BloodBought 1953
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And so we know John is talking about something specific in regard to sinning, not just simply sinning as sinner and saint do alike. There is something different with the sinning of the unsaved person and the sinning of the saved person. And it has nothing to do with the Christian getting away with his sinning while the unbeliever does not.
The unsaved person is in bondage to his sin and lives in it as a matter of practice, like a slave in service to his task master. His mind is set on the things of the flesh and how he can please it, and so he lives in the things of the flesh, on purpose even. He wages a war with righteousness. Righteousness is the alien, uncomfortable thing to him. Though he may succumb to it on occasion.
Meanwhile, the saved person is not in bondage to sin (whether he knows it or not) and does not live in it as a matter of practice. His mind is set on the things of the Spirit and how he can please God, and so he lives in the Spirit, on purpose even. He wages a war with the flesh and unrighteousness, not with righteousness as the unsaved person does. Unrighteousness is the alien, uncomfortable thing to him. Though he may succumb to it on occasion.
The relationship with sin you identify with indicates which person you are, born again or not born again. But the church will tell you to forget all that and just know you're saved because you say you believe in Christ. The church does not tell you that your relationship with sin and how you act is how you know if you are saved. And so many people are deceived into thinking they are saved and ready to meet Christ when in fact they are not. There are many teachers of this deception in the church today.
Man! You “ HAD” me until you got to that last paragraph.....lol.....my finger was poised to give you a “ like” ......then the Reality Of your Unbiblical Doctrine reared it’s ugly head.....maybe next time...
Lol....