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It takes two to reconcile. You are only responsible for trying, not for their disobedience to do their part. But for better results, don't wait too long in forgiving, or apologizing. If a root of bitterness takes root, that is hard to overcome. Matthew 5:23-25.

You misinterpret just about every verse in 1 John 1. When are you going to accept the true meaning? You make being a born again Christian hard. Jesus said His yoke is easy and His burden is light. Do you even know how? You can't teach what you don't know, and you can't know until it is by...

We all commit trespasses. We just need to reconcile, and Paul and Peter did. You do know that Paul was also wrong don't you? But denying Christ was major, and something a saved person would not do. He wasn't saved until He repented and received the Spirit. Your definition of grace is not...

Hi Ezra, Sinlessness. Revelation 22:11. What is holy? Perfection

So Judas is saved? Do you think you can belong to Christ and not have the Holy Spirit indwelling you???????? Romans 8:9 says, you won't belong to Christ.

"We shall be saved by His life." He was our example. He did not sin willfully. And He was the "firstborn of many brethren." Romans 8:29-30. That is why it is so important to receive His Spirit so that we CAN be dead to sin, unlike Peter when he denied Christ. But after Jesus blew the Spirit into...

Dah! Did Peter have the infilling of the Holy Spirit yet when he denied Jesus 3 times?

Okay, try this. Romans 6. Those who have been crucified with Christ are free from sin as long as they continue to choose righteousness and are a slave to righteousness. Romans 8:1-9, the only way we can be free from sin is by receiving the infilling of the Holy Spirit. It is not by keeping the...

Of course we have free will. But when that open communication came upon me, and I was no longer separated from God by sin, and I heard His voice, I never wanted to leave the Spirit. And the awe of the Lord was so strong, I never wanted to do anything against His will either. Can't you relate...

When you die, you will either die an active sinner, or righteous or holy. Rev. 22:11. Guess who gets to go to heaven?

Right, we must endure to the end.

Good point. Yes, unsaved man still falls short of the glory of God. present tense.

How many times does Jesus have to take away your sin and make you born again? How many times does He have to die? And in Him there is no sin. 1 John 3:5. Why? Because we have been cleansed from ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. What more is there to confess? The real encouragement comes from being born...

Ron, 1 John 1:9 is to BECOME a Christian. We are cleansed from ALL unrighteousness, including separation from the old sin nature, and He creates in us a new nature that partakes of the divine nature of Christ. Did Christ sin? It doesn't need to be repeated anymore than Acts 2:38 needs to be...

So WHEN WE SIN??? It looks like you only believe in imputed righteousness, not the life-changing real righteousness that God empowers us with.

It is because of the death of Christ that His Spirit within us frees us from sin and death. We are born again of a nature that partakes of the divine nature of Christ. It is how we are free from willful sin, therefore, actually dead to sin. Not just figuratively. His Spirit keeps us away from...

True, but when Christ abides in us, we will naturally do good deeds by our new nature. And our new nature doesn't willfully sin. So if we willfully commit sins of lawlessness, that is a sign that we are NOT born again, and do not belong to Christ.

I do not see verified that anything other than our willful PAST sins of lawlessness are automatically cleansed. 2 Peter 1:2-11 2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and...

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I like this post. Repentance causes us to be born of the Spirit. The Spirit separates us from our carnal flesh nature and creates in us a new nature with the mind of Christ that changes us from the inside outward, so that our actions are not what they used to be, but are now righteous. We are...