No..they are not contradictory...they are 2 separate issues ...if one understands the true grace of Christ..then that grace will "taeach" them how to live godly in this present world.
The one that does not know about the true grace of Christ will be overcome with sin because they will be under law....and they will not have a very happy life on this earth...no overcoming for them...this could also include so-called clean-living people as well because they are living in slander and malice or whatever..it''s actually irrelevant what it is.....
..this has nothing to do with their eternal state in Christ....2 separate things...our eternal state of being in Christ is determined on His work alone and our belief in Him.
I know of people that had a problem with alcohol all their life but loved the Lord..just didn't know how to deal with it...religion told them to just stop...be holy!..etc...there is no life in the D.I.Y. self-righteousness/holiness religion...none.
there is only grace in the gospel of Christ..and in knowing who we are in Him....as we see Him..we transform..
2 Corinthians 3:17-18 (NASB)
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17 [/SUP] Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty.
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18 [/SUP] But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord
, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
are being transformed = present passive
present tense - continuous action
passive = an action happening to you -
not you doing it..
I agree that many see no victory over sin because they do not understand grace.
You say if one knows the grace of God that will cause them to overcome sin
But you then say if one overcomes no sin- they follow after the flesh all their life they attain heaven anyway.
They are contradictory statements.