They may be a group of Believers with no need for a website.. I don’t like the way PJW is being called a liar.. he is witnessing of his sin free life and giving all Glory to GOD through His Faith... unless one can flat out prove he is lying then let us hold our peace and not become his accuser.
Each day we all are to strive and not sin wilfully.. GOD is able to lead and strengthen us through our Faith in the Messiah.
PJW is not stating he is keeping himself but that his Faith in Christ means he is kept from sinning..
Sinless perfection is what the Messiah wants from His flock.. He does not want us to sin.. He wants us to be perfect like our Father in Heaven.
Evening LM1
I hope all is well with you sister.
I do agree with you that Jesus does not want us to sin. And any true beleiver will not want to sin.
But I do believe that he also wants us to confess when we sin. If we don’t it affects our relationship with our Father.
When I think about sin I don’t limit it to what some people do with regards to the sins of the flesh as mentioned in Corinthians, Galatians and Ephesians. Yet some see this as perfection or being perfect.
To me to just purely focus on that can lead to what I would call sin management crucifying the flesh and that is ll that matters.
By no means should we neglect that, but to me if we focus on that and only on that then we miss the bigger picture.
If you don’t mind I would like to give my thoughts on being
Perfect like our Father in a heaven.
Matthew 5:43-48
Love Your Enemies
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so? 48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is
perfect.
So the above verses end in perfect.
What is the perfection here?
LOVE AND NOTHING BUT LOVE.
And not just love for our neighbours, afterall it’s easy to love those who love us BUT what about those who hate us, our enemies.
Jesus is now raising the bar.
You think your good by loving those who love you, even sinners do the same.
This is what will set you apart “Love your enemies, do good to them, pray for them, our Father does this the sun rises and the rain falls on the just and the unjust”
To me the perfection Jesus is talking about here has nothing to do with sin management but love.
Afterall you, me and everyone here were enemies of God.
Romans 5:10
10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
He loved us when we were enemies, that’s because he is perfect and to me that is our call to be perfect.
Perfect according to the Greek
g5046. τέλειος teleios; from 5056; complete (in various applications of
labor, growth, mental and moral character, etc.); neuter (as noun, with 3588) completeness: — of full age, man, perfect.
Thats my thoughts on being perfect.
And before anyone jumps on me I don’t use the above as an excuse not to crucify the flesh, an excuse to sin,with regards to this.
But I do think there is a tendency to just focus on that which can lead to the regards to be walking in love and growing in the love of God.
If we do that then it’s a 2 pronged fork.
As Jesus increases we decrease, our love manifests and as it does we labour, grow into perfection.
Just my simple thoughts