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Romans 6:21-22 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.
DO YOU EVER GET ASHAMED OF BEING A SINNER IN THE PAST OR ARE YOU PROUD THAT YOU ARE STILL ONE OF THEM NOW?
DO YOU EVER GET ASHAMED OF BEING A SINNER IN THE PAST OR ARE YOU PROUD THAT YOU ARE STILL ONE OF THEM NOW?
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Hmm...I don't think that every time I struggle with mistrust (which is unbelief in something He has said), that my salvation is in danger. This sin is covered by His blood. If it weren't, I'd be a goner. Because I've had areas of unbelief after I met Him, which He walked me through...this is difficult stuff for me so please be patient.
You don't lose your salvation for not being able to trust God for a healing. That's clearly a different matter of trusting God than not being able to trust God for the forgiveness of your sins. One is not a matter of salvation. The other is. See the difference?
The most important trusting is that you are trusting God for the forgiveness of sin for all the times you weren't trusting him to provide in life what you need so you don't have to sin to get them. It's entirely possible to trust God for the forgiveness of sins and not trust him to make it so you don't have to sin to get what you need in this life. I'm confident that is exactly what is happening in your life. You have no problem trusting God for salvation, but you struggle with trusting that his grace is sufficient to get you through trials and temptations and sufferings without sinning. That is how all devout Christians struggle.
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Also written to believers:
"Christ was faithful as a Son over His house—whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end." (Hebrews 3:6 NASB)
See your error is that you are not using the whole counsel of scripture to know where grace abounds and where it will not abound. It does in fact abound, but within the boundaries that the Bible itself sets; boundaries that you are not taking into consideration but which are clearly stated in the Bible. You are guilty of not rightly dividing the word of God. And that is what most false doctrines are guilty of-not considering the whole counsel of scripture but rather not rightly dividing and isolating one part away from the rest.
Your doctrine can only stand if you isolate Romans 5:20 from, for example, the Hebrews verse I quoted above. But my doctrine stands in the face of any and all scriptures put next to the Hebrews verse quoted above. That's how you can know what doctrine is true and which one is false. If a doctrine nullifies another part of scripture it is a false doctrine. But the doctrine that does not cause contradiction in scripture is the true doctrine.
"Christ was faithful as a Son over His house—whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end." (Hebrews 3:6 NASB)
See your error is that you are not using the whole counsel of scripture to know where grace abounds and where it will not abound. It does in fact abound, but within the boundaries that the Bible itself sets; boundaries that you are not taking into consideration but which are clearly stated in the Bible. You are guilty of not rightly dividing the word of God. And that is what most false doctrines are guilty of-not considering the whole counsel of scripture but rather not rightly dividing and isolating one part away from the rest.
Your doctrine can only stand if you isolate Romans 5:20 from, for example, the Hebrews verse I quoted above. But my doctrine stands in the face of any and all scriptures put next to the Hebrews verse quoted above. That's how you can know what doctrine is true and which one is false. If a doctrine nullifies another part of scripture it is a false doctrine. But the doctrine that does not cause contradiction in scripture is the true doctrine.
Peter, I am not talking to your personally right now, but the one I fear is in you!
Pick on someone your own size wolf. Do not go after the lambs. You keep insisting on showing us the BAD SEED you are producing.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 (ESV)
[SUP]13 [/SUP] For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
[SUP]14 [/SUP] And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
[SUP]15 [/SUP] So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.
Everybody else keep your whole armor on. It is not the human Peter we battle now.
IN THE NAME of JESUS CHRIST THE SON OF THE MOST HIGH GOD, COME OUT OF THE ONE CALLED PETERJEN.
WHEN THEY CANNOT WIN WITH THE MATURE CHRISTIANS, THEY TURN ON THE LAMBS.
Pick on someone your own size wolf. Do not go after the lambs. You keep insisting on showing us the BAD SEED you are producing.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 (ESV)
[SUP]13 [/SUP] For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
[SUP]14 [/SUP] And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
[SUP]15 [/SUP] So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.
Everybody else keep your whole armor on. It is not the human Peter we battle now.
IN THE NAME of JESUS CHRIST THE SON OF THE MOST HIGH GOD, COME OUT OF THE ONE CALLED PETERJEN.
WHEN THEY CANNOT WIN WITH THE MATURE CHRISTIANS, THEY TURN ON THE LAMBS.
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Careful, there are folks here who don't like "judgers".
Paul's final status in Christ can only be judged by Christ Jesus at the final judgement.
As will mine.
My life is not over yet, but with the protection and provision of God, I will finish my life without going back into darkness/sin, to the glory of God.
As for your first question: How did I attain sinless perfection?
I had read 1 Peter 3:21, and I wanted that "good conscience before God".
I had faith that what Peter wrote in Acts 2:38 was true, so I repented of sin, (turned from it forever), and was baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of my past sins.
As my repentance was real, I was given the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Having turned from sin, making me a non-sinner, and crucifying the old man, I was reborn of God's seed...which we all know cannot bring forth evil fruit.
That is the simplicity of Christ.
Paul's final status in Christ can only be judged by Christ Jesus at the final judgement.
As will mine.
My life is not over yet, but with the protection and provision of God, I will finish my life without going back into darkness/sin, to the glory of God.
As for your first question: How did I attain sinless perfection?
I had read 1 Peter 3:21, and I wanted that "good conscience before God".
I had faith that what Peter wrote in Acts 2:38 was true, so I repented of sin, (turned from it forever), and was baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of my past sins.
As my repentance was real, I was given the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Having turned from sin, making me a non-sinner, and crucifying the old man, I was reborn of God's seed...which we all know cannot bring forth evil fruit.
That is the simplicity of Christ.
