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NASB | Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 3:23 since all have sinned and continually fall short of the glory of God, |
Subject: Are christians sinners or not? |
Bible Note: Yes, I can certainly agree with what you are saying. However, I also know that these same people are also going to have a pretty hard time understanding what John meant in 1st John chapter 3. He made some pretty remarkable claims himself! I think the biblical explanation as you suggested is exactly what is called for. I have never had very much success talking to ANYONE about Jesus who was comfortable in their sin. Getting people saved is easy. Getting them “lost” is the hard part! Those who know the chains that satan has them bound with are the ones who are hungry for Jesus. They already know the “bad news”, because they are living it! They are ready for the good news! They not only want to be delivered from sin’s condemnation, they also want to be delivered from sins domination. I would much rather give these true seekers a biblical explanation of this than giving the sceptics the “Christians aren’t perfect, just forgiven” story, just to justify myself or others. Jesus said that if He did not do the works of His Father to not believe Him (John 10:37), so I better not expect anything but the same treatment! If I don’t do the works of Jesus, don’t believe me! If the ones we share the gospel with do not see the works of Jesus in us, they are never going to believe what we have to say anyway, so I'm not going to spend a lot of time trying to explain to them why I still sin, cause they ain’t gonna listen! retxar |