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1 | Can we live life without sinning? | Rom 6:12 | Morant61 | 209322 | ||
Greetings John! The identity of the wretched man has always intrigued me. Those who believe that Paul is describing a believer, however, have a serious problem in that the description of the wretched man directly contradicts the description of believers in both chapters 6 and 8 of Romans. For instance, the wretched man is described in 7:14, 22, and 25 as being a 'slave to sin'. Yet, Rom. 6 says several times that believers are no longer slaves to sin. Indeed, Rom. 8:9 says, " You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ." Now, my question is simple, "Who can these two descriptions be reconciled if they both describe believers?" Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Can we live life without sinning? | Rom 6:12 | stjohn | 209396 | ||
Dear Tim: The law of God reveals to us the exceeding sinfulness of sin. Without the law of God we would not know sin. Our flesh i.e. the old nature, does not know God nor does it seek God. What we need to realize, as Christians is that by that law as elevated by Christ Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, is that sin, revealed by the law, equals every idol thought, every idol deed, and anything at all that separates us from God. Do we suppose that we can live as Christians without ever sinning? Are we so pious and perfect that we can say we do not sin? Can you? Can I? I cant! But I know we have an advocate in Jesus Christ, the only one who was and ever will be, the one and only one who was and is without sin. Who died and was raised so that we can come to Him when we fail and fall on our faces. Like the Red Heifer whose ashes were sprinkled on those who sinned along the wilderness trail though they could not practically set up the Tabernacle so to give sacrifice for that sin. We too have a Red Heifer in Jesus Christ, so we can be atoned for our sins as we walk that wilderness trail i.e. the world. I think brother Steve (humbledbyhisgrace) gave good argument for this with Scripture references in post 209379 I doubt I can do better so I respectfully refer you that post that you seem to disagree with anyway. I don’t know about anyone else but I fail all the time and have need for Jesus to clean me up from time to time and times are too numerous to count, to my shame, but I praise God for the right to be called a child of God and have the right to come to the Cross of Christ in my daily walk to have forgiveness for my sins and life everlasting. I believe Paul makes this abundantly clear in Romans 6-8. Amen God bless John |
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