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1 | Does sin prove one is not a believer? | 1 Cor 6:9 | TakeUpYourSword | 157821 | ||
How is this verse reconciled with salvation by grace? A believer is given God's righteousness in exchange for theirs so that their righteousness no longer depends on their ability to follow the law. (Romans 10:4, Titus 3:5, Phil 3:9) Does this verse mean that someone who claims to have faith and yet ever commits fornication, or idolatry, or adultery, any of these other things does not really have true faith? Or does this verse only speak of those who continue to do these things without conviction of conscience, or something like that? What about Romans 7? | ||||||
2 | Does sin prove one is not a believer? | 1 Cor 6:9 | David24597 | 157823 | ||
We are saved by grace. It is a gift from God. There is nothing we can do to gain this grace for ourselves. However that does not mean that we cannot chose to again seperate ourselves from God thorugh our unrepented evil deeds. If you wish to remain saved then you must "continue" in Him. I John chapter 2 | ||||||
3 | Does sin prove one is not a believer? | 1 Cor 6:9 | David24597 | 157824 | ||
One more thought here. (There should be an "edit" button - anyway I'll post one more thing). Rom. 3:25 specifies it is the sins of the past that are forgiven. Sins in the future dont exist yet. Once a sin is committed it should be repented of. Then it is a "past" sin and can be forgiven. True repentance also means to stop sinning that particular sin. Not from fear of punishment but because you are truly sorry for doing it. Sins continually comitted (even if you ask God to forgive you) will not be forgiven until you stop doing that sin. "We are saved by grace..." That grace reaches us through faith. "We are saved by grace through faith..." Yet faith without works is dead. Our faith is made perfect through our works, and by our works is our faith shown to others (James chapter 2). |
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4 | Does sin prove one is not a believer? | 1 Cor 6:9 | BradK | 157826 | ||
Hi David, I don't think you can hang your hat on Rom. 3:25 alone as the definitive verse dealing with forgiveness without reading the rest of Romans- particularly chap. 6. How would you therefore understand Romans 5:20? Was not Christ's death a complete propitiation for our sin? ( 1 John 2:2). Three times in the NT (the Pauline Epistles) we are told that God has forgiven us- past tense ( Eph. 4:32, Col. 2:13, and Col. 3:13). Colossians 2:13 says that, "...having forgiven you all trespasses." What scripture tells us that "Sins continually comitted (even if you ask God to forgive you) will not be forgiven until you stop doing that sin.?" Are we then saved by grace but kept by works? You are advocating conditional forgiveness my friend, if I understand you correctly:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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5 | Does sin prove one is not a believer? | 1 Cor 6:9 | jlhetrick | 157829 | ||
Hi BradK, Thanks for putting that issue back into proper perspective. Jeff |
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