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1 | Why not see for yourself? | Heb 10:14 | Gal5:16 | 108199 | ||
Let us not forget the verse we are discussing Hebrews 10:14. According to this verse we have already been made perfect, and are BEING made holy. I use the two words interchangeably sometimes, and perhaps I should more correctly be talking about holiness. We are already perfect by Christ's one sacrifice. Conscience and guilt, however, are different matters. Plug the keywords into Biblegateway, and, with regard to conscience, you will find that Paul declared that his conscience was clear: "My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me." and again "Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God. We have done so not according to worldly wisdom but according to God's grace." With regard to guilt, in Hebrews 10:22 it says "...let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water." Listen to your conscience, and surrender the things that are holding you back from victory in Jesus Christ. He wants to overcome the world for you if you will let him. There are rewards for you if you do. Read Revelation 2 and 3! I'm not making this stuff up. Please do not take my word for it, but research it yourself. Why not? |
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2 | Why not see for yourself? | Heb 10:14 | stjones | 108207 | ||
It should be obvious that I'm not taking your word for it. ;-) The passage does not say those who have been perfected now live a sinless life. We are perfected before God by Jesus' sacrifice. We approach earthly perfection because we strive to live a sinless life with the help of the Holy Spirit indwelling us. We fall short because we aren't Jesus, because our sinful nature is spriritually dead, crucified with Jesus, but physically alive. My victory is assured; I'm not worried about it. I hate to keep repeating myself, but I'm not perfect because I am not in perfect submission every moment and I do not have perfect knowledge of God's will every moment. I don't know anybody who is perfect. The alternative to perfection is sin. You still can't have it both ways. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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3 | Why not see for yourself? | Heb 10:14 | Gal5:16 | 108227 | ||
Arguing about this any further is pointless. I will close with this, and you are free to have the last word: "Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge, which some have professed and in so doing have wandered from the faith. Grace be with you" |
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