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1 | My conscience is clear | Heb 10:14 | Gal5:16 | 108125 | ||
Steve/Indiana: I love you. Please forgive me if I came across judgemental or prideful. My intent is not to boast, but to set the record straight. God's words have been twisted by men for long enough. What I see happening is God's grace has been twisted into a license to sin. Now, however, is the time for the church to judge itself, and you must excuse me while I let God form me into the likeness of God's Son - Jesus Christ (1 Peter 4:17 and Romans 8:29) Jesus was fully God and fully man. The way he overcame the world was through his submission to the Father's will which he knew because he had God's Spirit without limit. He was made like us in every way (Hebrews 2:16-18) so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest. He was capable of sinning, or the fact that he overcame would not be an accomplishment (John 16:33). I will never boast in myself if that is what you are trying to get me to do. I will say only this; My conscience is clear, is yours? John 3:34 - For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. 1 Peter 4:17 - For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God? |
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2 | My conscience is clear | Heb 10:14 | stjones | 108133 | ||
Hi, Gal5:16; Thanks for the reply. I agree that there are people who use grace as an excuse to sin. I know very few people like that and I don't think it is typical of most Christians. I also agree that it is God's intent to mold us into his Son's likeness and that our submission is required for that to happen. I don't agree that anyone has achieved such a perfect state of submission and such a perfect knowledge of God's will that God's job is finished. Everyone who falls short of that perfection (which is everyone but Jesus) is a sinner, plain and simple. If your conscience is clear, then you mispoke yourself in your original post; you must indeed be perfect. If you aren't perfect, you're a sinner just like the rest of us. You 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 | 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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4 | Why not see for yourself? | Heb 10:14 | Searcher56 | 108204 | ||
If you interchangeably use holy and perfect ... are you looking at the Greek? | ||||||
5 | Why not see for yourself? | Heb 10:14 | Gal5:16 | 108225 | ||
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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