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21 | Even Satan believes - why don't you? | Heb 10:14 | Gal5:16 | 108187 | ||
You are in error, and every man must attest to his own veracity. I believe that Jesus is God's Word that became flesh - that is discussed in John 1. 1 John 4:2,15, however, are very clear. Read it again: "This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: "Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God..." and "If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. I do believe that Jesus lived a sinless life, but I absolutely believe that he was capable of sinning as you yourself pointed out by quoting Hebrews 4:15. What was the use of tempting him if it was futile? Even Satan knew that had potential to sin, why don't you believe it? |
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22 | Do you acknowledge -Jesus is God's Son? | Heb 10:14 | Gal5:16 | 108128 | ||
I'm sorry, did you just call me a false prophet? Careful, when the Pharisees said that Jesus drove out demons "only by Beelzebub", he warned that "anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven". You do not know me, so perhaps you spoke in ignorance. I forgive you. Contrary to what you may think, I am a believer and a disciple in Christ Jesus who is sick and tired of hearing that perfection is not possibly in this life. Go ahead and use 1John 4 to test me! I acknowledge that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh! I acknowledge that Jesus is the Son of God! Do you acknowledge that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh? Do you acknowledge that Jesus is the Son of God? |
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23 | Why is it so hard to believe? | Heb 10:14 | Gal5:16 | 108127 | ||
Please explain to me how you think that those passages can be construed to mean that we will always sin. I am getting the exact opposite. What part of "If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth." says that we are going to sin? On the contrary, "If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin." Unless you are saying that you can walk in the light and sin at the same time? How many verses can I point out against that notion? On to "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us": I do not claim that I am perfect yet, but my conscience is clear. Paul claimed this over and over again. I am simply saying that I have the hope that I will be changed into the likeness of God's Son one day. In your follow up post you reference 1John 3:2 - notice the word "when". It's not "after he appears", it's "when he appears". It's the same thing in 1John 3:28 "And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming." Why do you refuse to believe that the Holy Spirit in me is capable of producing perfection/holiness identical to that of Jesus Christ? I have received the Spirit of Christ Jesus, and have died to my sinful nature. I am not living my life anymore, but Christ's. He bought me at a price, and now I will live for him. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of selfÂdiscipline (2 Timothy 1:7). I choose, therefore, to live by the Spirit, and keep in step with the Spirit, and claim the promise that I will not gratify the desires of my sinful nature if I do (See Galatians 5). God's word cannot be broken, and God cannot lie. The same God that created the universe with words spoke that promise, and I believe it. |
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24 | 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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25 | Are you defeated? | 1 John 3:9 | Gal5:16 | 108098 | ||
Rebxar: You almost had it right until the last part where you said, "...and as such we will sin." How did Jesus do it? 2 Timothy 3:1-5 is fulfilled before our eyes. Let's not deny the power any longer. We do not have to remain defeated. Jesus Christ has overcome the world, and through him, we can too! Read Revelation 2:17, 26 and 3:5 |
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26 | Do you accept defeat too? | Heb 10:14 | Gal5:16 | 108093 | ||
2 Samuel 22: Thank you for your login id. I read (or understood) that chapter for the first time. Do you accept defeat too? The passage that is your creed paints an entirely different picture. "For I have kept the ways of the Lord. I have not done evil by turning from his decrees. I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.", and later "It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect" Keep in mind that 2 Samuel 22 is after 2 Samuel 12. David repented, and trusted God to produce righteousness in him. |
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27 | Why remain defeated? | Heb 10:14 | Gal5:16 | 108091 | ||
Why do we hang on to that sinful nature so dearly? Everyone always quotes the later part of Romans chapter 7 because they find that it soothes their guilt! Move on to chapter 8! "You however are not controlled by the sinful nature, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you..." People have turned what Paul was saying about the sinful nature before you die to it, into a license to sin. The reason your conscience is not clear is that you still sin. Read 2 Timothy 2:19 if you think that remaining in your defeated state is okay. People love to quote 1 John 1:8-2:2 to prove their point that everyone sins, has sinned, and will always sin. Again, keep going! Read 1 John chapter 3. "No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him." Even in the former passage the Holy Spirit tells us that the point is that you will not sin! It says "But IF anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense", not WHEN everybody sins! Do I claim to be perfect? No, not yet. The difference between me and the other commentors is that I believe that Christ will produce it in me before I die. One question I always ask people to which they cannot respond is if perfection is not humanly possible, then how did Jesus do it. We deny the power of the Holy Spirit which we have received through Christ when we refuse to believe that he will produce in us the kind of righteousness that the Father requires. 2 Timothy 3:1-5 is fulfilled before our eyes. To those who are waiting for death to come before they are perfected, I refer you to 1 John 3 where the Holy Spirit calls you a deceiver trying to lead us astray. If I do what is right, I am righteous, just as Jesus is righteous. You who do what is sinful are of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason Jesus appeared was to destroy the devil's. work. Again, no one who is born of God will continue to sin because God's seed (which is the Holy Spirit) remains in him; he cannot go on sinning because he has been born of God. |
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28 | Perfection possible through the Spirit! | Matt 5:48 | Gal5:16 | 105604 | ||
We are commanded to be perfect. God has provided the way through the Holy Spirit (see Galatians 5:16). That is how Jesus overcame the world; He had the Spirit without limit (John 3:34). Saying that perfection is not possible is denying the power of the Holy Spirit (see 2Timothy 3:6). In other words, if perfection is not possible for us, then Christ did not accomplish it either. We have the same Spirit as Christ if we have died to the sinful nature and are born again and are controlled by a new nature - the very nature of God. Those who God knew before the creation of the world, he predestined to be conformed into the likeness of His Son (see Romans 8:29) |
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29 | Relation to Galatians 3:16... | Gen 17:7 | Gal5:16 | 105591 | ||
Sorry, I am new at this site, couldn't figure out how to follow up, and ended up creating another user. Anyway, I agree with all of your comments, and related verses. What I am trying to get at is why the English translation of this verse (Genesis 17:7) says "their" refering to the Seed after Abraham, when Paul is saying there is no "they"; the Promise applies to Abraham and Jesus Christ. We find out in Galatians that those who are in Christ are also included, but that does not make Christ more than one. I am thinking that the original Hebrew must use a different word that goes something like: "I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your seed after you throughout HIS generations for an everlasting covenant..." His generations are all of those who have been born into the family of God since His resurrection, and those who had lived by faith prior to his coming. Still searching... |
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30 | Thanks, Follow - Up Question/Comment | Gen 17:7 | Gal5:16 | 105576 | ||
Thank you all for your responses. I am puzzled over the fact that most English translations of this verse replace the word "seed" (singular) with "descendants" (plural). Even though the KJV gets the plurality of the word "seed" right, it would seem that the word "their" that follows makes it plural again. Any thoughts? | ||||||
31 | Relation to Galatians 3:16... | Gen 17:7 | Gal5:16 | 105534 | ||
Hasa anyone ever researched this verse in relation to Galatians 3:16? | ||||||
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