Wet Paint Principle (Freedom)

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I was reminded of this thread today and so have gone back and reviewed some of our good conversations. I did not re-read your initial writing here but did skim it a bit and reread the actual description of what you call the Wet Paint Principle. Keep on striving my friend and giving God the glory.
 

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Our striving is both "against sin" (Hebrews 12:4) and "to present every man perfect in Christ Jesus." (Colossians 1:28-29)
 

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Freedom from Sin: Overcoming the Wet Paint Principle

By Victor Jedidiah

A Blood of the Covenant Tract or Booklet

Preface

May the Lord the Holy Spirit impart to you what He wishes to impart to you as you read this; and also give you discernment that you may be a Berean (Acts 17:11) and sift it wisely in order that you may receive the truth alone. Receive it as on a par with the word of God (1 Thessalonians 2:13); and yet if anything be unworthy, I pray that He will show you by speaking to you, what you ought to receive and what you ought not to receive. Even though I am the one who wrote this, I read it again and again to remind myself of its truths.

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1 I am not under the law, am dead to the law, and am delivered from the law—I am not obligated to obey the law for my salvation. Romans 6:14, 7:4, 7:6.

2 But because I am saved, I desire to obey the word, including the law of the Old Testament—I desire to obey the law because I am saved.

3 If I fail to obey the law, I am not condemned—but because I am not condemned—because I am born of God—1 John 3:9—I will not fail to obey the law.

4 If I fail to obey the law, the Lord will not impute it to me as sin—Romans 4:8. Now I cannot sin because I am not under the law, am dead to the law, and am delivered from the law—and sin is the transgression of the law. Because where the law does not apply, there is no transgression. Romans 4:15, 5:13.

5 Therefore I am perfect in Christ no matter what I do—and yet this is predicated on a heart that desires to obey the Lord and all of His commandments—and He is the God of the Old and New Testaments.

6 Because I am born of God I don’t want to sin and I don’t have to sin. Therefore I cannot sin, not because I couldn’t go down that path if I wanted to, but because I don’t want to and don’t have to go down that path.

7 I am under the law to Christ in that I willingly subject myself to the law of God because I am spiritually-minded. Romans 8:7.

8 Now the wet paint principle of the law might take effect, if I begin to think that I am justified by the law. If I base my salvation on my performance rather than on the finished work of Christ on the Cross, then sin will take advantage of the law and I will sin in that thing wherein I base my salvation on my own obedience.

9 But when I begin to understand that nothing can ever separate me from the love of God—not even my violation of the principle of the law—

10 When I begin to understand that I am that blessed man to whom the Lord will not impute sin—the wet paint principle is then dealt with because its power lies in the condemnation that the law brings to the one who is not counted as forever perfect in Christ.

11 The wet paint principle has its effect because we begin to think that we are saved through our obedience and the Lord will not allow this to compete with the Cross as our means of salvation. So God will allow us to sin so that we will be driven to the Cross as the only remedy for sin.

12 When we stay on the Cross as the only remedy for sin, then it truly acts as the remedy for sin at every level, and obedience is produced within us because we are born of God and are abiding in Him.

13 As those who are abiding in the Lord Jesus Christ, we are subject in our minds to the law of God for that we are not carnally-minded. Romans 8:7.

14 The wet paint principle might begin to take effect any time our focus is on the law—our key to victory being the understanding that I am not saved through law-keeping but through faith in what Christ has done for me.

15 Therefore I obey the law because I am in love with Jesus Christ—and I love Him because He first loved me.

16 I do not obey the law in order to be justified. If I did that, I would be obligated to obey the whole law and would be fallen from grace.

17 But grace has as its effect in my life deliverance from sin—and sin is the transgression of the law.

18 Therefore because I am delivered from sin by the grace of God, I obey the law because obedience to the law is the antonym of its transgression.

19 I obey the word of God because He has redeemed me and because I love Him, with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength. Because I love Him, I love my neighbor as myself—and on these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. And these two are one, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

20 His commandments are not grievous or burdensome—1 John 5:3—and this means they are doable.

21 As one who is born of God, I cannot sin because love is the fulfilling of the law and is also shed abroad in my heart through the infilling of the Holy Ghost.

22 Sin is the transgression of the law, and as long as the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in me, I do not sin.

23 Wherefore if I walk in love I will fulfill the law: for walking in the flesh is the antithesis of love.

24 Therefore I do not sin as long as I am walking according to love.

25 Now I study the law in order that I might learn of the specifics of the love of God. As I read and study, I learn what it means to love the Lord my God with all of my heart, mind, soul, and strength—and my neighbor as myself—in more specific ways. I learn the details of how to love God and neighbor by studying the law.

26 And by the law is the knowledge of sin. Therefore when I place my trust in Christ and allow Him to live His life in me and through me, I will walk according to the details of God’s love. But if my trust is not in Christ, the wet paint principle will come into effect, and I will sin against those details of obedience on which I begin to predicate my salvation. And the law will condemn me as a sinner.

27 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for His seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 1 John 3:9.

28 Therefore the one who is a saint cannot be a sinner.

29 I am therefore made perfect for ever through faith in Jesus Christ; and this righteousness is not based in the law.

30 I am counted as perfect in Christ because I am born of God; and this means I desire to obey the Lord perfectly.

31 Therefore I obey Jesus because I want to, not because I have to.

32 The law cannot condemn me as long as I place my faith and trust in Christ.

33 Because I am not under the law, am dead to the law, and am delivered from the law, the Father sees me as perfect and I am therefore set free to obey the law to the best of my ability apart from fear of condemnation.

34 The wet paint principle is also stripped of its power because I know that I am accepted in the Beloved.

This and post # 2 is well worth the re-read....
 
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If we begin our theology from an incorrect premise, all our conclusions are going to be awry. This will have entire 'isms' such as Catholicism, Calvinism, and most branches of evangelical belief with incorrect theories regarding the gospel... Justification... Sanctification... The law.... Because they all start off on the wrong premise regarding their definition of sin. The vast majority of Christianity today accept Augustines theory on original sin... That even as babies, we inherit the guilt of Adam, and are condemned. This error affects everything else we believe regarding the gospel and salvation. Including the musings on this thread.
 
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If we begin our theology from all incorrect principle, all our conclusions are going to be awry. This will have entire 'isms' such as Catholicism, Calvinism, and most branches of evangelical belief with incorrect visions regarding the gospel... Justification... Sanctification... The law.... Because they all start off on the wrong premise regarding their definition of sin. The vast majority of Christianity today accept Augustines theory on original sin... That even as babies, we inherit the guilt of Adam, and are condemned. This error affects everything else we believe regarding the gospel and salvation. Including the musings on this thread.
You are entitled to your opinion.
 

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Psa 51:5, Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Psa 58:3, The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Rom 3:10, As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Rom 3:23, For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
 
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Psa 51:5, Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Psa 58:3, The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Rom 3:10, As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Rom 3:23, For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
You have quoted the usual posts used to justify your stance... And confirmed your stance on doing so... But where in any of the above does it say we inherit the guilt and condemnation for simply being born? Did not Christ die from the foundation of three world?
 

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You mean "the" world?

Is not guilt and condemnation the result of the sin that we inherited from Adam?
 
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You mean "the" world?

Is not guilt and condemnation the result of the sin that we inherited from Adam?
It makes logical sense of you equate sin to be the nature we are born with, to audio believe we are condemned because of it. But in my Bible sin is defined as transgression against the law.
 

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It makes logical sense of you equate sin to be the nature we are born with, to audio believe we are condemned because of it. But in my Bible sin is defined as transgression against the law.
They go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Last time I checked, "Thou shalt not bear false witness" was one of the ten.