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One doctrine you probably haven't heard, unless by me, is there are two types of sins. 1. Willful sins against the commandments of God called "the flesh," also called sins unto death. 2. unintentional mistakes caused by immature fruit of the Spirit. 1 John 3:4-5 and 9 is about number 1...

One thing I noticed during the first 30 years of going to church unsaved, and that was not one prayer was answered. Now 100% of my prayers are answered. That is a sign you are filled with the Spirit, because the Spirit knows the will of the Father and tells you what to pray. 1 John 3:21-22 "21...

Yes, a born again Christian with the seed of the Father (the only kind there is that are saved) can apostatize and willfully leave God. They run into false teachers or maybe blame God for the death of their child. 2 Peter 2: 18 For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure...

Of course! Romans 7:25 is the last verse about what life was like for the Jews who knew the law, but had to attempt to keep them with a raging sin nature. "So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin." That is the same as Galatians 5:17 about our own...

Well, lets see. That's not Catholicism. That sounds like the doctrine of the beginning of the Reformation. Luther preached "sin boldly," and Calvin preached "once saved, always saved" no matter how much you sin. Jesus said of them, "you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead." Then...

I can relate, and I'm sorry if I came off impatient. It is the Reformers I'm mad at and their doctrine of defeatism. Maybe this will help. The first eight chapters of Romans is a whole teaching on the Laws of God and how they've been handed down to mankind. Chapter 4, Abraham was before the...

That's just what he said. But it was about Paul saying alive in his body for the Corinthians away from the Lord, or dying and being with Him face to face. I understand what he means, as I feel the same way sometimes. What I've been given to teach hasn't been taught since the apostles were alive...

I know very well that it is not our attainment, I didn't say it was. Jesus is the Author and Finisher of our faith, not us. THAT is what I teach. Romans 1:16-17 "16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew...

I have never said that God is a liar, brother. I don't know what you are referring to. Epi as you call him, wouldn't call God a liar either as he loves God. I can see it in his posts to me. And if I agree with what he responds to me, I will put a like. And I know you well enough to know you...

That depends on if you have actually been born again of the Spirit, then you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit. The verse you quoted was Paul BEFORE becoming dead to sin. Romans 7:14-25 is Paul in the flesh, meaning he had not been born again of the Spirit yet. He had been a Pharisee at...

It is only "a good thing" if you confess that you are a sinner and ask Jesus to give you His Holy Spirit that can give you freedom from your sin. I was like you for the first 30 years of my life going to church. The problem was, I was not saved. So, it is NOT a good thing for you if you stay a...

You said, "sinless perfection of which I speak"? Didn't you understand the OP that I do not teach sinless perfection, as they are in reality two different categories of purity? Righteousness and holiness are those two different levels. Freedom from sin is sinlessness called righteousness, but it...

Read my OP again #1, I've addressed 1 John 1 which you seem to be ignorant of. Justifying your sin with 1 John 1:8 is from the heresies you've been taught. The gospel is the "power of God," and 1 John 3:9 contradicts your misinterpretation of 1 John 1:8 as your "go to" verse that will send you...

Explain how a believer is off the hook? This is not true for a born again of the Spirit believer. Galatians 5:17 is the same as Romans 7:25 and neither is born again. The Spirit in Galatians 5:17 is actually our spirit, meaning mind. It is a publisher's error. At least you do not believe in...

Seeing as those sins of the born again of the Spirit are unintentional we may not even know about them, TTW. That is why it is important to always walk in the Spirit. Immature fruit imperfections are cleansed making you still sinless/righteous, and still on the path towards holiness/perfection...

Are you under the doctrine that "sin is sin"? The Reformation dumbed down what the people of God knew all the way back to when they received God's laws, that there are two types of sin. Even the Catholics know that and call them mortal sins and venial sins. In one post you mentioned a man...

What Paul is speaking of in Romans 8:24-25 is the redemption of our dying bodies, but that has nothing to do with being righteous now. 1 John 3:7 "7 Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous." John is speaking of those who...

I don't, but I used to until Jesus took all those evil desires to sin away, taking them out of my nature. And then he has been working on the fruit of the Spirit in me for the past 50 years. Only He knows if He has completed that work in me to where I will "never stumble" as written in 2 Peter...

I understand perfectly what you are saying, and I agree. Thus the reason for this OP. And what I named it. I've heard so many warnings from people who are actually taught we will commit sins until we die, describing a slave to sin, certainly not being freed from sin, and thus the Law also which...

Certainly not all the little imperfections for decades, but when you make the prayer of the publican praying in the temple that cried out to God of his weaknesses like I did after 30 years in church UNSAVED, He answered my prayer and He took away all desire to commit any of the major sins unto...