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1 | Can we live life without sinning? | Rom 6:12 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 209469 | ||
If it is insisted that Rom 7 explains Paul’s experience as a believer, I would think one needs to be hard-pressed to explain how this experience as described is consistent with what the Bible affirms is the true state and experience of those who are “born again”. For example: (1) “…sin…produced in me all kinds of wrong desires” (8). (2) “…sin became alive and I died…” (3) “…sin…deceived me and through it I died.” (4) “…sin…produced death in me…” (5) “…I am unspiritual, sold into slavery to sin.” (6) “…sin lives in me…” (7) “...nothin good live in me.” (8) “…I want to do good, but I cannot…” (9) “…I do the very evil I do not want!” (10) "…sin…lives in me.” (11) “…evil is present with me.” (12) “…captive to the law of sin…” Note that in this verse, if it is understood as the apostle’s experience as a believer, Paul admits he is in a struggle with sin but also admits he losses that struggle because sin consistently and always (the only way to undestand it in view of the whole context) overcomes him. (13) “…I serve the law of sin.” Are we to understand that this is the expected and normal experience of believers, to be “unspiritual and sold into slavery to sin”? Is this what is meant by being under grace? Is Rom 7 what is meant by the “new creation” (2 Cor 5:21)? |
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2 | Can we live life without sinning? | Rom 6:12 | Morant61 | 209506 | ||
Greetings Looking! Excellent post my friend! As I read some of the responses to your post, I think that many do not understand Paul's point. Paul is not saying that it is IMPOSSIBLE for a Christian to sin. He is saying that it is POSSIBLE for a Christian NOT to sin. If a Christian yields to sin that in no way disproves Paul's point that we are no longer 'slaves to sin'. Praise God that He has made us new creations. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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