Let's take a closer look at this, and see what Joseph Prince omits, and thereby presents only partial truth. I do not wish to nit-pick but we are required to prove all things in the light of Scripture.
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[TD="class: yiv3999919976mcnTextContent"]The biblically correct statement would be "do not doubt that God sees
the perfection of Christ in you.
Christians will only be perfected at the Resurrection/Rapture, but we have been given the "robe" of Christ's righteousness being justified by faith.
The fact is that all of us Christians are far from being perfect. That is the reality. But that is not doubting the perfect sacrifice of Christ.
We have been perfected
in God's Divine foreknowledge ("elect according to the foreknowledge of God") since God has predestined each one of His children to be "conformed to the image of His Son"). Once again this perfection will become an accomplished fact at the Resurrection/Rapture.
But according to Prince we are already perfect, which is false.
This is true at the moment a sinner repents and receives Christ as Lord and Savior. Prince omits the fact that at the same time we are to examine ourselves daily, confess our sins, and repent of our present sins since none of us is as yet sinlessly perfect.
So once again we have false doctrine.
Once again, at the time of salvation, our sins are remitted and our guilt is removed. But that is not where the matter ends. As Paul says "
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup (1 Cor 11:28). Prince has a moral and spiritual obligation to bring this to the attention of the reader.
So once again false doctrine.
But that is not what the apostle John tells us. What he says is "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all righteousness.
So once again false doctrine.
This is totally absurd.
Why would the Holy Spirit "convict" us of our righteousness? No, the Holy Spirit convinces us of our righteousness in Christ, but at the same time convicts us of our present sins so that we may confess and repent, and continue in fellowship with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
So, once again, false doctrine.
But what saith the Scripture? (Heb 12:5-13).
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
9Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gavethem reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he forour profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
12Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
13And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
So joaniemarie, while you are very fond of quoting Joseph Prince, what you are actually doing is presenting and promoting FALSE DOCTRINE.[/TD]
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