I can assure you I did not in my most inward parts have conviction of what sin was in my life before I responded to an altar call at the age of ten, I did afterwards
I agree, you don't have to tell a christian they are a sinner, you don't have to tell them to grow in Christ the know
Where I disagree I the law not being placed within us, for that I the wording used in scripture concerning the new covenant.
I really don't see how it can be objected to that a christian in their heart simply wants to obey God for Tha is where the law has been placed.
If a christian committed adultery what would the conviction be? They have sinned by committing adultery or not loving?
this is speaking to all unsaved people. it spoke of you and I before we came to Christ.
Rom 1: [SUP]18 [/SUP]For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, [SUP]19 [/SUP]because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown
it to them.
[SUP]28 [/SUP]And even as they did not like to retain God in
their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; [SUP]29 [/SUP]being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality,[SUP][
c][/SUP] wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness;
they are whisperers, [SUP]30 [/SUP]backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, [SUP]31 [/SUP]undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving,[SUP][
d][/SUP] unmerciful; [SUP]32 [/SUP]who,
knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.
So I can not agree with you. Even Gentiles who were not given the law. Know that certain things are sinful.
as for christian commiting adutlry. God knows their heart, and what they are thinking, and he will chasten them as he feels fit. It is not for me to decide what a person will think, I am not god. now would I want to try to be God and assume anything.
I do know this.
If that Christian loved his wife as God loved the church, If he loved that womans he cheated with as God loved the church, The adultry would never have occured. The adultry occured because the flesh was weak. and he did not love as God loved him, and he TOOK what was not his for his own satisfaction.