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1 | Can we live life without sinning? | Rom 6:12 | Morant61 | 209253 | ||
Greetings Kcabml4! Excellent questions my friend! Your questions seem to fall into two categories, so I will try to address those two. 1) What power does sin have over a believer? Before a person comes to Christ, sin holds absolute sway over a person. Each one is subject to (as the old preachers used to say) the power, presence, and penalty of sin. Christ breaks that hold, but that does not mean that we can no longer sin. Even Adam and Eve, who had no sin nature, still had the possibility of sin, but they also had the possibility of obedience as well. The ability to obey God comes as a result of salvation, so a person who obeys God after being redeemed is not saving themselves since the very ability to resist sin only comes as a result of God's saving grace. 2) Can a Christian lose his or her salvation? The short answer is 'no'! Allow me to clarify though! There are two main schools of thought concerning salvation in Christianity - Calvanism and Arminianism. Neither one teaches that someone can lose his salvation. However, Arminianism does teach that someone can willfully reject his salvation. Allow me to illustrate: Suppose a Christian tells a lie. That Christian does not cease to be a Christian because he or she committed an act of sin. A person is not saved by what he or she does, neither can a person be unsaved by what he or she does. However, sin can harden a person's heart. So, if that Christian continues to engage in willful sin, the danger is that the person's heart could become so hardened that he or she will reject Christ. This seems to be the person described in Hebrews as the one who is unable to be renewed unto repentance. I would never use the word 'lose' in terms of salvation. One can lose a wallet, but one can never 'lose' salvation. ;-) Now, for all my Calvinist friends on the forum, I am not interested in a debate on this topic. I was simply responding to a direct question about my post. A post, which had nothing to do with Calvinism and Arminianism. :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Can we live life without sinning? | Rom 6:12 | Davidsimpson0959 | 218052 | ||
Greetings, In the spirit of recognizing God's supreme sovereignty, not necessarily exclusively Calvanistic, but so be it... Your assertion that Salvation changes our ability to willfully abstain from sin, since we are no longer slaves to sin, would apparently be contradicted by Romans 7:18-19 "For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. It sounds as if Paul is no more able to resist sin with Salvation than as a slave to sin. The difference between conditions prior to salvation and after salvation, seems to be more a matter of switching from being slaves to sin, to slaves to righteousness, or slaves to God. Wouldn't this mean that abstaining from sin would be a result of the conditions of our service to God, as his slave? Isn't this really the process of sanctification which is a work of God? Perhaps you have another reference to support the assertion that what is meant in Romans 6, is that we are able to willfully resist sin? Respectfully, David |
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3 | Can we live life without sinning? | Rom 6:12 | YenIsaRap | 218054 | ||
Dear David In this statement of yours. "Isn't this really the process of sanctification which is a work of God?" 1) Are you saying that sanctification is an act of Gods' grace a completed work? 2) Or are you saying that we become sanctified through an ongoing process? Blessings YenIsaRap |
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4 | Can we live life without sinning? | Rom 6:12 | Davidsimpson0959 | 218086 | ||
Dear YenlsaRap, A process... Romans 12:2, "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind" |
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5 | Can we live life without sinning? | Rom 6:12 | YenIsaRap | 218096 | ||
Dear David Your use of Rom.12:2 is a proof text. It does not say sanctification is an ongoing process. These scriptures on the other hand say sanctification is a completed work. Acts 26:18 those who ARE SANCTIFIED by faith in me Rom.15:16 that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, BEING SANCTIFIED by the Holy Ghost. 1 Corinthians 1:2 to THOSE SANCTIFIED in Christ Jesus and called to be holy 1 Corinthians 6:11 But you WERE WASHED , you WERE SANCTIFIED Heb.2:11 For both HE THAT SANTIFIETH and they who ARE SANCTIFIED are all of one Hebrews 10:10 By this will we HAVE BEEN SANCTIFIED through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. Hebrews 10:14 For by one offering He HAS PERFECTED for all time those who ARE SANCTIFIED Hebrews 10:29 who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant THAT SANCTIFIED HIM, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? Jud 1:1 to them that ARE SANCTIFIED BY GOD the Father, AND PRESERVED in Jesus Christ, and called Be Blessed YenIsaRap |
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6 | Can we live life without sinning? | Rom 6:12 | BradK | 218101 | ||
Hello YenlsaRap, The term "sanctification" in it's broad sense simply means, "set apart". The believer is set apart by God for His intended work at the point of salvation (1 Cor. 6:11). There is also an ongoing process by which we are continually, "conformed to the image of His Son..." (Rom. 8:29) Regarding Rom. 12:2- "but be transformed by the renewing of the mind". Paul emphasizes the contrast between what believers are not to do verses they are to do by the use of the strong adversive "alla"- which is an emphatic 'but'. We are to allow the Holy Spirit to transform us "by the renewing of the mind". This word "transformed" is in the present tense, imperative mood, and passive voice- the implication being that believers are commanded to continuously be submitted to God the Holy Spirit for this mind and renewing to take place. "Definition- A comprehensive definition of sanctification by the New Hampshire Baptist Confession (1833) states; We believe that Sanctification is the process by which, according to the will of God, we are made partakers of his holiness; that it is a progressive work; that it is begun in regeneration; and that it is carried on in the hearts of believers by the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, the Sealer and Comforter, in the continual use of the appointed means—especially the Word of God, self-examination, self-denial, watchfulness, and prayer. (Article X) This definition helps us to distinguish sanctification from regeneration in that the latter speaks of the inception of the Christian life. Sanctification is also distinguished from glorification, which focuses on the consummation of God’s work in the believer. Put quite simply, then, regeneration refers to the beginning, sanctification to the middle, and glorification to the end of salvation." [Walter A. Elwell and Philip Wesley Comfort, Tyndale Bible Dictionary] Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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