Tired of confessing sin?... Here is how you stop.

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“…go, and sin no more.” (John 8:11)

So now you are saving yourself.
That's your religion.

Here is how it sounds...

"Yes, Christ saved me.......but now i have to be my own savior, and let me post about that so you can see my self righteousness".

See, when you posted that you are now saving yourself by trying not to sin, you just proved that you do not trust in Christ to keep you saved.
You trust in you, and that is not real faith in Christ.

Paul describes the self saver as a legalist, bewitched, fallen from Grace, and in the flesh.
 

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Believe the Word of God and ignore the ideas and opinions of little men.

1 John 1:8-10

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8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
 

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Now Christ expects me to:

“…go, and sin no more.” (John 8:11)

Let me show you what you're missing in the verse.

Notice that your verse is given before Christ died on the Cross.
So, He is talking to an old testament JEW, who is under the Law of Moses.

Are you?
You keep posting that you are....
As You are using this verse, given to a OT JEW, as your Salvation keeper.

Think on that.
 
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He is talking to an old testament JEW, who is under Moses Law.

I see, the “he’s talking to a Jew” card.

Well let me ask you this:

Was that Jew able to obey Christ’s commandment?

I say YES!

Because Christ is not going to tell any man to do anything he’s not capable of doing!

And if the Jew without the Holy Spirit can go and sin no more, how much more the Christian WITH the Holy Spirit?

Think about it!
 
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If you have eaten you have also tasted.

hmmx1:
Why do you turn it around?

To eat of Christ and to sup with Him is sufficient. To taste, is not sufficient. It only leaves one hungry for more or not wanting more, or perhaps for some else.
 

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Read and believe, understand.

1 John 1:8-10

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8 If """we""" say that """we""" have no sin, """we""" deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in """us""".
9""" If we""" confess """our""" sins, he is faithful and just to forgive """us our"""sins, and to cleanse """us""" from all unrighteousness.
10 If """we""" say that """we""" have not sinned, """we""" make him a liar, and his word is not in """ us.
 

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Was that Jew able to obey Christ’s commandment?

I say YES!

Paul said that trying to keep the law to be accepted by God, is "dung".
He kept it and that is what he teaches about doing that to try to be accepted by God.

Do you still want to keep trying?

See, Paul Kept the Law, and was going to hell.
Do you still want to try it?

Paul was sent to preach GRACE.

The Law came by Moses, and GRACE and TRUTH came by JESUS.

So, if Christ came to redeem you from the curse of the Law.....are you sure you want to keep chasing it to try to get God to accept you?

He wouldn't accept Paul, based on it.
But you can keep trying it, Michiah-Imla
 
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And it not by...>"go and sin no more". or water baptism

Have you discussed this with Jesus?

“…go, and sin no more.” (John 8:11)

“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:” (Matthew 28:19)
 
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I see, the “he’s talking to a Jew” card.

Well let me ask you this:

Was that Jew able to obey Christ’s commandment?

I say YES!

Because Christ is not going to tell any man to do anything he’s not capable of doing!

And if the Jew without the Holy Spirit can go and sin no more, how much more the Christian WITH the Holy Spirit?

Think about it!
If one is tired of confessing sin , THEN STOP REPEATING THE SIN . yet some are leading us into the idea
that grace entitles one to feel free to sin . VERY deadly times indeed we do live in .
Very deceptive times indeed are at hand and shall get worse
as all the DELUSION to unite the decieved to be as one under a false love continues .
ALL DECIEVED RELIGOINS will unite under its deceptive love , all whose names are not in the lambs
book of life will UNITE under her love , under her false unity . IT CANNOT BE STOPPED .
ONLY CHRIST will END IT ON HIS DAY . TILL then we must resist it by faith and follow CHRIST and stay in those bibles .
For the delusion to unite the decieved under the false UNIFYER of the world has began and will lead
all to be as one under the beast whom satan hands all power unto . THE Lambs shall resist this lie through our faith in Christ .
THE UNIFER of the world is on the way and this false unifying love god and ideal will unify all right under it .
Great persecutions will come against the true remnant and haters of the world and of humanity will be our title .
AS all faiths within christendom as well as the other false religions as well as secular unite as one
and find common ground under a lie , under a false love under a unifying force of the devil himself . ITS COMING
and even NOW ITS HERE . beware it at all costs
 

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Have you discussed this with Jesus?



“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:” (Matthew 28:19)

That says to teach and baptize.

Im teaching all over the world. Do you need me to baptize you?


See, Salvation is the Cross of Christ and water follows salvation, it does not cause it, unless water died on the Cross for you sin.
Do you believe it did, Michiah-Imla?
 

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I see, the “he’s talking to a Jew” card.

Well let me ask you this:

Was that Jew able to obey Christ’s commandment?

I say YES!

Because Christ is not going to tell any man to do anything he’s not capable of doing!

And if the Jew without the Holy Spirit can go and sin no more, how much more the Christian WITH the Holy Spirit?

Think about it!
That is reasonable...but you show no evidence of having thought about it any further. That's the problem.

You see, if "today" is the time of salvation (as it is written), then that would mean it is reasonable that one should "go and sin no more" "today."

That is what is meant by reconciling all scripture. Thus, just as Jesus died once and the matter was "finished" on one day, making that "the time of salvation"; and if we too "were" crucified with Christ, it is also "finished" for those who believe it is [actually] true as written. On the contrary, "the day after 'today'" is not "the time of salvation."

Unless it Groundhog Day. ;)
 

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When a believer is trying to do good so that God will accept you and keep you saved... wrongly believing that this is Christian FAITH, then the Law is now empowering your carnality to be worse.
= Sin Consciousness.

"the harder i try, the worse it gets"... "oh wretched man that I AM... = (the carnal mind)...who will deliver me from this BODY (the flesh mind) of death"....

See that?

THAT....is Trying to keep the law,......its the same as trying to stay saved, or trying not to lose your salvation, as you are struggling to do that by SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS., and that is broken faith.

Self Righteousness, is the self willed THINKING... regarding trying to MAKE SELF RIGHT WITH GOD BY WORKS.

That struggle is this......>"that which i would do, i cant do, and that which i hate i do".

To stop that, you have to end trying to be accepted by God based on your behavior and change your mind from that to..>"i am always accepted by God, because CHRIST has made me eternally accepted by God = THE CROSS....The Blood of Jesus,.... The GIFT of Salvation...The New Covenant......Justified by Faith.
 

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I see, the “he’s talking to a Jew” card.

Well let me ask you this:

Was that Jew able to obey Christ’s commandment?

I say YES!

Because Christ is not going to tell any man to do anything he’s not capable of doing!

And if the Jew without the Holy Spirit can go and sin no more, how much more the Christian WITH the Holy Spirit?

Think about it!

If physically keeping the Law were the criteria for salvation then Christ need not go to the Cross.

The Law was the "schoolmaster" that pointed to Christ. Man was to realize that he could not keep the Law of his own ability. But in order to be righteous in the sight of God, that Law must be kept, but how can man do that?

Paul tells us time and time again that no man will be justified by the Law, that's because fallen man cannot do it, period.

But here is the argument by Paul! We keep the Law by forsaking our own abilities to please God in any way, and we trust in the One who kept the Law for us, "that the righteousness of Law might be fulfilled in us," by faith.

It's not by our doing that we can keep the Law! It's by faith in Christ, what he did on the Cross to redeem us, that gives the Holy Spirit the legal right to fulfill the Law within us! All we do is surrender totally to Him, no longer depending on self, realizing that only what the Holy Spirit accomplishes in us will please God the Father. We become more and more like Christ, but never achieving that total goal until the resurrection. It's done by faith in Christ that he will do this for us!
 

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If physically keeping the Law were the criteria for salvation then Christ need not go to the Cross.

The law could never take sins away.

Christ did!

That’s the point.

Even under the law men could stop sinning, but their old sins were still there.
 

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The law could never take sins away.

Christ did!

That’s the point.

Even under the law men could stop sinning, but their old sins were still there.

I agree with almost everything you said, except that man under law could stop sinning. Neither can we under Grace stop sinning.

Christ made the true Law known when He came. He explained and gave example of the depth of the Law.

I'm sure you remember that adultery, as explained by Christ, was not just a physical act, but could also be committed in the heart. The same with murder and many other things.

Even Paul said that he had not reached that level of living in this life. We all have a wicked heart that when we take our eyes off Christ, even the born-again can commit unspeakable sins.

So, no, none of us are capable of keeping the Law consistently and all of our lives.

Thank God for giving His Son that we may be redeemed by faith rather than by our imperfect actions and thoughts.