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It is bothersome...agreed! :) But I also hear the same argument but in reverse. Many believe they are already good enough...just have to believe in an historical event and they are saved and glorified with Christ. The first scenario you have shown demonstrates a lack of knowledge...but at...

Thank you for the discussion! God bless you brother! :)

If we are where the Father wants us to be...then we will have the power to overcome any temptation. But if we think we can go and do whatever we FEEL like doing...we have already succumbed to the temptation to do our own thing. So the subsequent sins are just branches of the tree of self we are...

God bless you!! :) The bible is written according to type...so different words are used to surround a subject...but it takes the Holy Spirit to see the truth of it. Jesus said He would spew believers out of His mouth unless they repented. Other scriptures allude to this by...

Are you saying there are no saints in the world? God's provision has been short-circuited by the itching ears crowd that want to keep their old lives AND somehow be saved anyways. There are many teachers for hire that will tell you what you want to hear. The truth comes at a higher cost but at...

Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. His life in us sets us free from sin. If we live in His life we cannot sin. Sin is outside His life. It is death. The soul that sins...it shall die. All that is not of faith is sin...

Here is a very difficult concept to grasp... If we still sin, then we are not yet under grace, but still stuck under the law.

Rom 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. Since we are under the power of grace, we cannot sin. John says it many different ways...but the lesson is lost because we tend to look at our lack instead of God's provision. So we miss the...

I prefer a secular state to a religious one. But to be ruled by God is the only way to go!! :)

Hyper-dispensationalism goes exactly contrary to the word. It creates two classes of believers based on a physical circumcision. The Judaizers of Acts were more honest than the dispensationalists. They believed in oneness but that all should be circumcised making that unity physical AS WELL AS...

The "emperor's new clothes" of righteousness! ;)

There are not two new covenants...one for the Jews and one for the Gentiles. There are not two brides of Christ...one for the Jews and one for the Gentiles. The whole logic behind this seeks to separate what God has joined together in ONE Lord. In Christ there is no difference to be made by...

It is good to realize that once we are abiding in Christ and He in us, we must take our place and be fitted into the Body. Jesus Christ walks in our midst when we are committed to one another as well as to Him. This second step completes the potential for a full attainment in Christ. Otherwise...

I am attempting to show a scriptural logic here. If on the one hand we maintain that perfect love casts out all fear....due to the fulness of Christ in us, then why wouldn't His grace cast out all sin? As long as we are going on the biblical superlatives...We can do ALL things (commanded us by...

I actually got the ideas from the scripture! :) For example... We are now dead to sin who are in Christ Rom 6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? Rom 6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? And yet we endure...

It is important to note that a Christian will never be not tempted at times. Jesus Himself was tempted. But with the temptation comes the means of escape. So we overcome temptations by faith. The temptations themselves are not sin. By faith we cast out the temptations. We overcome them. Same as...

Jesus doesn't take us out of the world...He equips us to overcome it. As we learn to trust in God and have faith...we will turn to God in every situation. The battle is the Lord's not ours! :)

The major point is being lost here. If a person is filled with the love of Christ...there is no room for sin. Love acts. And this love abolishes or puts to flight that which is evil. It casts it out....but first it is recognized for what it truly is. Otherwise love casts out discernment.

Maybe you could clarify your meaning? We as Christians are called to overcome the world. This doesn't mean that we eliminate the world...only we are not affected by what is here. Do we still perceive what is in the world? Of course. We don't become blind to the world so as not to be affected by...

Here is a question... Is the requirement of the law fulfilled in Christ...or in us?