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NASB | Hebrews 10:14 For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 10:14 For by the one offering He has perfected forever and completely cleansed those who are being sanctified [bringing each believer to spiritual completion and maturity]. |
Bible Question:
2 Samuel 22: Thank you for your login id. I read (or understood) that chapter for the first time. Do you accept defeat too? The passage that is your creed paints an entirely different picture. "For I have kept the ways of the Lord. I have not done evil by turning from his decrees. I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.", and later "It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect" Keep in mind that 2 Samuel 22 is after 2 Samuel 12. David repented, and trusted God to produce righteousness in him. |
Bible Answer: Greetings Gal5:16, In no way are we "accepting defeat" by stating the truth about human beings and sin. Each one of us is born into the world with a "sinful nature" that stays with us until we die (Ephesians 2:3). The presence of the sin nature alone would seem to make any form of perfectionism impossible. Also, the great saints of the Bible seemed to all recognize their own intrinsic sinfulness (Isaiah 6:5; Daniel 9:4-19; Ephesians 3:8). If anyone could have attained sinless perfection, certainly Isaiah, Daniel and the apostle Paul would have been contenders. But none of them succeeded. Why? Because they still had the sin nature in them that erupted in their lives from time to time. I am not saying that truly recognizing our present state as imperfect until we are made imperishable by Christ is a license for us to sin during this present state! God's Word clearly forbids sinful living and carnality (Rom. 6:15-22; 13:13,14; Gal. 5:13,16,17,25,26; Titus 2:11-14). Therefore, for us to claim to be able to attain sinless perfection is a perfect error. :-) Blessings to you, Makarios |