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posthuman

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To be a sin, requires you to be under the law of Moses

lol

when was Adam baptized into Moses?
It is written..."for by the law is the knowledge of sin." (Rom 3:20)
Without the law, who can say something is a a sin?

so, you were going to tell me about when the Law of Moses was given to Adam . . ?

or you still sticking with "
there was no such thing as sin before Exodus 20" ?

do not build steps on your altar, or you will expose your shame.
 
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Your focus is too narrow.
Men will face the lake of fire whether or not they believe in Christ.
I will go with Bill's focus any day over your café blend, sinless perfectionist blindness.........
 

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Nobody is defending sin....so...your statement again makes you into a liar which is sin....

What we are defending is what the bible has to say about sin and the fact that NO ONE is without sin.....NOT YOU, NOT Your working for buddy Seohce........NONE........so.....keep thinking you are without sin...your false allegation in this one post that we are defending sin makes you into a deceptive liar.....just own it.....

Luke 6:43-45 A Tree and Its Fruit “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. FOR OUT OF THE OVERFLOW OF HIS HEART , HIS MOUTH SPEAKS..

WHO ARE CLAIMING TO BE “STILL SINNERS” OUT OF THE OVERFLOW OF THEIR HEART???

John 3:34 For the one whom GOD HAS SENT speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.



This thread and it’s author implies that there’s no need for works to a FAITH ALONE that SAVES(faith void of works).

SALVATION IS NOT BY WORKS IF IT’S APART FROM FAITH (eph 2:8-9) JUST AS FAITH ALONE APART FROM WORKS OF LOVE,OBEDIENCE AND FAITH IS DEAD (james 2:14-26)

IF WE ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST WHOM HE WILL SAVE (eph 5:23) AREN’T WE EXPECTED TO OBEY HIS COMMANDS (john 14:12-15)AND DO HIS WORKS OF SALVATION (1cor 3:9, 12:28 mat 25:21-30, 9:37-38 eph 4:12-13, rom 12: 3-8, 1 tim 4:16) AS WE ARE TO DO HIS WILL HERE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN (mat 6:10)

John 4:34-38 “My food,” said Jesus, “is TO DO THE WILL OF HIM WHO SENT ME AND TO FINISH HIS WORK. Do you not say, ‘Four months more and then the harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now HE HARVESTS THE CROP FOR ETERNAL LIFE, so that the sower and the reaper may be GLAD TOGETHER. Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. I SENT YOU to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and YOU HAVE REAPED THE BENEFITS OF THEIR LABOR.”

John 5:36 “I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the very work that the Father has given me to finish, and WHICH I AM DOING, TESTIFIES that the Father has SENT me.

John 6:39-40 And this is the will of him who SENTt me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and BELIEVES IN HIM, SHALL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

John 7:18 HE WHO SPEAKS ON HIS OWN does so to gain honor for himself, but HE WHO WORKS FOR THE HONOR OF THE ONE WHO SENT HIM IS A MAN OF TRUTH; there is nothing false about him.

John 9:4-5 As long as it is day, WE MUST DO THE WORK OF HIM WHO SENT ME. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

John 17:18 As you sent me into the world, I have SENT THEM into the world.

John 20:21-22 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I AM SENDING YOU.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 28:19-20 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and TEACHING THEM TO OBEY EVERYTHING I HAVE COMMANDED YOU. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

ONE SURE WAY TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO WERE NOT SENT ACCORDING TO THE VERSES ABOVE IS TO KNOW WHAT THEY DO.

DO THEY PREACH AGAINST THE WORKS THAT GOD HAS PREPARED IN ADVANCE FOR US TO DO BY SAYING THAT: “FAITH ALONE SAVES AND IT IS VOID OF WORKS.”?

DO THEY PREACH THAT; “WORKS ARE WORKS ARE WORKS.”?
THAT OBEDIENCE TO GOD’S COMMANDMENTS CANNOT SAVE EVEN THOSE BELIEVERS WHO CONFESS WITH THEIR MOUTHS THAT JESUS IS LORD AND BELIEVE IN THEIR HEARTS THAT GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD.

DO THEY PREACH THAT SINCE THEY WERE ALREADY SAVED, THEY WILL ALWAYS BE SAVED REGARDLESS OF THEIR WILLFUL AND CONTINUOUS SINNING(manifested by their arguments against those who push for continuous faith and are against willful sinning).

DO THEY PROMOTE SIN BY SAYING THAT THOSE WHO ARE CLAIMING THAT THOSE BORN AGAIN IN THE SPIRIT IS A NEW CREATION AND THEREFORE MUST NOT SIN OR CEASE FROM SINNING, ARE LIARS ACCDG. TO 1JOHN 1:8 WHICH THEY LOVE TO QUOTE BUT REJECTING THE WHOLE TRUTH EXPRESSED IN THE BIBLE? WHICH ONLY PROVES THIS VERSES BELOW TO BE TRUE:

Romans 8:5-9 Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds SET ON WHAT THE SPIRIT DESIRES. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God. IT DOES NOT SUBMIT TO GOD’S LAW, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God. You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, HE DOES NOT BELONG TO CHRIST.

WOULD THE SPIRIT OF GOD DESIRE SIN?

1 Corinthians 6:9-11,15-20 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? DO NOT BE DECEIVED: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. AND THAT IS WHAT SOME OF YOU WERE. But you were WASHED, you were SANCTIFIED, you were JUSTIFIED in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit. Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

Galatians 6:7-8 DO NOT BE DECEIVED, GOD CANNOT BE MOCKED. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were STILL SINNERS, Christ died for us.

Romans 6:21-23 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ASHAMED OF? Those things result in death! But NOW that you have been SET FREE FROM SIN and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to HOLINESS, and the result is ETERNAL LIFE. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.

Romans 1:32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only CONTINUE TO DO these very things but also APPROVE of those who practice them.

Psalm 49:13-14 This is the fate of those who trust in themselves, and of THEIR FOLLOWERS, who APPROVE their sayings. Selah Like sheep they are destined for the grave, and death will feed on them. The upright will rule over them in the morning; their forms will decay in the grave, far from their princely mansions.

THEREFORE:

Romans 10:14-15 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? AND HOW CAN THEY PREACH UNLESS THEY ARE SENT? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
 

posthuman

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here, PJW, let me help you:

To be sure, sin was in the world before the Law was given

(Romans 5:13)
 

gb9

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Your focus is too narrow.
Men will face the lake of fire whether or not they believe in Christ.
many who think they do not sin have a appointment at the lake of fire, they may think they do not sin, but they ( you ) are wrong.

your beliefs have nothing to do with reality. reality is truth, not your sinless perfection self-deceit.
 
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Luke 6:43-45 A Tree and Its Fruit “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. FOR OUT OF THE OVERFLOW OF HIS HEART , HIS MOUTH SPEAKS..

WHO ARE CLAIMING TO BE “STILL SINNERS” OUT OF THE OVERFLOW OF THEIR HEART???

John 3:34 For the one whom GOD HAS SENT speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.



This thread and it’s author implies that there’s no need for works to a FAITH ALONE that SAVES(faith void of works).

SALVATION IS NOT BY WORKS IF IT’S APART FROM FAITH (eph 2:8-9) JUST AS FAITH ALONE APART FROM WORKS OF LOVE,OBEDIENCE AND FAITH IS DEAD (james 2:14-26)

IF WE ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST WHOM HE WILL SAVE (eph 5:23) AREN’T WE EXPECTED TO OBEY HIS COMMANDS (john 14:12-15)AND DO HIS WORKS OF SALVATION (1cor 3:9, 12:28 mat 25:21-30, 9:37-38 eph 4:12-13, rom 12: 3-8, 1 tim 4:16) AS WE ARE TO DO HIS WILL HERE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN (mat 6:10)

John 4:34-38 “My food,” said Jesus, “is TO DO THE WILL OF HIM WHO SENT ME AND TO FINISH HIS WORK. Do you not say, ‘Four months more and then the harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now HE HARVESTS THE CROP FOR ETERNAL LIFE, so that the sower and the reaper may be GLAD TOGETHER. Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. I SENT YOU to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and YOU HAVE REAPED THE BENEFITS OF THEIR LABOR.”

John 5:36 “I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the very work that the Father has given me to finish, and WHICH I AM DOING, TESTIFIES that the Father has SENT me.

John 6:39-40 And this is the will of him who SENTt me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and BELIEVES IN HIM, SHALL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

John 7:18 HE WHO SPEAKS ON HIS OWN does so to gain honor for himself, but HE WHO WORKS FOR THE HONOR OF THE ONE WHO SENT HIM IS A MAN OF TRUTH; there is nothing false about him.

John 9:4-5 As long as it is day, WE MUST DO THE WORK OF HIM WHO SENT ME. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

John 17:18 As you sent me into the world, I have SENT THEM into the world.

John 20:21-22 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I AM SENDING YOU.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 28:19-20 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and TEACHING THEM TO OBEY EVERYTHING I HAVE COMMANDED YOU. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

ONE SURE WAY TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO WERE NOT SENT ACCORDING TO THE VERSES ABOVE IS TO KNOW WHAT THEY DO.

DO THEY PREACH AGAINST THE WORKS THAT GOD HAS PREPARED IN ADVANCE FOR US TO DO BY SAYING THAT: “FAITH ALONE SAVES AND IT IS VOID OF WORKS.”?

DO THEY PREACH THAT; “WORKS ARE WORKS ARE WORKS.”?
THAT OBEDIENCE TO GOD’S COMMANDMENTS CANNOT SAVE EVEN THOSE BELIEVERS WHO CONFESS WITH THEIR MOUTHS THAT JESUS IS LORD AND BELIEVE IN THEIR HEARTS THAT GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD.

DO THEY PREACH THAT SINCE THEY WERE ALREADY SAVED, THEY WILL ALWAYS BE SAVED REGARDLESS OF THEIR WILLFUL AND CONTINUOUS SINNING(manifested by their arguments against those who push for continuous faith and are against willful sinning).

DO THEY PROMOTE SIN BY SAYING THAT THOSE WHO ARE CLAIMING THAT THOSE BORN AGAIN IN THE SPIRIT IS A NEW CREATION AND THEREFORE MUST NOT SIN OR CEASE FROM SINNING, ARE LIARS ACCDG. TO 1JOHN 1:8 WHICH THEY LOVE TO QUOTE BUT REJECTING THE WHOLE TRUTH EXPRESSED IN THE BIBLE? WHICH ONLY PROVES THIS VERSES BELOW TO BE TRUE:

Romans 8:5-9 Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds SET ON WHAT THE SPIRIT DESIRES. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God. IT DOES NOT SUBMIT TO GOD’S LAW, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God. You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, HE DOES NOT BELONG TO CHRIST.

WOULD THE SPIRIT OF GOD DESIRE SIN?

1 Corinthians 6:9-11,15-20 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? DO NOT BE DECEIVED: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. AND THAT IS WHAT SOME OF YOU WERE. But you were WASHED, you were SANCTIFIED, you were JUSTIFIED in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit. Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

Galatians 6:7-8 DO NOT BE DECEIVED, GOD CANNOT BE MOCKED. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were STILL SINNERS, Christ died for us.

Romans 6:21-23 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ASHAMED OF? Those things result in death! But NOW that you have been SET FREE FROM SIN and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to HOLINESS, and the result is ETERNAL LIFE. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.

Romans 1:32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only CONTINUE TO DO these very things but also APPROVE of those who practice them.

Psalm 49:13-14 This is the fate of those who trust in themselves, and of THEIR FOLLOWERS, who APPROVE their sayings. Selah Like sheep they are destined for the grave, and death will feed on them. The upright will rule over them in the morning; their forms will decay in the grave, far from their princely mansions.

THEREFORE:

Romans 10:14-15 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? AND HOW CAN THEY PREACH UNLESS THEY ARE SENT? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
DID you say something...not really.....until you get over your working for, sinless perfectionist view...nothing you say has or carries any weight....except with your other sinless buddy........
 
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Some women may have issues with the phrase, "sons of God", some may not. We are all Children of God and all are one in Christ; neither male nor female, slave or free. Like your screen says, Circumcised_Heart, it is a spiritual circumcision not physical, which I know you know. what I am saying is we are all one in Jesus Christ and I suppose most women will add this to their understanding of the bible. You could start a thread and do a pole if that may help; you may get some amazing results.

Some languages add a gender specific word to identify the sex to which you are speaking, and sometimes a cafe latte is just a cafe latte wherever you go. It is the spiritual that gives relevance to our life in Christ Jesus. For me their is no greater honor than being considered "the bride of Christ" because we will be forever with our Lord and Saviour.

"For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith." Galatians3:26
I agree with this.

I still get unsure about using "sons and daughters" of God, when the scripture says "sons" (although women can be saved just as men can), same as I would feel uneasy about "the bride" being translated as the "groom/bride".

Its probably just a side note, and not meant to detract from the topic. :)
 

stonesoffire

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Is that true though? God Himself is referred to as He, and angels are always male. And remember, the woman was taken out of the man.
The DNA of the male is xy. Female xx If I am remembering correctly it's the RNA that is female. And angels aren't always male.

There is a hebrew name for God that means the many breasted One. God is Spirit. Both male/female, no gender specific.

Cant remember the exact Hebrew name right now, but am thinking it's El Shaddai.
 
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AMEN bro.........David described the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness without works...<---the righteousness of Christ imputed unto men by faith.....and the flip side....Jesus paid my entire sin debt.....ALL OF IT
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we are declared 'clean' when our 'past-sins', are FORGIVEN, we are declared 'righteous',
with the 'condition of 'believing in Jesus Christ' Who did/gave this miracle for us.

Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for 'righteousness'...
again,
when the Gospel was first preached to Abraham, saying, 'In your seed shall all nations be blessed'...

'Be not deceived, God is not mocked, a man shall 'reap what he sows'...
 

stonesoffire

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I agree with this.

I still get unsure about using "sons and daughters" of God, when the scripture says "sons" (although women can be saved just as men can), same as I would feel uneasy about "the bride" being translated as the "groom/bride".

Its probably just a side note, and not meant to detract from the topic. :)
Sonship just means those who are in the body of Jesus Christ, no gender specific since it's spiritual union. So His Bride, or those who are joined to Him, one with Him, are no gender specific too. All of the Spirit.

Its just a symbolic picture of union of becoming one, and marriage depicts it.
 
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I agree with this.

I still get unsure about using "sons and daughters" of God, when the scripture says "sons" (although women can be saved just as men can), same as I would feel uneasy about "the bride" being translated as the "groom/bride".

Its probably just a side note, and not meant to detract from the topic. :)
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you have been given many scriptures concerning what you keep saying that
you are in 'doubt' about...you must 'believe' the in the scriptures, or else
all is lost...we are praying for your understanding and belief in The Word of God...
 

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1 John 1:9 - If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
See?
We can say we have no sin.
And there isn't anything on earth that can force you back into the darkness/sin. (Pro 4:19)

1 John 2:1 - My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. If Christians were sinless, without fault or defect, flawless, 100% of the time, then those verses would be superfluous.
They aren't superfluous for you.
You still commit sin, so have yet to use that advocate to find righteousness.
I used that Advocate many years ago, and He brought me to righteousness.

Do you say that you have fellowship with God, in spite of saying that you have no sin, (present tense) deceiving yourself and the truth is not in you? (1 John 1:8).
I'm not walking in darkness, so yes, I have fellowship with God.
It is those who are in darkness/sin who would be lying if they said "I have no sin".

1 John 1:6 - If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. Walking in darkness is descriptive of children of the devil. Walking in the light is descriptive of children of God. Only those who are saved/believers are in the light.
You write the words but refute them with your POV that man can't stay in the light.
You refuse to believe that sin is darkness.

Acts 26:18 - to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.
I thank God's Advocate for showing me I didn't have to walk in sin anymore, and can remain in the light---which is God.

2 Corinthians 6:14 - Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?
Yep, God's children are not to be more than acquaintances with sinners.

Ephesians 5:8 - for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light. Children of the devil walk in darkness, not in the light. Children of God walk in the light, not in darkness. IF confirms these positions in verses 6 and 7. It's one or the other.
You seem not to understand that "darkness" is "sin".
It is written..."The way of the wicked is as darkness:" (Pro 4:19)

In 1 John 2:9, we read - He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. In vs. 11 - But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Yep, hate is sin

*Compare with 1 John 3:10 - In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, (compare with 1 John 1:6 - does not practice the truth) nor is he who does not love his brother. *Notice that "walks in darkness, hates his brother" is in reference to children of the devil.
You do realize that sin is unrighteous, don't you?
Whoever sins is not of God.
I thank God for making it possible to be totally cleansed from ALL past sin and then given everything I need to remain in the light.
 

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we are declared 'clean' when our 'past-sins', are FORGIVEN, we are declared 'righteous',
with the 'condition of 'believing in Jesus Christ' Who did/gave this miracle for us.

Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for 'righteousness'...
again,
when the Gospel was first preached to Abraham, saying, 'In your seed shall all nations be blessed'...

'Be not deceived, God is not mocked, a man shall 'reap what he sows'...
Jesus died for the sin of the world. It's all sin, the nature of sin being iniquity.

We do have the blessing of our conscience being sprinkled with His searching our hearts and exposing the areas He wants to clean. Seen in His foot washing ritual. That is our daily walk which may have and probably will have areas of failure to live up to our standard, the walk of our Lord.
 
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we are declared 'clean' when our 'past-sins', are FORGIVEN, we are declared 'righteous',
with the 'condition of 'believing in Jesus Christ' Who did/gave this miracle for us.

Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for 'righteousness'...
again,
when the Gospel was first preached to Abraham, saying, 'In your seed shall all nations be blessed'...

'Be not deceived, God is not mocked, a man shall 'reap what he sows'...
Jesus paid my sin debt the day he said it is finished.....there remains no more sacrifice for sins......and that is exactly why God's grace out bounds any sin that a believer may commit.....the only thing that needs washing is my feet.....end of story.
 

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Only when I'm dealing with someone who is self righteous. Now self-condemnation indicates that a person is condemning himself. In 1 Peter 5:8, we read that the devil is like a roaring lion going throughout the earth seeking whom he may devour. He knows how to prey on people that are prone to deep feelings of shame and guilt. This is what you find in the personality of the self-condemning person. The Holy Spirit does not convict us to torment us. He convicts us bring us to repentance and forgiveness.

1 John 1:8 - If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
So you are in a religion where sin won't cause condemnation?
Yuck, how devilish!
I thank God for allowing us to remain sin-free in the light.
The light is God, so to walk with God we must be in the light: and there is no sin in God.
 
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The DNA of the male is xy. Female xx If I am remembering correctly it's the RNA that is female. And angels aren't always male.
Are you able to name a female angel from the bible?

There is a hebrew name for God that means the many breasted One.
Lol. I haven't heard of that. Al Shaddai means God Almighty...

God is Spirit. Both male/female, no gender specific.
God is always referred to as He. He made man and woman in His image, but scripture does always refer to God as He.

Cant remember the exact Hebrew name right now, but am thinking it's El Shaddai.
I'd be interested to know, if you remember it. :)
 
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Jesus died for the sin of the world. It's all sin, the nature of sin being iniquity.

We do have the blessing of our conscience being sprinkled with His searching our hearts and exposing the areas He wants to clean. Seen in His foot washing ritual. That is our daily walk which may have and probably will have areas of failure to live up to our standard, the walk of our Lord.
AMEN....I am beginning to believe that some saved have no understanding of saved, sealed, justified and sanctified in Christ eternally....justified = rendered innocent and it is tied to the word eternally.....not temporarily
 

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I noticed a deceived sinless perfectionist asked what sinner has faith....My answer is...read the bible and be open to it's truths and maybe you will figure it out and come into the light.....all who claim to be sinless are deceived, no truth and liars.........according to the bible.

A sinner who has faith------>But the centurion said, "Lord, I am not worthy for You to come under my roof, but just say the word, and my servant will be healed. "For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, 'Go!' and he goes, and to another, 'Come!' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this!' and he does it." Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those who were following, "Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith with anyone in Israel.
No sinner has faith.
If they did have faith, they would obey God, like Cornelius did.
The faithless think they can fool God.
That isn't happening.
 

TruthTalk

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I agree with this.

I still get unsure about using "sons and daughters" of God, when the scripture says "sons" (although women can be saved just as men can), same as I would feel uneasy about "the bride" being translated as the "groom/bride".

Its probably just a side note, and not meant to detract from the topic. :)
Your okay, and thats why your screen name is "written in blue" and the women's screen name's are "written in pink"; they are gender specific by color. The women in God's family have a very different role in the Body of Christ than men do. Women are much more fine tuned into the words of our Saviour, (my opinion), maybe because they are a woman and have a different kind of intuition about life and spiritual things. We both complement our Saviour with the gifts He has given to the Body of Christ and this carries over into our earthly marriage as well.

Welcome to Christianchat and hope you enjoy your stay, God bless!
 

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In this week's Torah (Lekh Lekha), the LORD described Himself using the Divine Name El Shaddai (אֵל שַׁדַּי), often mistranslated as "God Almighty." In Genesis 17:1, YHVH said to Abram: "I am El Shaddai. Walk before me and be perfect." But why did the LORD choose to reveal Himself using this distinctive name to Abram?

Most English translations render El Shaddai as "God Almighty," probably because the translators of the Septuagint (i.e., the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament) thought Shaddai came from a root verb (shadad: שָׁדַד) that means "to overpower" or "to destroy." The Latin Vulgate likewise translated Shaddai as "Omnipotens" (from which we get our English word omnipotent). In other words, the translators regarded this term to suggest that God is so overpowering that He is considered "Almighty."


didnt get the whole post. Brb