Originally Posted by Adstar
Thats the same as saying if a sinner has faith in Christ then yes, but they wouldn't be a sinner anymore........
See the problem?
So you are saying that you are now living a sinless life since you are Born Again and as such a slave to rightiousness ?
Lets face it you are either rightious or a sinner..
Never met a person who was not a sinner
I see that as such a warp way to look at it man. We are without a doubt, 1000% born sinners, in fact Romans 8:8 says we
CANNOT please God, as in unable. How are we able to love God? That's right only through Jesus the Messiah sent to save us from our hopeless state. Yes I actually believe your points, what you're saying I completely agree with, but the fact you don't even mention any kind of change between being lost and being in Christ is a bit misleading or at least not detailed enough. I understand what you're saying here "we are always going to sin", like we are always going to be the same as we were before Christ as a lost soul, as the broken person, unable to love God.
I say once we are saved by Him, after He draws us in and grants us repentance, saving us, putting to death that old man, opening our eyes to see, taking our heart of stone and giving us one of flesh that can love God, after recreating us I say there is an absolute distinction between the "old and new man", and to leave it out completely is inaccurate in my opinion/experience/understanding of the text. When we are born again we are now
able to pursue God. Are we sinless? No not at all, I would never claim I was sinless, but I do testify God does absolutely start cleaning us up from the inside out and stripping these sins away while molding us to reflect
His glory better. He takes us broken, flawed, incomplete, and lost people, changes us to use us for His purpose, for His glory. He gives us the desire to want Him, He does this and gets all credit/recognition/glory for it. My main point being we are changed, so while I do agree with you that we won't see sinless perfection this side of the grave (of course
), we are different now by His grace, we are new by His power, and we should never gloss over that truth. IMO of course.