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NASB | John 13:10 Jesus *said to him, "He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 13:10 Jesus said to him, "Anyone who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, and is completely clean. And you [My disciples] are clean, but not all of you." |
Subject: Sin in the life of a believer? |
Bible Note: WalkingTalkingBible: While I recognize that you directed your questions to Mommapbs, and she may indeed choose to respond to them, I want to post a fine annotation to Matthew 6:12 by Dr. C. I. Scofield that appears in the Scofield Reference Bible (Oxford): First, here is Matthew 6:12: "And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors." And here, Dr. Scofield's annotation: "The problem raised by the conditional nature of this petition may be explained as follows: In the fully developed doctrine of Christian salvation there are two areas of divine forgiveness. The first area is that of the forgiveness that comes to the sinner at the time of justification, and deals with the guilt of his sins in a total sense (Eph. 1:7). To this forgiveness there is attached but one condition, i.e., to receive it once for all by faith in Christ (Romans 4:5-8). The second area of forgiveness covers the relation of the divine Father to those who have become His children and deals specifically with the matter of fellowship when it is broken by sin. To obtain such forgiveness we must confess and forsake the sin (1 John 1:9; cp. Psalm 66:18 and Proverbs 28:13. The forgiveness mentioned here in Matthew 6:12 belongs to this second area because it occurs in a prayer given to the disciples of Christ (Matt. 5:2) who could call upon God as their Father (Matt. 6:9,26). The ultimate motive for forgiving our debtors is based upon the grace of God, and appears later in the progress of revelation (Eph. 4:32; Col. 3:13)." ....... What a sad thing it is to view God's precious gift of eternal life as a maddening cycle of salvation...sin...no salvation...repent...salvation again...sin...no salvation...repent...salvation again...etc. ad infinitum. I have never been given to understand how or why honest and sincere Christians can espouse and promulgate a belief like this that is so foreign to sound scriptural doctrine. --Hank |