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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: Davidsimpson0959 Ordered by Date |
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1 | Can we live life without sinning? | Rom 6:12 | Davidsimpson0959 | 218087 | ||
Tim, Thanks for the kind reply... I'm not sure if you have already wrestled with the following problems regarding 7:14-25... 1. How an unsaved man would not want to sin, verses 15 and 16. Paul, as a pharisee, might explain this, but a pharisee and gentile alike are both unsaved, and the biblical references of the state of man do not distinguish between the two. 2. An unsaved man "confessing that it is good" in verse 16. 3. "So now, no longer" words that emphatically state present tense, in verse 17 4. verse 23, "but I see a different law" fairly clearly means this a different Paul, perhaps a converted Paul. By the way, I don't know if I agree with the use of the words "Always" and "Never" as being implied in this passage, unless they are used to substantiate your view, or in the meaning of the original greek. To me, they could just as easily mean "sometimes" or "occasionally", unless I'm missing something. respectfully, David |
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2 | 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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3 | 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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