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Don't forget the rest - in the NT it is used only of that which is assured by God to believers; it is said of the Holy Spirit as the Divine "pledge" of all their future blessedness, 2 Corinthians 1:22; 5:5; in Ephesians 1:14; 4:30 particularly of their eternal inheritance. I see no scripture...

Amen brother and very well said! :woohoo!:

I was addressing Ezekiel 3:21 in context. You simply isolated your pet verse and ignored the context. Let me know when you finally have something useful or edifying to say.

I was talking about striving for holiness. In Hebrews 12:14, we are told to "pursue" (other translations say "strive" for) peace with all men and for holiness. This striving is an active response to God's grace which involves our ongoing sanctification rather than a human attempt to earn salvation.

To go and sin no more in the fullest sense is what Christians are to strive for and like you said, we are all at different stages in the sanctification process. You seem to believe that attaining the goal of entire sanctification or sinless perfection is possible but takes a lifetime while...

No loopholes or excuses. Your continued straw man arguments about enabling sin have amounted to slander, which is sin. So much for your personal claim of sinless perfection. (1 John 1:8) Ezekiel is appointed as a watchman for the house of Israel (Ezekiel 3:17) under the old covenant of law...

Once again, Jesus was offering mercy to the woman who was caught in adultery, along with a call to turn away from her lifestyle of sin/practicing adultery, which would be continuing in sin. Jesus knows that she will not obtain absolute flawless, sinless perfection in her earthly life, yet Jesus...

So, knowing the right thing to do and failing to do it, is only sin for the twelve tribes of Israel?

We are at least in the same chapter.

You make the claim of sinless perfection in spite of (Romans 7:18-19; James 3:2; 1 John 1:8) and you have previously denied that Jesus IS God in spite of (John 1:1, 14; 8:58; 10:30; 20:28). :eek: More projection. Go look in the mirror.

Jesus was offering mercy coupled with a call to turn away from her lifestyle of sin of practicing adultery, rather than an attainable mandate for absolute flawless, sinless perfection in her earthly life. Period. I was not implying she was free to go and sin all she wants in other things. Your...

Believers "confess" (Greek - homologeó) speak the same/acknowledge/agree with God's perspective about their sins and have a settled recognition and ongoing acknowledgment that one is a sinner in need of cleansing and forgiveness in contrast with saying that we have no sin or that we have not...

That answers my question. sml

Well you have folks who admit they have sinned prior to their alleged conversion, but then claim after their alleged conversion, they never sin anymore at all in word, deed or thought. No more sins to confess at all.

Do you (like Michiah-Imla) claim to be 100% without any sin, like Christ, from moment-to-moment 24/7?

Which is in contrast with, "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." (1 John 1:8) and "If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us." (1 John 1:10) Yet you claim to have no sins to confess. :oops: Jesus was telling the...

1 John 1:8 - If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Amen! Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words What the Bible says about Arrabon <1,,728,arrabon> originally, "earnest-money" deposited by the purchaser and forfeited if the purchase was not completed, was probably a Phoenician word, introduced into Greece. In general usage it came to denote...