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This is a false unbiblical teaching that has become so widespread in the church today that it is accepted as a norm.The Sin Problem: We need to note immediately that even a genuine process of change in our hearts will never produce "sinless perfection".
We are living in the last days whereby many have a form of godliness but they deny the power thereof (See: 2 Timothy 3:1-9).
What power are they denying? God’s power to help them to overcome sin in their life.
Let the unbiased good Berean slowly read 1 Peter 4:1-2, Galatians 5:24, 2 Corinthians 7:1.
1 Peter 4:1-2
1 ”Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.”
Galatians 5:24
“And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.”
2 Corinthians 7:1
”…let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.”
So the article’s claim that Sinless Perfection is a myth is busted.
Just these three verses alone (read plainly in the English Bible that existed for hundreds of years) proves that I am correct here (Even though there are a lot more verses).
The article basically implies here that Romans 3:23 is proof that the Christian in their present day walk with the Lord falls short of the glory of God. However, Romans 3:23 is in reference to our previous past life of sin before we became a Christian and not while we are a Christian walking with Christ already. Proof? Well, lets read Romans 3:11.While our Lord faced all of life's temptations without error (Heb.4:15), the rest of us necessarily fall short of that mark (Rom.3:23).
Romans 3:11
“There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.”
So if Romans 3:23 applies to your present day walk as a Christian in that you fall short of the glory of God (Which is similar to what Romans 3:10 says), then you will have to be consistent with the context and admit that you have no understanding and you don’t seek after God, as well. But of course this article is reading a verse out of it’s context and it’s obvious. This is why men who write such articles will be without excuse before God come Judgment day unless they repent. The Lord will simply quote to them the context and show them they are in error.
Again, the article uses the infamous “Romans 7:14-24 excuse to sin passage” when in reality this is in reference to Paul speaking as a Pharisee before he knew Jesus Christ and became a Christian. The proof is in the beginning of the chapter. Romans 7:1 says that Paul is speaking to those who know the Law (i.e. the Torah or the 613 Laws of Moses). So this sets up the framework of discussion of the whole chapter (Which is the Old Law). Paul says in Romans 6:14 that we are not under the Law (i.e. the Torah). Romans 7:6 says we are to serve in newness of spirit and not in the oldness of the letter. Paul says in Romans 8:2, “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.” So Paul is saying that the keeping of the New Covenant Law makes him free from the Old Law (Which he struggled to keep in Romans 7:14-24). Paul could not keep the righteous aspect (the Moral Law) because he was under the whole of the Old Law. Romans 8:4 talks about how the righteousness of the Law is fulfilled in us who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit. The righteousness of the Law that we fulfill is found in Romans 13:8-10. It is loving your neighbor that fulfills the moral law like: Do not murder, to do not steal, etcetera (Which was the aspect of the Old Law Saul was trying to keep as a Pharisee but he was not able because he was under the Law of Sin and Death, i.e. the Torah).This is because our very physical makeup is corrupt, or "indwelt" by sin (Rom.7:20;
Paul even says you are either a slave to sin or a slave to righteousness in Romans 6.
Jesus says he that sins is a slave to sin in Romans 8:34, and then in Romans 8:35 he says that the slave (slave to sin) will not abide in the house forever. Meaning, the Christian who justifies sin will not abide in the house of Christ forever. They will be cast out at the Judgment.
Matthew 13:41-42 says that the Son of Man (JESUS) will send forth His angels and they will gather out of HIS KINGDOM all who do iniquity and they will be cast into the furnace of fire (i.e. The Lake of Fire).
If we say we must sin again because we cannot help it, we are slaves to sin and not slaves to righteousness.
This is not true. There is a sin that does not lead to death (1 John 5:16-17).To God, all sin is an offense against His Person, for all sin is in essence disobedience to His will.
The sin of worrying is not attached with warnings of hellfire and condemnation of one’s soul in Luke 12:22-34. In fact, it is considered in Luke 12:28 as having “little faith” and Jesus says, “Fear not, little flock” in regards to this kind of sin (Luke 12:32).
But God already gave Adam and Eve the warning of punishment of what would happen if they disobeyed.Adam and Eve were expelled from paradise for eating of the forbidden fruit, an act which does not seem particularly immoral in and of itself, but which was a clear and willful rejection of God's authority (Gen.2:16-17).
This warning was death.
So it was a big deal of a sin because God attached this sin with the punishment of death.
The thing is that this very story refutes the false attack on God’s Word that we cannot obey God.
The serpent (the devil) wanted to get Eve to believe that she would not die if she disobeyed God’s command.
This same lie is being pushed by this article in saying that you can sin and still be saved on some level (Denying God’s Word in numerous places on how God desires us to be perfect, holy, blameless, etcetera).
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