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4001 | Adultery, Married, Should I now divorce? | 1 John 1:9 | kalos | 46519 | ||
"LIVING IN ADULTERY"??? "Verse Search Results (The King James Version (Authorized)) "Your search query for 'living in adultery' did not return any results. Please modify your search query and try again." |
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4002 | WHO pays the wage? | 1 John 1:9 | kalos | 134221 | ||
Salvation is not a reward... ...for the good things we have done. God saved you by his special favor when you believed. And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. Ephesians 2:8-9 New Living Translation |
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4003 | WHO pays the wage? | 1 John 1:9 | kalos | 134382 | ||
"The wages which sin pays is death" Mommapbs: In Romans 6:23 it is clearly stated that "the wages which sin pays is death". Romans 6:23 :: Amplified Bible (AMP) "For the wages which sin pays is death, but the [bountiful] free gift of God is eternal life through (in union with) Jesus Christ our Lord." Sin pays the wages. Sinners receive the wages. (The KJV translates it "the wages of sin is death". "The wages of sin" means the same thing as "sin's wages". Sin's wages -- not God's wages. Eternal life is a gift. It is not earned. Therefore, eternal life is not wages. Instead, DEATH is wages, death is earned -- the wages of sin (sin's wages) is death. I'm not saying that you have implied anything to the contrary. I know that you know and believe that the free GIFT of God is eternal life.) No other Bible verse could possibly contradict this clear verse of Scripture. I think what is happening is that we are confusing two different phrases, two different uses of the word "pays". Jesus Christ paid the PRICE, the penalty, for man's sins on the cross. The wages sin pays is death. Sin does not pay the price for our sins. Jesus doesn't "pay" death to sinners. SIN pays off with death. My answer is that "to pay the price FOR" and "to pay wages TO" are two entirely different phrases with two entirely different meanings. I would never doubt or dispute that Jesus paid the price for our sins by his substitutionary death on the cross. But whenever an individual rejects his sacrifice, then sin itself pays off the sinner with death. "Sin pays off with death." I have done my best to answer your question and explain my understanding of the concept of the wages sin pays TO the sinner and the concept of Jesus paying the price FOR our sins. If my reply falls short in clarity or completeness, it is because of my limitations as a writer and an explainer. I will address the meaning of 2 Cor 5:21 in a separate post, which will shortly follow this one. Mommapbs, you are doing a terrific job of defending the faith and opposing various heretical teachings. Keep up the great work. Your postings are a blessing to me. Grace and peace to you, Kalos |
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4004 | WHO pays the wage? | 1 John 1:9 | kalos | 134383 | ||
How could Jesus be made sin? 'How could Jesus be made sin when He Himself was sinless (2 Corinthians 5:21)? 'In 2 Corinthians 5:21 we read, "God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." Yet other verses tell us that Jesus was "without sin" (Hebrews 4:15; 1 Peter 3:18). How do we reconcile such verses? 'To begin, let me emphasize that Christ as God is immutable (Hebrews 13:8; Malachi 3:6), and cannot change in His divine nature. In Hebrews 1:12 the Father says of Jesus, "You remain the same, and your years will never end." 'Regarding Jesus being "made to be sin," Jesus was always without sin ACTUALLY, but He was made to be sin for us JUDICIALLY. That is, by His death on the cross, He paid the penalty for our sins and thereby canceled the debt of sin against us. So, while Jesus never committed a sin PERSONALLY, He was made to be sin for us SUBSTITUTIONALLY. 'One must also keep in mind the Old Testament backdrop of the concept of substitution. The sacrificial victim had to be "without defect" (Leviticus 4:3, 23, 32). A hand would be laid on the unblemished sacrificial animal as a way of symbolizing a transfer of guilt (4:4, 24, 33). Note that the sacrificial animal did not thereby actually BECOME sinful by nature; rather, sin was IMPUTED to the animal and the animal acted as a sacrificial substitute. In like manner, Christ the Lamb of God was utterly unblemished (1 Peter 1:19), but our sin was imputed to Him and He was our sacrificial substitute on the cross of Calvary. Simply because our sin was imputed to Him does not mean He changed in nature. Christ was not sinful personally; He was made to be sin substitutionally.' ____________________ http://www.ronrhodes.addr.com/qjesusmadesin.html |
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4005 | WHO pays the wage? | 1 John 1:9 | kalos | 134416 | ||
Didn't you know, Hank? God sits at a desk up in heaven all day with a pencil and a big eraser. Whenever a believer sins, he erases their name. When they confess, he pencils it back in. Sin, erase. Confess, write it down. Isn't this a ludicrous picture? Yet that's what some would have us believe. "The good news is, God's pencil has no eraser. Before you breathed your first word, God knew how you would respond to His offer of grace. According to His foreknowledge, He wrote your name in the book of life." ____________________ (http://www.intouch.org/myintouch/exploring/bible_says/eternal_security/erase_149096.html) Grace to you, Kalos ******************** But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. 1 Cor. 14:38 (KJV) ******************** |
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4006 | Why confess sins if already forgiven? | 1 John 1:9 | kalos | 134862 | ||
Why confess sins if already forgiven? 'Why do we need to confess our sins if they have already been forgiven (1 John 1:9)? 'The Apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians that "So we praise God for the wonderful kindness he has poured out on us because we belong to his dearly loved Son. He is so rich in kindness that he purchased our freedom through the blood of his Son, and our sins are forgiven. He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding" (Ephesians 1:6-8, NLT). 'This is referring to salvation where God has taken our sins and, as the Psalmist says, put them as far as the East is from the West (Psalm 102:12). This is the judicial forgiveness that God gives us upon receiving His Son Jesus Christ. All the past, present, and future sins are forgiven on a judicial basis meaning that we will not suffer eternal punishment for our sins. We still often suffer consequences of sin while we are here on earth - which brings us to your question. 'The difference between Ephesians and 1 John is that 1 John is dealing with what we call "familial" forgiveness like that of a father and a son. For example if you do something wrong to your father, that is fall short of his expectations or rules, you have a hindered relationship but you are still a son. That relationship is hindered until you admit to your father that you have done wrong. The same way works with God, your relationship is hindered with God until you confess that sin. Then the relationship is restored. 'During that time of brokenness you can experience doubt, frustration and even discipline from the Father. See what the writer of Hebrews says about discipline: '"As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Whoever heard of a child who was never disciplined? If God doesn’t discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children after all. Since we respect our earthly fathers who disciplined us, should we not all the more cheerfully submit to the discipline of our heavenly Father and live forever. For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God’s discipline is always right and good for us because it means we will share in his holiness. No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it is painful! But afterward there will be a quiet harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way" (Hebrews 12:7-11, NLT). 'Confession of sin according to 1 John 1:9 will help to keep us from the discipline of the Lord. If we fail to confess that sin the discipline of the Lord is sure to come until we do confess that sin. As you can see our sins are forgiven at salvation but our relationship with God on a daily basis needs to stay in close fellowship. Therefore you need to confess your sin as it occurs.' ___________________ http://www.gotquestions.org/confession-forgiveness.html |
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4007 | Why must I confess my sins if... | 1 John 1:9 | kalos | 152099 | ||
'Why must I confess my sins if I'm already forgiven? 'Why does the Bible teach we are to confess our sins if we are already forgiven? What is the role of confession? If we are already forgiven, it seems unnecessary, doesn't it?. . . 'The Greek word we use for confess means "to agree with." When we confess our sins to our heavenly Father, we are agreeing with Him. We are agreeing with His attitude about sin; that is, sin is against Him, it is destructive to His purpose for our lives, and it carries with it consequences that will prove painful. 'Confession also implies that we are assuming responsibility for our actions. We are not blaming our actions on others. Confession means that we see ourselves in relationship to our deeds of sin just like God does. '1 JOHN 1:9 'Undoubtedly, the most often-quoted verse regarding confession is this one: "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9). When taken at face value, the verse would seem to indicate that our forgiveness is conditional upon our confession. This raises all kinds of questions: What if we forget to confess a sin? What if we don't realize we have committed a sin? And on and on we could go . . .' To read more go to: http://www.intouch.org/myintouch/exploring/ bible_says/forgiveness/confession_151407.html * * * * * * * * * * * * * www.seekfind.org Christian Search Engine The mission of SeekFind.org is to provide God-honoring, Biblically-based, and theologically-sound Christian search engine results in a highly accurate and well-organized format. |
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4008 | Faithful and just | 1 John 1:9 | kalos | 167657 | ||
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 KJV 'In light of 1 John 1:9's admonition to confess sin for faithful and just forgiveness, the question is often asked whether a true believer, unconfessed, might not be in danger of perdition. Yet, while confession of sin before God is integral to the obedient Christian life and no true Christian will go for too long in aggressive rebellion against the confession of sin, believers are always going some duration without confessing their sin. Even if it is only the time period between the sin and one's immediate regret for and confession of that sin, there is still a period of unconfessed sin. We do not believe that this unconfessed sin can keep the true child of God from receiving that which God has claimed is his inheritance and has sealed in him with the Holy Spirit. We do believe that unconfessed sin will forge a breach in one's earthly experience of the joys of heavenly life, but not that unconfessed sin can mar the surpassing grace of God. If this were so then every believer would be in danger of perdition at the time of his death for even as Christians, we recognize that we sin constantly in thought and deed.' ____________________ www.blueletterbible.org/faq/sayings.html |
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4009 | The Substitute! | 1 John 2:2 | kalos | 101209 | ||
Yes, you are finished. Sayonara! |
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4010 | What commandments to keep? | 1 John 2:4 | kalos | 54465 | ||
I would not call the moral law contained in the 10 Commandments "a list of rules." Nor is it the "10 Suggestions." Romans 3:31 (Amplified) Do we then by [this] faith make the Law of no effect, overthrow it or make it a dead letter? Certainly not! On the contrary, we confirm and establish and uphold the Law. Romans 3: 31 (GOD'S WORD version) Are we abolishing Moses' Teachings by this faith? That's unthinkable! Rather, we are supporting Moses' Teachings. "The teaching that 'we are free from the Torah' is a product of hundreds of years of anti-Semitic theology and is in opposition to Scripture" ("Not Subject To The Law of God?" Part 8. www.yashanet.com/library/under8.htm) Matthew 5:17 "Don't ever think that I came to set aside Moses' Teachings or the Prophets. I didn't come to set them aside but to make them come true. Matt 19:17 Jesus said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you want to enter into life, obey the commandments." 1 John 2:3 We are sure that we know Christ if we obey his commandments. 2:4 The person who says, "I know him," but doesn't obey his commandments is a liar. The truth isn't in that person. 2:5 But whoever obeys what Christ says is the kind of person in whom God's love is perfected. That's how we know we are in Christ. 1 John 5:3 (Revised Standard Version) For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments (Greek: *entole* [Strong's #1785]: ethically used of the commandments in the Mosaic law). And his commandments (*entole*) are not burdensome. |
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4011 | The lust of the flesh | 1 John 2:16 | kalos | 138539 | ||
For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh [craving for sensual gratification] and the lust of the eyes [greedy longings of the mind] and the pride of life [assurance in one's own resources or in the stability of earthly things]--these do not come from the Father but are from the world [itself]. (AMPLIFIED 1 John 2:16) The lust of the flesh is "craving for sensual gratification." The lust of the eyes is "greedy longings of the mind." The pride of life is "assurance in one's own resources or in the stability of earthly things]." 1 John 2:16 :: New Living Translation (NLT) For the world offers only the lust for physical pleasure, the lust for everything we see, and pride in our possessions. These are not from the Father. They are from this evil world. 1 John 2:16 :: New International Reader's Version (NIRV) Here is what people who belong to this world do. They try to satisfy what their sinful natures want to do. They long for what their sinful eyes look at. They brag about what they have and what they do. All of this comes from the world. It doesn't come from the Father. CROSS REFERENCES: "the lust of the flesh: Romans 13:14; Ephesians 2:3; 1 Peter 2:11 "the lust of the eyes" Proverbs 27:20 "the boastful pride of life" James 4:16 |
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4012 | The lust of the flesh | 1 John 2:16 | kalos | 138540 | ||
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4013 | No hyper-individualistic understanding | 1 John 2:27 | kalos | 134030 | ||
No hyper-individualistic understanding As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him. (NASB) 1 John 2:27 Many hold to the strange notion that: The best way to interpret the Bible is to read the text and whatever comes to mind first must automatically be the right interpretation. '"You have no need for anyone to teach you." Both "you's" are plural and refer to the believing community as a whole; there is no ground here for a hyper-individualistic understanding of the Gospel wherein the views of other believers and the gathering of believers together are considered unimportant' (Jewish New Testament Commentary, David H. Stern, Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc., 1992). |
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4014 | No need for anyone to teach you (plural) | 1 John 2:27 | kalos | 163726 | ||
No need for anyone to teach you (plural) 1 John 2:27 Many hold to the strange notion that: The best way to interpret the Bible is to read the text and whatever comes to mind first must automatically be the right interpretation. ____________________ "...no ground here for a hyper-individualistic understanding..." ____________________ As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him. (NASB) 1 John 2:27 '"You have no need for anyone to teach you." Both "you's" are plural and refer to the believing community as a whole; there is no ground here for a hyper-individualistic understanding of the Gospel wherein the views of other believers and the gathering of believers together are considered unimportant' (Jewish New Testament Commentary, David H. Stern, Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc., 1992). |
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4015 | Just because I studied the Word... | 1 John 2:27 | kalos | 163728 | ||
"Just because I studied the Word and arrived at a conclusion does not mean that it is correct." ____________________ 'Do my conclusions agree or disagree with related areas of scripture and others who have studied the passage? (From the article "Biblical Interpretation" at Christian Apologetcis and Research Ministry) '...I’ve already presented other verses which seem to agree with my conclusion. However, it is not in agreement with all of the commentaries I’ve read on this verse. At this point I would need to present my conclusion to others to see what they think. Just because I studied the Word and arrived at a conclusion does not mean that it is correct. But it doesn’t mean it is wrong either. 'By consulting with others, by examining the word again, and by seeking God and his illumination, I can only hope to arrive at the best possible conclusion about a passage...' (To read more, see "Biblical Interpretation" at: www.carm.org/bible/interpret.htm) 1 John 2:27 '"You have no need for anyone to teach you." Both "you's" are plural and refer to the believing community as a whole; there is no ground here for a hyper-individualistic understanding of the Gospel wherein the views of other believers and the gathering of believers together are considered unimportant' (Jewish New Testament Commentary, David H. Stern, Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc., 1992). |
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4016 | What does 1 John 2:27 really mean? | 1 John 2:27 | kalos | 171237 | ||
What does 1 John 2:27 really mean? ____________________ 'Now and then you will hear someone say, "I don't read commentaries and books about the Bible. I limit my study to the Bible itself." That may sound very pious, but is it? Isn't it actually presumptuous?' ____________________ (Source: The Rise of Reckless Faith by John MacArthur www.nonprofitpages.com/ elm/jm_reckless.htm) 'Even though the Bible itself commands us to be diligent and careful workmen, handling the Word with great care, there are some Christians who believe objective study is unnecessary. They suggest that we can just read the Bible and somehow Jesus will tell us what it means. Somehow the message just rises up from within, mystically. They will usually cite 1 John 2:27: "As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him." 'If that verse meant what some people suggest it means, it would eliminate the need for interpretation at all. It would also nullify the need for gifted pastors and teachers to equip the saints (Eph. 4:11-12). It would cancel any need for the gift of teaching (Rom. 12:6-7). It therefore cannot mean that instruction and diligent study are unnecessary as we approach the Word of God. So what was the apostle John saying? He was attacking an embryonic form of Gnosticism. Gnosticism taught that there is a secret knowledge that is not even contained in Scripture. If you weren't initiated by some "enlightened" person into that secret knowledge, according to the Gnostics, you had not arrived spiritually. John was attacking that claim, saying that real spiritual enlightenment cannot be given by one person to another. He was not attacking study or learning. He was not advocating a subjective, mystical, existential approach to Bible interpretation. 'Now and then you will hear someone say, "I don't read commentaries and books about the Bible. I limit my study to the Bible itself." That may sound very pious, but is it? Isn't it actually presumptuous? Are the written legacies of godly men of no value to us? Can someone who ignores study aids understand the Bible just as well as someone who is familiar with the scholarship of other godly teachers and pastors? 'One textbook on hermeneutics answers the question this way: 'Suppose we select a list of words from Isaiah and ask a man who claims he can by-pass the godly learning of Christian scholarship if he can out of his own soul or prayer give their meaning or significance: Tyre, Zidon, Chittim, Sihor, Moab, Mahershalahashbas, Calno, Carchemish, Hamath, Aiath, Migron, Michmash, Geba, Anathoth, Laish, Nob, and Gallim. He will find the only light he can get on these words is from a commentary or a Bible dictionary." 'Good answer. It reveals the utter folly of thinking objective study is unnecessary. The person who is not a diligent student cannot be an accurate interpreter of God's Word. Scripture indicates that such a person is not approved by God and should be ashamed of himself (2 Tim. 2:15). 'People do not usually accept false doctrine purposely. They err because of laziness, ineptness, carelessness, foolishness in handling the Scripture. In 2 Timothy 2:17-18, Paul mentions "Hymenaeus and Philetus, men who have gone astray from the truth saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and thus they upset the faith of some." 'The Greek verb translated "gone astray" is astocheo, which literally means, "to miss the mark." It suggests that Hymenaeus and Philetus were aiming at the truth; they just missed it. They weren't trying to devise error, but being careless and unskilled in handling the truth, they turned to "worldly and empty chatter" (2 Tim. 2:16), which led them to conclude that the resurrection had already taken place. And their error, absurd as it was, had already upset the faith of others. 'That is precisely why in verse fifteen Paul urged Timothy to be a diligent student of the Word of Truth. 'What Paul was calling for is exactly the opposite of the shoot-from-the-hip ad-libbing that takes place in many contemporary pulpits. You can see this daily on religious television. It is one of the chief reasons some of the celebrity televangelists come up with so many novel doctrines: I'm convinced many of them improvise their theology as they speak. That is a dangerous, deadly approach. It tends to corrupt God's Word. It perverts the truth, and it subverts people's ability to differentiate between sound doctrine and error. How can we be discerning if we don't even know how to interpret Scripture rightly? And without an accurate understanding of Scripture, we can't even establish principles for discernment.' To read more go to: www.nonprofitpages.com/ elm/jm_reckless.htm |
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4017 | Justified clarifying words or comments | 1 John 3:6 | kalos | 109899 | ||
According to the INTRODUCTION TO THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE: "Brackets [ ] contain justified clarifying words or comments not actually expressed in the immediate original text, as well as definitions of Hebrew and Greek names." (http://www.gospelcom.net/lockman/amplified/ampprin.php) In 1 John 3:6 a study of the meaning of the Greek words translated "abides", "commits sin", and "known" will reveal that the text enclosed in brackets in the Amplified are justified clarifying words, not commentary. There is a difference. |
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4018 | Is eternal security a "license" to sin? | 1 John 3:6 | kalos | 146078 | ||
Is eternal security a "license" to sin? 'We must draw a distinction between how a Christian should live - and what a person must do in order to receive salvation. 'The Bible is abundantly clear that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Jesus Christ alone (John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8-9; John 14:6). A person is saved by faith - faith alone. The moment a person truly believes in Jesus Christ, they are saved and secure in that salvation. Salvation is not gained by faith, but then maintained by works. The Apostle Paul addresses this issue in Galatians 3:3, "Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort?" If we are saved by faith, our salvation is also maintained and secured by faith. We cannot earn our own salvation. Therefore, we cannot earn the maintenance of our salvation either. It is God who maintains our salvation (Jude verse 24). It is God's hand that holds us firmly in His grasp (John 10:28-29). It is God's love that nothing can separate us from (Romans 8:38-39). 'Any denial of eternal security is, in its essence, a belief that we must maintain our own salvation by our own good works. This is completely antithetical to salvation by grace. We are saved because of Christ's merits, not our own (Romans 4:3-8). To claim that we must obey God's Word or live a godly life to maintain our salvation is equal to saying that Jesus' death was not sufficient to pay the penalty for our sins. Jesus' death was absolutely sufficient to pay for all of our sins - past, present, and future, pre-salvation and post-salvation (Romans 5:8; 1 Corinthians 15:3; 2 Corinthians 5:21). 'So, with all that said, does this mean that a Christian can live anyway they want to and still be saved? This is essentially a hypothetical question, because the Bible makes it clear that a true Christian will not live "anyway they want to." Christians are new creations (2 Corinthians 5:17). Christians demonstrate the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), not the acts of the flesh (Galatians 5:19-21). 1 John 3:6-9 clearly states that a true Christian will not live in continual sin. In response to the accusation that grace promotes sin, the Apostle Paul declared, "What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?" (Romans 6:1-2). 'Eternal security is not a "license" to sin. Rather, it is the security of knowing that God's love is guaranteed for those who trust in Christ. Knowing and understanding God's tremendous gift of salvation accomplishes the opposite of giving a "license" to sin. How could anyone, knowing the price Jesus Christ paid for us, go on to live a life of sin (Romans 6:15-23)? How could anyone who understands God's unconditional and guaranteed love for those who believe, take that love and throw it back in God's face? Such a person is demonstrating not that eternal security has given them a license to sin, but rather that he or she has not truly experienced salvation through Jesus Christ. "No one who lives in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen Him or known Him" (1 John 3:6).' ____________________ http://gotquestions.org/questweek.html |
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4019 | does this mean we aren't born of God. | 1 John 3:9 | kalos | 56905 | ||
1 John 1:8 (ESV) says: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 1 John 3:8 (ESV) says: Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. |
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4020 | does this mean we aren't born of God. | 1 John 3:9 | kalos | 60057 | ||
Believers don't lose their salvation. Paulta: I reiterate: "TRUE BELIEVERS do not lose their salvation when they sin (compare Romans 8:35-39)." There are no TRUE BELIEVERS on the highway to hell because of their hypocritical lifestyle or for any other reason. True believers do not continually, habitually *practice* a hypocritical lifestyle. 'No one who persists in willful, deliberate sin and rebellion against the Lord should be encouraged with any promise of assurance. If you know someone like that who professes faith in Christ, follow the process of Matthew 18 and call that person to repentance. But don’t encourage him or her with the promise of security. Such a person may be clinging to a false hope' (http://www.gty.org/IssuesandAnswers/archive/sinextend.htm) True believers do not lose their salvation when they sin. 'Scripture abundantly affirms the Christian's eternal security; therefore this passage must not be interpreted as teaching that believers in Christ can lose their salvation. See Jn 3:15-16, 36; 10:27-30; Rom 8:35,37-39; Eph 1:12-14; 4:30; Phil 1:6; Heb 10:12-14; 1 Pet 1:3-5' (note at Heb 6:4, New Scofield Reference Bible, Oxford, 1967). Even if our good conduct outweighs the bad, that is not what saves us. God does not save us based on an assessment of our good conduct (Eph 2:8-9; Rom 3:28). The foundation of salvation is the blood of Jesus Christ -- period. The foundation of salvation is neither surrender, baptism, repentance nor confession. Nearly 200 times in the New Testament faith, or belief, is stated as the single condition for salvation (John 1:12; Acts 16:31). Grace to you, kalos |
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