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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: Hi, Tim... The teaching of entire sanctification (moral perfectionism) -- i.e., the ability to live this life righteously by (1) avoiding evil words, deeds, affections, and thoughts; and (2) by never omitting the slightest righteous word, deed, affection, or thought -- is a condition for which I earnestly and deeply anguish every day. Nevertheless, I have yet to meet anyone who has perfectly kept even the first and great commandment, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind" (Matthew 22:37). Poor John Wesley and Charles Finney were a million miles from such a state, and more's the pity. There seemed to be a glimmer of hope for sinless perfectionism with Charles Parham, but that clearly fizzled. I'd love to meet just one person who has gone a week without sinning, in the complete Biblical sense -- just one week! Nevertheless, hope in human beings always fails. In the earnest pursuit of the true holiness of the Word, we keep our eyes on the One who authored and who will perfect our faith. For we have the wonderful promise of Matthew 5:6. "My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness. I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly trust in Jesus’ Name." In Him, Doc |