Sinless Perfection. Why do so many teach against what Jesus taught?

[Lizbeth]

Exactly! But now you are moving beyond “the meek will inherit the earth” and into the territory of walking in the Spirit in His holiness rather than just treating your neighbor as well as you treat yourself. You don’t do away with the first to establish the last - He WILL be merciful with the merciful, if you plant in treating your neighbor in the way God says is right, you WILL reap mercy from Him.

The transcendent standard is the one that is impossible with men. In comparison to that transcedent standard, THAT is the one in which your treating your neighbor as God sees is right is like filthy rags.

I think it is rather the source of the righteousness that determines whether it is filthy rags or not. Scripture says it is our own righteousness that is filthy rags. Like the Jews went about seeking to establish their own righteousness, whereas we are to submit to the righteousness of God. We are dying out even to our own "good" not just our "evil". Our own righteousness and "good" falls short of the glory of God....it is tainted and imperfect. The only sacrifice that is acceptable to a holy God is that which is heavenly (perfect, unblemished)......the righteousness which is of faith.......man's own righteousness is strange fire.

 

[ProDeo]

Your own self-interest blinds you to the true agenda...that of wanting an ongoing guaranteed forgiveness, basically an immunity from prosecution for sin. What the unlearned don't realize is that there is more than one kind of sin. And iniquity (based on naming and claiming) is the worst sin of all....the like of which religious pretenders indulge in gleefully. If you don't realize that those who teach such things are condemned by the Lord, I can't help you.

I am pretty sure I sin less than 5 years ago.

How about you ?

Any progress to mention ?

 

[Episkopos]

I am pretty sure I sin less than 5 years ago.

How about you ?

Any progress to mention ?

religious hubris can make you think you are getting better whereas you are just getting more proud. So you are just getting more and more entrenched in your pride. It's the pride of your supposed better performance that snares you.

 

[Episkopos]

I think it is rather the source of the righteousness that determines whether it is filthy rags or not.

That's not true. No one knows why a righteous man does righteous things. And for you to think you know means you are seeking to establish your own righteousness.

Scripture says it is our own righteousness that is filthy rags.

This is a very minority position concerning righteousness...based on seeing righteousness in a religious way whereby we may justify ourselves. In the sight of God NO man can justify himself....for any reason.

Like the Jews went about seeking to establish their own righteousness, whereas we are to submit to the righteousness of God.

Evangelicalism does the very same thing based on beliefs. People keep dodging the truth while they seek to satisfy a carnal mind.

Submitting oneself to the righteousness of God is not the same as claiming to be God's righteousness for Him.

We are dying out even to our own "good" not just our "evil". Our own righteousness and "good" falls short of the glory of God....it is tainted and imperfect.

That's right. God's way in Christ is a perfect way in holiness.

The only sacrifice that is acceptable to a holy God is that which is heavenly (perfect, unblemished)......the righteousness which is of faith.......man's own righteousness is strange fire.

This is muddled thinking. Only God can determine what is of faith...only He can make us enter into the holy place to offer up a holy sacrifice. Again modern evangelicalism determines for itself what is of faith (actually just beliefs) in order to CLAIM to NOT be offering strange fire.

 

[Judge Hardcastle]

religious hubris can make you think you are getting better whereas you are just getting more proud. So you are just getting more and more entrenched in your pride. It's the pride of your supposed better performance that snares you.

How do you know this about him?
At least they had the courtesy to ask you if you're progressing.

 

[ProDeo]

I am pretty sure I sin less than 5 years ago.

How about you ?

Any progress to mention ?

religious hubris can make you think you are getting better whereas you are just getting more proud. So you are just getting more and more entrenched in your pride. It's the pride of your supposed better performance that snares you.

That was the expected answer, you are forgiven.

How about answering the question I left for you.

 

[Judge Hardcastle]

religious hubris can make you think you are getting better whereas you are just getting more proud. So you are just getting more and more entrenched in your pride. It's the pride of your supposed better performance that snares you.

Your hypocrisy is astounding.
Why do you get to be judgmental while you accuse your opponents of being judgmental?

And why does your all-inclusive religion exclude Protestants but embraces all other 'errant' Christian religions? Is Protestantism the only Christian religion that isn't allowed to be, in your view, wrong?

 

[Judge Hardcastle]

How about answering the question I left for you.

He skipped right over your Isaiah 53 passages, too.