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1 | One born of God cannot sin? | 1 John 3:9 | DocTrinsograce | 144376 | ||
Hi, brother/sister Head... I have appreciated your posts. I hope you continue to participate on the forum. A couple of comments: I used to think that Galatians 2:20a ("I am crucified with Christ") was expressing something very specific happening as part of our justification; i.e., that the "old man" was actually crucified in some real sense. Now, however, I tend to think that Paul was using a metaphor here. Of course, I could be wrong. :-) With regards to Romans 6, I find that a lot of error creeps in from quoting Romans out of context. Romans is best read in the full context of Romans. Especially, chapters 6 through 8 must be understood as a unit. What do you think? In Him, Doc |
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2 | One born of God cannot sin? | 1 John 3:9 | M. J. Head | 144400 | ||
Hello brother Doc; As to your 1st comment, I believe that when Paul says "I am crucified with Christ" he is obviously not saying that he was physically crucified at any time. What I believe he, by the Holy Spirit was saying is that it was a spiritual thing in that Christ through the suffering of His own soul and body was declaring that our old nature was "dead" to God. That is, that God cannot use our old nature in any way whatsoever. As far as God is concerned we (our old nature, the "old man") is of no use to Him at all. Many times in the New Testiment "dead" or "death" does not referr to the death of the body(see Col 3) but to separation from God. I'm not sure if you call that a metaphor or not. Of course I could be wrong also! As for your 2nd comment, I'm not sure what kind of errors you mean. And Romans 6 though 8, especially Romans 7 is, to me, a clear statement regarding the conflict between the two natures in a believer. Your brother, M. J. Head |
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