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1 John 3:8 says he that commits sin is of the devil.
He also said,
1Jn_1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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1 John 3:8 says he that commits sin is of the devil.
He also said,
1Jn_1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
I have not talked with any OSAS Christians who think that they must be sinlessly perfect in order for Eternal Security to be true.
This means that when they sin, they are still saved and they have not lost their salvation and neither are they in any danger of hellfire.
OSAS Christians or Non-OSAS Sin and Still Be Saved Christians fall into two categories.
#1. Hyper Grace (You can be a murder, rapist, thief, etcetera and still be saved).
I have talked with these types of Christians before and they are scary.
#2. Partial Hyper Grace (They say you cannot be a practicing murder, rapist, thief, etcetera and be saved). Yet, they double speak and think 1 John 1:8 is a banner flag of how they will always sin this side of Heaven. What sins do they do? They never seem to say. But they don’t believe they can lose their salvation and yet they admit they will sin again. So they also believe they can sin and still be saved on some level (Even though God’s Word gives us many warnings about how sin can destroy our souls in the afterlife and or lead to condemnation in hellfire). Most Christians today seem to fall into the Partial Hyper Grace camp. Some will say you can commit suicide and be saved. Some will say you can backslide into a lifestyle of sin and be saved. The list of justifying sin is endless even in this camp. But it’s not so obvious to spot because they also appear to be for holy living (When this is really not the case when push comes to shove).
Its a Demonic CULT that teaches that these people.... John 3:36.....will be released from Hell.
ITs a fools game to believe that God sends you to Hell for rejecting Christ, then later lets you into Heaven to exist eternally with the born again who trusted in Christ before they died.
Preachers preach to keep you from going to Hell.
DEVIL'S preach that you can go there, and no need to worry about it.
Don't be that fool and die., as there is no 2nd chance to be born again, in Hell.
And so now Cain was the one trying to do what was good and acceptable to God, not Abel.
Everyone who dies goes to Sheol/Hades sir,
He also said,
1Jn_1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
You can say that John is talking about a break of fellowship by one's sins and not a loss of salvation,
You can call it what you want but I don't believe we are saved if we are not forgiven of our sins. And so when we sin we need to confess to Jesus to be forgiven and saved. If you want to call that being resaved then that's fine with me. I'm not a Christian who lets teachings get in the way of believing Jesus is the Christ and my Savior. It's the same way I don't let works stop me from believing He forgives me and saves men when I confess for sinning. I have only one practice and exercise of faith and it is all the time, that I believe Jesus is the Christ and is my Savior forever and forgives and saves men when I sin and confess it to Him.You are saved, when you are born again.
If you are confessing sin to try to "re-save" yourself, then you dont understand "God's GIFT of Salvation"., and "God's GIFT of Righteousness".
You can call it what you want but I don't believe we are saved if we are not forgiven of our sins.
I see what you mean but you are reading things into me that I've never said. I don't trust in my own thoughts or my expericnes. I know what they are but I don't trust in them. I only trust in believing Jesus is the Christ and that He fogirves me of sinning by confessing to Him. And I also agree that Christians can be faithful in all things at all times, but I am not one of them and I stopped trusting in that to be saved by.The problem is that you are letting your own thoughts and experience rule how you define faith and salvation and you are not allowing for the Bible and what it says to shape and mold your thoughts and experience instead. You said you went down the road before in thinking you had to overcome sin in order to be saved and it appears it did not work out for you. But that sounds like you are just letting your failures and your own experience rule over your thinking to rule and guide your faith instead of just reading and believing the Bible to guide your faith instead. I gave you only a taste of a few handful of verses that refutes the false thinking that we can continue to abide in sin and still be saved. Confession of sin to the Lord, and a hatred of that sin with a belief in Jesus as the Savior is not what the Lord is looking for (if you truly desire to enter His Kingdom). I have already told you before that the slave to sin will not remain or abide in the house (i.e. the house of Christ) forever (John 8:34-35). This is why Jesus said strive to enter the straight gate (Luke 13:24). All workers of iniquity will be told by the Lord Jesus Himself to depart from Him (Luke 13:27) (Matthew 7:22-23). Jesus said that everyone who does not do what He says is like a fool who built his house upon the sand and when a storm came, great was the fall of that house (Matthew 7:26-27). So if we are not doing what Jesus says, we will be destroyed and be without hope in entering God’s Kingdom. I really wish things were easier, but they are not. Just keep reading and believing your Bible, and don’t trust your own thoughts and experience. Trust God’s Word even when it does not make any sense. This is truly what it means to have faith in God and His Word. When we believe ALL of what His Word says and not just believe certain verses of the Bible from a slanted wrong point of view. Jesus made real world examples (Parables) to illustrate truth. Even real life shows that your belief does not stand up to scrutiny. No healthy marriage would last if the husband cheated on his wife continually and he just kept saying he was sorry and he expressed that he hated his sin. The real test is if he truly hated his sin… he would stop doing that sin. The true test that he actually loved his wife is that he would be loyal to her. This is the loyalty that God is looking for. Jesus said, if you love me, keep my commandments (John 14:15). Jesus did not say if you love me… just hate your sin and confess it and don’t worry about overcoming it. Jesus did not say that. Jesus told two people to sin no more (John 5:14) (John 8:11).
I only trust in believing Jesus is the Christ and that He fogirves me of sinning by confessing to Him..
The Bible says we are supposed to die to ourselves on our own cross.Did you die on the Cross?
If you did, then believe that your confession keeps you saved.
If you didnt die on the Cross, shedding your blood for the "sin of the World'< then TRUST IN CHRIST ALONE, who did shed His Blood and die for your sin.
Trust HIM, as He is the SAVIOR. He is the "only way to Heaven", and never trust in anything you can do to try to cause God to accept you.
He will NOT.
He sent Jesus as the only WAY to be accepted by God.
John 14:6
The Bible says we are supposed to die to ourselves on our own cross.
I don't do anything with Jesus to get him to do anything. I do it because I love Him and need to for Him, and He does it because He loves me and is the only One able to do it.If you will renew your mind into this understanding...
= "Jesus has forgiven me, all my sin". vs, "i have to confess to get Him to do it again".
If you will begin to TRUST that "Jesus who saved me, KEEPS ME SAVED""..
If you will come into the BELIEF that..."God who started your Salvation IN YOU, will HIMSELF be Faithful to complete it"....
If you will renew your mind to TRUST like that, in Christ and God, then the Grace of God will become a foundation for you that will empower you to live above the sinning and confessing, failed discipleship.
You will begin to exist here........as Paul teaches..>"Christ ALWAYS give me the VICTORY", over the world, the flesh, and the devil.
He is faithful to completely save me forever and I believe I am now, and He is also faithful all my life to draw me to confession for forgiveness
True. I have been freed from willingly sinning and enjoying it like I did before with the world. I don't enjoy it like I used to when I sin anymore.The NT teaches that you are to "take up your Cross", which is to deny being willing to do what the World says you are to WANT.
Paul teaches that "i die daily", and that means He is submitting to the will of God that is to live in submission to the Grace of God.
Paul teaches that we are to "take every thought Captive" that tries to believe that our self effort is required by God, to keep us saved.
See that? Those "imaginations" are SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS, and we are to take them Captive........to deny them, as this allows us to focus on Salvation as a Gift that is given by God, that is only based on the CROSS of Christ.
In other words......ALL SELF EFFORT to try to be saved or stay saved, has to be REMOVED from your discipleship.
Are you saying you not only don't sin anymore, but all desire and temptation for sin is gone also? If so that is fantastic for you and if what you are preaching leads to that, I must consider it, because so far that has not happened with me.If you are SAVED, you are already forgiven of all your sin, because "Jesus BECAME SIN" ... Yours, = on the Cross.
Look at this verse.
Read it.
Believe it.
2 Corinthians 5:19
It says that God does not charge you with your sin......but this is an OFFER< and to receive it, you must believe in Jesus, and be born again.
Its not automatic. Its this..."the work of God is that you BELIEVE IN JESUS< whom God Sent".
You do that, and God will take care of all your sin.
See, God does not hold you accountable IN ETERNITY, after you DIE, for your SIN., if you are born again.
Why not?
Because God as Christ on the Cross has died for them ALL, already.
He didnt miss even one.
"what if i mess up tomorrow"...
The Cross is 2000 ago. Its still saving people today and FOREVER.
It STILL pays the price for SIN, for all who are saved today, , and for US who are saved long ago.
Salvation is COMPLETED by CHRIST. This is why He said from the Cross.. ."IT is FINISHED".
We receive IT......We receive by faith what Christ has finished for us. = and that is to be SAVED.
You dont confess sin to keep what Christ has Finished.
Its Finished. And if you have God's Salvation, then God who saved you, through Christ, keeps you saved..
You never have to worry about that again.
Now, go out and live righteously. Live clean and good and pure, being empowered By God's Grace based on the JOY OF SALVATION, that is not of "works".
As when you try to do this according to real faith in Christ.. you will find that the desire for sin......will weaken and leave you.
As soon as you COMPLETELY TRUST IN CHRIST to keep you saved, = God's Grace becomes your empowerment to live HOLY.
Till then, you will sin and confess and fail.
T
Are you saying that I must remove any idea of casting down tempting thoughts and not sin, just because sometimes I don't?
Are you saying as an OSAS believer you are not a sinner?Anti-gospel proponents contriving euphemisms like "'OSAS sinners'',
There's no such thing as a license to sin. God never gives one, His saints don't look for one, and the devil and his sinners don't care about having one.stupidly claim eternal salvation is a license to sin.
Ignoring the scriptures that tell us those in Christ do not make a habit of sinning. If they do they never knew Christ and he doesn't know them.
They think their despising the gospel and coining stupid remarks like that make Christ's people look like hypocrites.
OSAS sinners is a biblically illiterate fool.
using such pathetic tactics.
I've really had enough of this satanic hogwash.