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1 | Is sinless perfection possible on earth? | 1 John 1:8 | EdB | 228586 | ||
I light of 1 John 1:8 and Romans 7 and the fact that Jesus is our eternal high priest and intercessor should we consider living in sinless perfection a possibility or as goal at which to aim. Can we in fact live sinless lives? I realize we can be forgiven of our sins and when that occurs we are sinless. But can we go through life and never ever commit another sin? If not what verse other than Paul's decision in Roman 7 and this verse in 1 John 1:8 confirms that? Again I realize we should strive and make every effort to reach sinless perfection but my question is can we actually do it in this imperfect body in this imperfect world or will we only reach sinless perfection when were are given our perfect bodies? |
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2 | Is sinless perfection possible on earth? | 1 John 1:8 | biblicalman | 228591 | ||
To fall short of the glory of God is sin (Romans 3.23). Not to love God with heart, soul, mind and strength is sin (Deut.6.5). To know to do good and do it not is sin (James 4.17). Not to love the stranger as ourselves is sin (Lev 19.34). To fail to do to others what we would have them do to us is sin (Matthew 7.12). Can anyone really say they observe all of these? I have met people who believed in sinless perfection, but I observed sin in them when they did not observe it themselves. And I have never known anyone who lived by the standards described above. That is why John said, 'if we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us' (1 John 1.8). Compare James 3.2, 8; Jeremiah 2.35. It is possible in the power of the risen Christ to achieve a state where we live for a while without known sin, in the sense of avoiding what we know to be sin. But that is very different from being sinless. Indeed Isaiah said, 'all our righteousnesses are as defiled rags'. That is why Paul could say, 'I am carnal. Sold under sin.' (Romans 7.14). He was not speaking of what we might call sin. His sins were probably a failure sometimes in prayer or the overlooking of an individual's needs. But it was still sin. To come short of total perfection is sin. If such a man lived his prayers would be so powerful that the world would see and know. But such a man would be aware of the deceitfulness of his own heart. Thus yes our aim should be total sinlessness, total positive perfection, but we will never totslly achieve it in this life. |
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