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NASB | Romans 6:2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 6:2 Certainly not! How can we, the very ones who died to sin, continue to live in it any longer? |
Subject: Lanny, What is your definition of sin? |
Bible Note: My reasoning is not circular, but you expressed my point quite well in the first paragraph. I stand by my definition of disobedience and contend that it is a willful neglect to obey in the case of sin. Are you really saying that God would consider it to be sin of any kind if we unknowingly sped due to a faulty speedometer? Come on! God's progressive revelation for his church ended with the completion of the canon of Scripture. We have no more spiritual resources that make us superior in ability to lead a Christlike life than Augustine or anyone else who has access to the complete canon of the Bible. With the Bible, the picture of Christ is complete. Therefore, we do not have a "better picture of Christ to follow" than did the early church fathers or the Reformers. Scripture is absolutely sufficient for all our sanctification by the Spirit of God (2 Timothy 3:16-17). I did not say that it was impossible to lead a more holy life than some of the Reformers. Certainly they had their faults, and the fact is that they admitted them. I was not talking about anyone's "smartness," since sanctification is not directly proportional to intellectual ability. I will continue to emphatically state that anyone who thinks that anyone since Christ has entered a state of continually perfect behavior has a completely deficient grasp of the utter holiness of the conduct of God the Son. Go read the Old Testament. See how much God infinitely detests iniquity: For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; No evil dwells with You. The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes; You hate all who do iniquity. --Psalm 5:4-5 I recommend that you do an in-depth study of the holiness of God. Try to take in its scope, its depth, its fear-inspiring intensity (Isaiah 6 is a great example). Then I would hope that you would be a little less eager to claim that it is anywhere in the ballpark of even the best conduct of His saints on earth. --Joe! |