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Evil has always been at war with the Spiritual.
Paul once said
Romans 7:15-25 New International Version (NIV)
15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature or the flesh. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature or of the flesh is a slave to the law of sin.
The difference now is that we have a helper and sin no longer condemns but only affects us relationally.
Paul once said
Romans 7:15-25 New International Version (NIV)
15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature or the flesh. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature or of the flesh is a slave to the law of sin.
The difference now is that we have a helper and sin no longer condemns but only affects us relationally.
And yet these scriptures speak of hindered prayer.
So it's obvious that grace doesn't mean what you think it means.
Grace simply means you don't deserve what you have received.
It doesn't mean you will always have what you don't deserve to have no matter what.
This profound misunderstanding of grace is at the center of the dead faith teaching sweeping through the church in these end times.
So it's obvious that grace doesn't mean what you think it means.
Grace simply means you don't deserve what you have received.
It doesn't mean you will always have what you don't deserve to have no matter what.
This profound misunderstanding of grace is at the center of the dead faith teaching sweeping through the church in these end times.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." - 1 John 1:9
When did sinless perfection become the standard for proving your're saved?
The standard by which a person is shown to belong to Christ in salvation is that they are increasing in works of righteousness, showing themselves to no longer be enslaved by a mind set on sin. The changed/ changing life is the sign of the believer, not sinless perfection.
You condemn yourself by making sinless perfection the standard. Why would you do that? I suspect you would do that because you are not really a believer or a defeated believer and are out to bash Christians who are growing stronger in their fight against sin while you languish in your own. It doesn't have to be that way, friend.
When did sinless perfection become the standard for proving your're saved?
The standard by which a person is shown to belong to Christ in salvation is that they are increasing in works of righteousness, showing themselves to no longer be enslaved by a mind set on sin. The changed/ changing life is the sign of the believer, not sinless perfection.
You condemn yourself by making sinless perfection the standard. Why would you do that? I suspect you would do that because you are not really a believer or a defeated believer and are out to bash Christians who are growing stronger in their fight against sin while you languish in your own. It doesn't have to be that way, friend.