Alithis
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pretty much you just stuck your fingers in your ears and said " yaahyahhyaah i cant hear you ".Read what you posted..... IMO, if you do, you'll realize your very, very fundamental error. And the error of mixing Law and Gospel, the error of your law-based rejection of the Gospel.
Consider too Paul's statement that he IS the CHIEF of sinners..... Scripture proclaiming that ALL fall short, that NO ONE is righteous, no not even one. IMO, that includes you. Certainly it includes me. Which is why I'm celebrating the coming of the SAVIOR. Celebrating the coming of MERCY.
- Josiah
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i answered the Question asked very precisely and clearly explained the reason for the answer .basing it directly on the scripture.
Paul considered himself the chief of sinners before he was saved because he went around persecuting the saints before he was saved ,thus displaying that God is so gracious to save even him.. he did not go on to to continue persecuting the church -he repented ..ceased stopped desisted ,
stop using singular sentences out of context -read the whole letter and see the point he was leading to don't stop at the single sentence and build a warped theology on it .
AS in the above case with john.. if Paul then went on to live a sin-filled life and practice sin then everything he says about the accomplishments of the lord Jesus become a lie .. you REALLY need to decide what it is exactly you believe .
So far you just repeat these self contradictory statements .. one minute its ,Jesus saves from sin . the next minute its "you cant stop sinning ",,, so your saying you believe Jesus saves from sin but "your" not saved from sin .?.if you were you could stop doing it .. so which is it ?.does Jesus save us from sin or does he not ? and if he does - why do you persist in practicing sin when God is not telling to to not compelling you to and you've been set free from its power so you do not have to obey the flesh or its sinful desires ..YOU DO NOT HAVE TO .. so why would any one you loves the lord Jesus then go and do what he hates ..?
try that on your spouse sometime and see if he or she believes your claim of love - i can see it now .." oh darling i really do love you but i cant stop seeing that lady/man just now and then . its not all the time i just sleep with them on occasion ..but i really do love you ..". yeah ..WHAT EVER i don't think your spouse is going to view your claim as even remotely sincere .
yet that is what some people do with the lord Jesus all the time -their actions fully denying their words .
with their lips they honor god but their hearts are far from him.. God is not fooled .neither did he leave us helpless and enslaved to sin- he sets us FREE free means not controlled bot bound not tied not obliged to sin.. it means free .
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