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NASB | Romans 6:12 ¶ Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 6:12 ¶ Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts and passions. |
Subject: Can we live life without sinning? |
Bible Note: First. Where did I alter, let alone give the meaning of righteousness? All already sinned; therefore, such a “moral perfection” as defined by you is, yes, I agree, impossible. And, if you add honest errors or the measuring of “where we are” in comparison to “where we should be” into the milieu, then, I agree, there is no perfection. However, I am not advocating a “heavenly perfection” or a “divine perfection” attainable in this life; nor a perfection per se, but living blamelessly or with a clear conscience before God and maintaining it to the day of one’s death. Second. (a) I fail to see how, in reading my post, you made that assessment that I am building doctrine on experience; and (b) I did not say anyone can arrive at a “sinless state” (cf. above). Third. (a) As a “new creation,” a believer ought no longer to see himself as being “totally depraved” or just plain depraved (2 Cor 5:17). (b) Excepting the Biblical witnesses, the “scholarly witnesses” is not a divinely infallible company. Fourth, I have great regard for “Wesley-Finney-Parham” (especially Finney although disappointed with Parham), but you seem to be assuming a greater attachment on my part to their teachings than is warranted. You seem to confuse the subjective with the objective when you mix the command that demands practical holiness (Heb 12:1f) with the “doctrine of imputation” that in turn confuses your argument (at least, for me). I’m not talking about betting one’s life on the human will but holding firm to the promises of God. Doc, with all due respect and with no intentions of offending, rather than responding specifically to the relevant points or questions posed in my posting, you seem to respond on the basis of assumptions based on whatever you are reading “between the lines” of my post. |