CharismaticLady
Well-Known Member
Oh, I think you knew what I was saying. You're just looking for a way to ridicule. You have to include the subject I was speaking of in the previous sentence...
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"Is there an example written anywhere in God's Word that declared any other than Christ Jesus as being without sin? No, there is none except Him that came in the flesh and was without sin.
So what... is the difference between a believer in God and His Son that doesn't sin vs. the wicked?"
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I'll word the idea another way so you can understand. Since only Jesus was ordained to be perfect without sin, then what is the difference between us as believers who still fall short, vs. the wicked non-believer? We both still sin, even as Apostle Paul showed at the end of Romans 7.
The Difference:
We who have believed on The Father through His Son Jesus Christ have forgiveness when we repent, at the first for sins that are past, and repentance per 1 John 1 for sins we may commit in the future. The wicked are not cleansed and forgiven by Jesus, and are doomed to perish if they do not repent. Likewise those who once believed on Jesus but fall away are doomed to perish with the wicked.
Me? You've already got that job covered. Okay that's the last barb shot in jest. Let's grow up, and be more loving. I just had to chuckle that you believe there is no such thing as a Christian who has been freed from sin. Many go to church all their lives and have never experienced being freed supernaturally from sin. We can't free ourselves, but all you have to do is repent of all sin, and if you mean it, then Jesus who knows the heart will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and give you power. Many churches never teach on the power of the Holy Spirit for today, but teach on it like a history lesson about the Day of Pentecost. Jesus is still on the outside of their hearts knocking.
I see you hold to the old powerless theory of repent, forgiveness of all past sins, sin again, repent, cleanse, sin again, repent, cleanse, sin again, repent, cleanse etc, etc, etc. No! This is how it is written. Sin all your life, truly repent from a life of sin, cleansed of all your past sins, given POWER to not sin again in the present or future. It is how Jesus didn't sin. He gives us His Own Sinless Spirit, the Spirit of Christ. Romans 8:9 Jesus had the seed of the Father, and now we can have it to. Then you are no longer a sinner, you are an heir of God, and joint heirs with Christ.
You should know better than to use Romans 7 with me as an impressive text. I've already explained Romans 7 is the last chapter about the life of those under the LAW, which kept us UNTIL CHRIST. Our chapter is chapter 8 - life in the Spirit. Romans 7 vs. Romans 8 is LAW vs. SPIRIT.
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