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James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Those who claim to have no sin cannot do that.

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Philippians 3:12 You should be so lucky He chastens us and makes us bear fruit. As one pastor put it "perfectionism is really the sin of pride...

What verse? Babies are pure, but if they think their diapers are clean all the time they aren't fooling anyone. No, your is not that you have Him working on you, it is that you think you have arrived in some sort of sinless nirvana already that is only maintained by your wonderfulness and...

Jesus said brethren are trespassing against us often! Overruled. His correction in believers means they do a lot better. He helps us. Those who think they don't need help look to their own righteousness and works and goodness.

Off tangent blather More pretense of sinless perfection. Whom the Lord loves He chastens. You thought they were chastened for being perfect? Getting people to be honest is a struggle. I believe in the way He spoke about and does. That way leaves us still in need of Him working in us...

Paul worked and was still wretched. What stops some people from assuming that still imperfect brethren (as all are) have stopped working? Realizing work is not what saves us does not mean we don't work like hec after we are saved out of love and gratitude. The work of Christ is what is making us...

That's what the bible says about the prodigal son. 17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! That has to do with learning from God. If you were not claiming to be perfect already you would know that...

No. Brothers that trespass are not evil. Yes His son helps us do all the good works we do. Who could miss that, besides you? That is about people refusing to accept Him. (be saved) Your precept of pretending you never sin in any way is a joke. It was explained that Jesus chastises and deals...

Being saved is the gift of God. Not of works. You cannot keep yourself saved any more than you can save yourself.

OK lurkers here it is. The guy just claimed that any believer that trespasses is a child of the devil! Being born of the spirit does not mean the sinless nirvana instant perfection you imagine. As explained many times it means God is in us and working on us. To be saved we repent. Then we are...

Realizing we are still on the planet for awhile should not be characterized as despising salvation or being hypocritical. Pretending otherwise is foolish. Paul did what he didn't want to do and disliked it. Get in line. Pretending you are perfect is not the answer. Judgment begins at the house...

There is a time for genuine apologies. There is also a time for forgivness of the sort Jesus demonstrated and commanded. Doesn't matter when we never die. Soon as he came to his senses and learned his lessons he was alive again! False. He judges us on works but saves us by grace. You seem to...

False I said nothing to do with what Jesus paid for, our salvation. Yes we are to abide in the Vine to bear fruit. Works don't keep us saved either. They show we are saved, or should. If they don't, no worries, He will chastise you and get you on the right track

It is not blamed by God to be saved and accept His gift of eternal life. It is blamed by God not to. Accepting salvation does not mean we are in heaven as soon as we ask. Nor does it mean our body is changed into an incorruptible one yet. Neither does it mean (as Jesus repeated often) that we...

No one said sorry to Jesus on the cross. Yet He forgave them. People who are unforgiving and demand some knee scraping apology from everyone for the tiniest of (perceived) sins take it out of context. We should go to a brother is there is a significant issue. In another place we are told it is...

No, you are the one calling what Jesus spoke about (how believers need forgiving and trespass) being 'unrighteous' False accusation. Admitting Jesus spoke the truth and that believers do need chastising, correction and forgiveness is not 'despising the good'! But those pretending they are...

Not yet being perfect and still trespassing sometimes is not outward blame. But pretending you don't is a shame. I said we fall and get back up. If you are thinking about falling from salvation, forget about it! Believers who are saved and trespass are not sinning with the devil! They are...

If they sin against you seventy times you think they fell down on their knees before you and repented each time? The point is that they do sin. They need forgiveness even thought saved. So how it is you do not? A brother is someone that already repented! They are not in need of salvation. They...

Jesus makes us righteous, not our works. You slandering the saved by calling them 'not righteous'. Why? Because you imagine yorself to have some mysterious secret unpostable good works. Seriously? I avoid people who think they are good actually like I avoid outhouses as a general rule unless...

Yes. The Chief Cornerstone. He is our rock and salvation and foundation that our faith rests on and nothing else. When Jesus spoke to Peter, He told Him, that upon this foundation (the fact that He was Christ) will He build His church. We build after being saved. Whatever we do (or build) it is...