These babes in Christ in 1 Corinthians 3:1-3 were behaving in a carnal manner, yet they were still babes IN CHRIST. Certain people interpret Romans 8:1 to mean that there are Christians who are in Christ that will remain in Christ because they walk after the Spirit and not after the flesh and there are Christians who are in Christ that will lose their salvation because they walk after the flesh and not after the Spirit, but I see below (quoting from post #49) that you are not in that camp.
No, praise God, I am not in either camp. The weak and weaselly try or have to fit in with others to be accepted.
And yes, I separated them because of the "and" in between the sin and death.
We all sin, but we don't lose our salvation just because we sinned, we do however lose some protections from curses though.
The bible is ladened with example and warnings of the consequences of sin.
If we walk in the Spirit we will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh, but the righteousness of the law.
When the born again Christians sins, they come under the condemnation of the curses of the law. That is why many Christians get sick and why some die.
BUT, when we repent and confess our sins, God is faithful to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us of ALL unrighteousness, then restoring us to fellowship with the Father.
At that time, we can ask or claim our healing, and the word of God does it. Most just don't know it was done because they didn't feel anything or any better.
So yes, I firmly believe there is a curse of the law of sin, and a curse of the law of death that we are redeemed from, WHEN we walk in the Spirit.
And yes, I also believe a mature Christian can lose their salvation, but not a baby Christian.
I think the death spoken of is a spiritual death, like the second one, as in eternal separation from God.