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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: Zealot Ordered by Date |
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1 | Zealot, are you a sinner or saint? | Rom 8:10 | Zealot | 18099 | ||
Christians are made saints by being chosen. God chooses those who choose him. Yet, all are sinners. Paul was arguably the most saintly man other than Jesus who ever lived, yet even he said in the epistle to the Romans: 14 For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin. 15 For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. 16 But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good. 17 So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. 18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. 19 For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. 20 But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. 21 I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. 22 For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, 23 but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin. This is both plain and stated in the present tense, not the past. Paul did not write "I used to serve the law of sin". Matthew 19 17 And He said to him, ""Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.'' "ALL sin", not "All were sinners". Yes, I , like Paul, am a sinner, probably far worse. I, like Paul, thank God for His forgiveness and sacrifice on my behalf. He died for me, and rose again, the firstborn among many, as testament to me that I will be among the many. Jesus was the only pure and perfect man to ever live. Those who became saints because of their faith accepted His free gift of grace and have been sealed, purchased by His blood. But, they are all still sinners. |
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2 | Kindly explain this verse to me. | Rom 8:10 | Zealot | 18091 | ||
Everyone is a sinner (not "was", is!) because our flesh is weak. Our mind, contained in our brain, is made of weak flesh. Try though we might to avoid sinning, we always will. Matthew 5 28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery If merely thinking about a sin makes one guilty of it, then true guilt must rest in the mind and the will of the sinner, which is part of the fleshly body. If the spirit of Christ is in a believer, it will influence the will of the person it is in, and promote changes in the way the person's mind works. However, having not been familiar with this spirit from conception, the biological, cultural, intellectual, and spiritual influences and experiences of the person will still have sway. No saved Christian is without sin. But the price of that sin, which is death, Romans 6 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. has already been paid by Jesus Christ when he died on the cross. Galatians 3 13 Christ redeemed [think of "redeeming" a coupon, an incredibly valuable one] us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us--for it is written, "" CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE''-- Having Jesus pay the price of sin for the believer, the Christian is made righteous. So the flesh of the Christian becomes incapable of causing further condemnation, Romans 8 1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus [it may be helpful for the reader to look up the greek word translated "in", which is equivalent to the english "occupying the same space", which also explains how Christ could be "in" His Father while His Father was "in" Him...the english "in" usually being understood as "inside", requiring the "inside" subject to be smaller than the "outside" object, making the obverse impossible]. and once incapacitated from it's role as condemer, the flesh, in a spiritual sense, is effectively "dead". The goal of the Christian is to willfully become Christ-like in mind and body, and should indeed do this as an example for others. But if Christ is "in" you, you can no longer be condemned to the lake of fire: 1 Timothy 2 5 For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, Jesus is the defense council for His followers! So, the one that condemns you, yourself, dies, and the One who defends you, is alive "in" you. This is the very definition of "salvation". "Righteousness" is simply being innocent, a state of being right. With Jesus Christ having paid the ultimate price to redeem (purchase) you from condemnation, and being both your defense council and your witness, you are freed for eternity from the wages of sin! |
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