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1 | Just as if I had never sinned? | 1 Cor 6:11 | load | 254 | ||
I've heard the concept of justification being compared (for the sake of simplicity I'm sure) to the phrase "Just as if I had never sinned." Is this really an accurate picture of justification? (Not sure what verse to attach this to...) | ||||||
2 | Just as if I had never sinned? | 1 Cor 6:11 | kalos | 287 | ||
'The term [justified]describes what happens when someone believes in Christ as his Savior: From the negative viewpoint, God declares the person to be not guilty; from the positive viewpoint, He declares him to be righteous. He cancels the guilt of the person's sin and credits righteousness to him.' (Zondervan NASB Study Bible, p. 1639) All this being true, it would be accurate to regard justification as a state in which my standing in the eyes of God is "just as if I had never sinned." Of course, justification by faith alone (Rom 3:28) does not give the justified one license to sin (Romans 6). The apostle Paul was falsely accused of teaching grace as a license to sin, as are many today who understand that SALVATION IS BY GRACE ALONE THROUGH FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE. "Salvation is conditioned solely on faith in Jesus Christ. Nearly 200 times faith, or belief, is stated as the single condition [for salvation] in the New Testament." (Ryrie Study Bible, Moody Press) Guilty feelings or memories have nothing to do with it; the fact remains "we are justified by faith apart from works of the Law" (Rom 3:28 NIV). | ||||||
3 | Just as if I had never sinned? | 1 Cor 6:11 | charis | 304 | ||
Though I concur with JVH0212 that Jesus has declared the believer righteous, I must add that this 'point of salvation' sinlessness is academic. We are not free from self, sin, temptation or the 'spirit of the age' until the Lord returns and restores us to a pre-Adam state through resurrection. You might say that we have won the (eternal) war, but the (present) battles rage on daily. Except Jesus, no one I am aware of is without sin. Even the patriarchs and the apostles had their failures. We are to pursue righeousness, and hope in it, not claim it falsely. If the church were truly made up of sinless people, there would be no divisions, no 'backsliders,' no problems at all. If we say, "Those troublemakers are not counted as righteous, they are hell-bound," there wouldn't be anybody in the church at all. I know that I won't 'cast the first stone.' This said, I stand by my first answer. For the present time, there is no sinlessness. Anyone who lays claim to present perfection is living in denial. | ||||||
4 | Just as if I had never sinned? | 1 Cor 6:11 | kalos | 318 | ||
You seem to have missed the main point of my answer, which is: when we are justified by faith we are DECLARED RIGHTEOUS IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. . . . I agree with you that we are not without sin in our experience. 1 John 1:8 "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." Sanctification is two-fold, part of it being a progressive process which continues throughout our lives on this earth. . . . (See also the topic "Justification" found in Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology for a fuller treatment of this subject. Baker's Dictionary is available online at bible.crosswalk.com) | ||||||
5 | Just as if I had never sinned? | 1 Cor 6:11 | load | 478 | ||
Thought I'd get this pending question off the board since it seemed to be duplicated. See my note to Charis below. | ||||||
6 | Just as if I had never sinned? | 1 Cor 6:11 | kalos | 480 | ||
Thanks for removing this pending question off the board. I ought to have taken care of that, but I didn't. | ||||||