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All scripture came about by means of inspiration, but unfortunately; not all
translations of scripture come about by means of inspiration. Translations
come about by means of scholars who have the rather human weakness of
slipping bias into their work. Caveat Lector.
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Which is why we ought confine ourselves to one single translation for our final authority from Christ, rather than skipping around, until we find a translation we like.
In any case, the point is simple: anyone who thinks they are not as condemned as others, while doing the same evil deed as they, has no truth in them and there is no hope to correct such delusion.
Any soul sinning with the devil, is of the devil at that time, and is in need of forgiveness and reconciliation with God as any other on earth: adultery by any name is still adultery, and anyone committing the act is called an adulterer, no matter what name they like to call themselves.
The Lord Jesus is not an unjust judge and respecter of persons, that plays favorites between transgressors of His law.
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There is a very big difference between responsibility and condemnation.
This is the notion that we are not condemned like others, but only suffer in the flesh. Every person on earth experiences the morning after, when drunken the night before, and every soul that sins, it shall die, whether Adam, Cain, you, or me.
This is also the delusional idea, that our souls are no more accountable for what our bodies do. Tell that one to the judge.
"Hey judge, it's not my fault anymore for what my body does, because I'm now Christian." "No problem, since it was your body that stole, then I'll send your body to jail. Whether you or your soul joins it there in the meantime, is entirely up to you."
This mystical teaching is what makes a laughingstock and mockery of the cross of Jesus and grace.
Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God? For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
OSAS grace is mocked the world over by any mature adult, and even a child knows it's a lie, though children who love it to be so. And there are such children who have it that way, when mommy or daddy is a corrupt judge.
.For example; when David committed the pre-meditated sins of murder and
adultery, God waived the death penalty while at the same time holding
David responsible for what He did, and got back at him in other ways._
You conveniently skip His whole confession with godly sorrow and repentance, which was the difference between Himself and King Saul, who did not repent and was destroyed on the battlefield after consulting a witch.
When you sin with the devil, your soul is just as dead to Christ as any other on earth, and you are not his special little cherub, that He should throw out judgment to excuse mommy's boy.
That is why we are to keep no company with Christian sinners like you, so that you may learn to repent rather than perish.
. John 5:24 . . I assure you, those who listen to my message, and believe in
God who sent me, have eternal life. They will never be responsible for their
sins
Nice little translation you made for yourself there. But the teaching is the same: those in Christ Jesus are not being condemned for sinning, nor are held responsible for sinning, because we are not sinning.
We are known by what we do, not by what we like to think of ourselves. OSAS is hippy Christianity:
"I know I still do bad things, but my heart is still good."
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get to slide, no: depending upon the severity of their sins, they have to
expect consequences. For example:
When my brother and I were very young, we pelted my dad's old Hudson
sedan with eggs and made a terrible mess of it. Dad didn't call the cops on
us for vandalism, but instead got back at us in other ways and that's
because we were family; which always makes a difference in matters related
to crime and punishment.
Oh no, no sliding from judgement of God here, We get our hands slapped like little babies getting caught in the cookie jar.
You dad isn't God, and his way of 'getting back' at you is not the Lord's righteous judgment.
You can sin your soul away unto death all you want, and I have no thought of correcting you. As I said, anyone that can possibly believe their sin doesn't stink as bad as that of others, because it's sprinkled with grace perfume, has no truth within to reason with.
My only advice to you is to stop teaching others how to sin unto death.
Answering for ourselves is one thing, but corrupting others by teaching it, is worse.
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
