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1 | How do we see ourselves? | NT general Archive 1 | srbaegon | 193214 | ||
Hello Cheri, I offer these for consideration. Romans 7:13-20 (ESV) Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure. [14] For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. [15] For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. [16] Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. [17] So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. [18] For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. [19] For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. [20] Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. 1 John 1:8-10 (ESV) If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. [9] If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. [10] If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. Steve |
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2 | How do we see ourselves? | NT general Archive 1 | skccab | 193215 | ||
Hi Steve, Thank you for answering so quickly. I am differentiating between being called a "sinner" (as we were before being saved) and being human and sometimes committing a sin (either because we have become lazy or just didn't see it as a sin). To me, the latter does not qualify as putting a believer back in the same status as that of the sinner he/she was before redemption. Just because I commit a sin by YELLING at you in anger does not put me back in the same category as the sinner does it? It puts a chism (sp?) between you and me that I must make right with you and our God, but it won't send me to damnation, will it? (By the way, I wasn't really yelling at you, my bother, just an example, please.) Do you understand what I'm asking? Cheri |
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