Here's something you can sink your teeth into.
If I can do nothing of my own to conquer my sin nature, if Jesus only requires faith & belief in him for me to gain victory, why didn't I gain victory? If I believed in him to the best of my abilities and put faith in what I knew of him, why didn't that make a difference?
There's nothing I can do other than believe, right? Well I've done that, so what's wrong here. Since I can't cure my sinfulness myself, all I could do is wait on Jesus. Repentance (To turn around) doesn't make that much sense. I can't change my sinful nature or do anything to conquer sin, right? Because if I could I couldn't claim that Jesus did anything.
If I can do nothing of my own to conquer my sin nature, if Jesus only requires faith & belief in him for me to gain victory, why didn't I gain victory? If I believed in him to the best of my abilities and put faith in what I knew of him, why didn't that make a difference?
There's nothing I can do other than believe, right? Well I've done that, so what's wrong here. Since I can't cure my sinfulness myself, all I could do is wait on Jesus. Repentance (To turn around) doesn't make that much sense. I can't change my sinful nature or do anything to conquer sin, right? Because if I could I couldn't claim that Jesus did anything.