waste his time addressing unbelievers who can only choose to sin since they are not redeemed? Your logic does no make sense.
Problem is the scripture clearly states that they lied to the Holy Spirit who indwelt them. Unbelievers cannot lie to the Holy Spirit who does not indwell them. Matt 7 refers to genuine believers who are commanded to depart BECAUSE THEY PRACTICED INEQUITY - not because they were not genuine believers as you assert. The text speaks for itself.
How so? The apostle Paul contradicts your view as he warned in Rom 8:13.
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