I dont advocate "sinless perfection"., so you are lying when you say that on my Thread.
You should stop lying., Johann
Listen,
You got that phrase (sinless perfection) from cultist's in Videos and in commentaries who told you.."now if any one teaches you dont have to live in sin, that is sinless perfectionism". and you believed them, and now you are "sinning and confessing a lot" as you stated to another person on my Thread.
See that?
That is where you got that TERM.. and look at what they have done to your Christianity.
Now here is the thing..
One of the most common issues that happens to someone who does not study the bible a lot, is that they find Paul and he writes this..
"that which i would do, i cant do, and that which i hate i do...who will deliver me from this """...
And the reader stops right there.......
Often, they read that in some Heretics commentary, who also stopped there......so, the writer and the reader end up in the same mess, the same broken faith.
You'll find these people who never read more of Paul's teaching, that he continues.......on forums like this one, talking about "sinning and confession" as if that is what they are supposed to do.
They will tell you that you will do it, and you can't ever stop, and if you believe you can, then you are wrong, as they can't....so, that means you can't.
Here.... is the issue they have..
They dont read a bible, they read commentaries that dont complete what Paul Teaches.
OR, they read a bible, but have not read the rest of what Paul Teaches regarding His issue.
Had.. they read the rest of Paul's teaching, they would have found that all of IT = was a teaching He was giving to show you how to stop sinning and confessing and live here......in God's Grace.
= 'as many as be perfect"
= "the fullness of the Stature of Christ".
That is REAL FAITH and REAL Discipleship.
And if you study Paul's epistles, you'll find that he never confessed a sin., not one, Johann
Why,??? = because Jesus bore ALL his Sin, and Paul received the "righteousness of God in Christ".
If you are born again, you have also received it, and in this knowledge of who you have become "in Christ", is the Power over your flesh, the world and the Devil.
Paul never had issues with any "sinning and confessing", and you can have this freedom also, as you are BORN AGAIN to walk in holiness, that is empowered to stay that way....like this....as Paul teaches.
="Christ always gives me the Victory"
ROMANS—NOTE ON 8:1 Therefore indicates that Paul is stating an important
summary and conclusion related to his preceding argument. The “therefore”
is based first on the exclamation of victory that comes “through Jesus Christ
our Lord” (7:23–25), which in turn is linked back to 7:6, where the idea of
the “new life of the Spirit” is first mentioned. But more broadly Paul seems
to be recalling his whole argument about salvation in Christ from 3:21–
5:21.
The now in 8:1 matches the “now” in 7:6, showing that the new era of
redemptive history has “now” been inaugurated by Christ Jesus for those
who are “now” in right standing before God because they are united with
Christ. But the summary relates further to the whole argument presented in
chs. 3, 4, and 5. No condemnation echoes the conclusion stated in 5:1
(“Therefore … we have peace with God”) and underscores the stunning
implications of the gospel first introduced in 1:16–17. As Paul immediately
goes on to explain, there is “no condemnation” for the Christian because
God has condemned sin in the flesh by sending his own Son (8:3) to pay the
penalty for sin through his death on the cross. The following verses then
show that indwelling sin is overcome through the power of the indwelling
Spirit, with ten references to the Spirit in vv. 4–11.
ROMANS—NOTE ON 8:2 The evidence that believers are in Christ is that the
power of sin has been broken in their lives by the work of the Holy Spirit.
Law in both instances means principle.
ROMANS—NOTE ON 8:3 The law (in this instance, the Mosaic law) could not
solve humanity’s problem because sin employs the law for its own
purposes, as ch. 7 explained. God sent his Son as a sacrifice for sin (an
idiomatic phrase designating a sin offering) and paid the full penalty for sin
in his sacrifice (condemned sin). In the flesh refers to Christ’s body, and in
the likeness of sinful flesh means that Jesus became fully human, even
though he was sinless.
ROMANS—NOTE ON 8:4 righteous requirement of the law … fulfilled. This
could mean the requirement is fulfilled in the new life that Christians live
on the basis of Christ’s work, or it may refer to the full penalty of the law
being met at the cross.
ROMANS—NOTE ON 8:6 To set the mind on the flesh means to think
continually about and constantly desire the things characteristic of fallen,
sinful human nature, that is, to think just the way the unbelieving world
thinks, emphasizing what it thinks important, pursuing what it pursues, in
disregard of God’s will.
ROMANS—NOTE ON 8:7 Those who are in the flesh behave as sons and
daughters of sinful Adam and are hostile to God. They do not keep God’s
law, and indeed they are unable to keep it because they are slaves to sin
(6:6, 17, 19–20).
ROMANS—NOTE ON 8:8 Because unbelievers (those who are in the flesh)
are in bondage to sin and unable to do what God commands, they fail to
please God.
ROMANS—NOTE ON 8:9 By definition, Christians are not in the flesh, for all
who believe in Christ are indwelt by the Holy Spirit. Paul alternates
between the Spirit of God and the Spirit of Christ here, showing that
Christ and God share the same status.
ROMANS—NOTE ON 8:10 The previous verse speaks of the Spirit’s
indwelling, but here Paul describes Christ’s dwelling in Christians. This
does not mean that there is no difference between Christ and the Spirit
(which is the ancient heresy of modalism), but it does suggest that Christ
and the Spirit are both fully God, and work cooperatively. Since the bodies
of Christians are not yet redeemed, they still die, even though they are freed
from the condemnation of sin. Yet the presence of the Spirit within
believers testifies to the new life they enjoy because of the righteousness of
Christ that is now theirs.
ROMANS—NOTE ON 8:12 A conclusion is drawn from the previous verses.
Since Christians live in the Spirit, they are no longer captive to the flesh and
should no longer live according to the flesh.
ROMANS—NOTE ON 8:13 Those who give their lives over to the flesh will
face eternal death, but those who slay the desires of the flesh through the
power of the Spirit will enjoy eternal life. God and believers each have a
role in sanctification: it must be by the Spirit and his power, but you put to
death shows that one must take an active role in battling sinful habits.
ROMANS—NOTE ON 8:14 Those who are led by the Spirit of God (i.e.,
those who yield to the Spirit; see notes on Gal. 5:16; 5:17; 5:18) are those
who are God’s sons, i.e., they truly belong to his family.
ROMANS—NOTE ON 8:15 Christians are no longer slaves to sin but are
adopted as sons into God’s family, as evidenced by the Spirit that cries out
within them that God is their father. sons. See note on Gal. 3:26. Abba is
the Aramaic word for Father. Paul’s use of the term likely stems from Jesus’
addressing God as Abba (Mark 14:36).
ROMANS—NOTE ON 8:16 The witness of the Spirit gives the Christian’s
spirit assurance that he or she is God’s child.
ROMANS—NOTE ON 8:17 All who are God’s children are also heirs of his
promises, but a willingness to follow Christ in suffering is another sign of
being God’s children.
ROMANS—NOTE ON 8:18–39 Assurance of Hope. Paul began this major
section of the letter (5:1–8:39) by emphasizing the final hope of believers
(5:1–11), and now he concludes with the same emphasis.
ROMANS—NOTE ON 8:18 The ultimate glory that Christians will receive is so
stupendous that the sufferings of this present time are insignificant in
comparison (cf. 2 Cor. 4:17). They look forward both to the resurrection of
the body (1 Thess. 4:13–18) and to the new heaven and new earth (Rev.
21:1–22:5; see Isa. 65:17).
ESV
I didnt stop there, Johann.....I teach the rest of Paul's Doctrine.
@Behold, are you trolling me?
And where did I "confess" my sin/s to a Forum?