Eternally Grateful
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Pray tell, what is it about?
I didn’t say they washed their own sins
Nor did I claim you said it. Please try to read what others are saying
Um no, where do you come up with this? It says they (there sins) were WASHED, It means as the scripture says, they were washed and made whiter than snow. And while ye, baptism was involved (holy spirit baptism not water) it was based on the fact they HAD repented. and through the faith which followed this repentance. God saved them, and his BLOOD washed there sins.- “washed” in 1Cor 6:11 refers to baptism, which allows the believer to receive grace through faith, which helps him repent and obey God’s commandments -
which is sanctification, which is the works that lead to justification.
You have it backwards.
Justification is by Faith, which is a result of repentance which is a result of God.
Sanctification is what Follows. The person who was saved by Faith, Justified by Faith, And given the power to become a child of God through faith. Is sanctified by the work of God in their lives as they are made more like Christ.
This process requires grace working together with the free will of the believer.
Yep
You have free will to say Yes God and let him wash you
Or yes God I want your salvation. But I also want to help pay for it. In which case, you have rejected Gods grace.
Grace does not take over a believer’s mind and prevent him from sinning - that would destroy the whole point of God giving man free will.
I never said it did. Nor does that have any bearing on our salvation.
Men sin because the flesh is still strong, and until a man is sanctified to maturity, they still go through growing pains of having to learn to trust God in different areas of their lives.
remember the word of God
By One offering he has PERFECTED FOREVER (justification) those who are BEING SANCTIFIED. Heb 10: 14
And he who BEGAN a good work in your WILL COMPLETE it until the day of Christ. Phil 1: 6
Now either you believe God in these two basic promises concerning his gospel.
Or you do not
Me? I chose to believe God.