Subject: BOOK OF LIFE |
Bible Note: we arent free from actually sinning, but we are free to make the choice not to sin. As Christians God wants to make us more and more like Christ every day, and as we grow in our walk with God through reading/studying the bible and in prayer with God...he will convict us of things we are doing wrong in our lives and we are able to change because we love God and because the Holy Spirit empowers us to make these changes. If we dont have the HOly SPirit then we cant make these changes, and if we dont have the Holy Spirit then we are not saved. If we do sin after being saved, we can go to God in prayer at the time we do it or when we realize it later...we pray to God to forgive us so that we are in right relationship with God and in fellowship all the time instead of something hindering us and making us feel like we are hiding from God. *When we accepted Christ as our Savior, we were forgiven for past, present, and future sins. So when we were saved we were forgiven and put in permanent right realtionship with God as far as judgement and punishment...for there is no condemnation in those who are saved (dont remember the verse location but that is the verse). also you have a wrong idea of what "ANYTHING" in prayer to God means....it means that if we ask anything in his name and it is in his will, it will be granted. also you took the last vers out of context too..."two or more gathered" is talking about dicipline in the church/believers. as far as when God is with someone or a group of people Jesus said "I am with you always even to the end of the world." so, when we are saved the HOly SPirit lives in us, and God is with us always, not just when we meet with others. if that was the case...you would need a few people to be with you to pray anytime you want to pray because if GOd isnt there then he cant hear you. but we know, from scripture, that because we are saved we can talk to God through Jesus and in teh Holy SPirit to pray to God. we have access now through Jesus because of what he did for us and who he is "our great High Priest". |