Only Jesus Christ was perfect in the flesh, this is why He and only He is our Salvation, for He is perfect for us. He began His work in us at the insstant of our repenting and turning to Him.
That work is being accomplished by Him alone, not by us, yet we are to do all we are given to be able to do as He did, for He is the Only Example for righteousness.
Learn from Him, for He is sthe Robboni, (My Great Teacher), no one else, others are only capable of being His assistents in such matter.s.
Avoid sin at all costs for this is what Jesus has saved us from by grace by His Blood, His Sacrifice..
Sin is breaking the law......His law. If you do not understand what He has taught us, go back, and learn all from Him.....actually once you hear Him only, everything is much easier for His yoke is easy ad His burden is light.
We were saved, which is to say, born again, or regenerated, by grace through faith.
- He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior
4 But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Titus 3:4-7
This refers to our initial salvation, when we were born again, not because of any works of righteousness we did, to earn our salvation, but because He loved us, and because of His merciful kindness.
At this point, the slate is wiped clean, in which our sins are forgiven, and we are cleansed of all unrighteousness, being justified before God as righteousness.
We have been given a new nature, which is compatible to be filled with the Holy Spirit, who empowers our new divine nature to do what we could not do before: Practice righteousness.
Those who have been born again, and have received the Holy Spirit, have been given all things that pertain to life and godliness.
It's now up to us to either walk according to the Spirit, or according to the flesh.
Before we were regenerated, or born again, we did not have the capacity to live our lives according to the Spirit, and practice righteousness, because we were slaves of sin, not having the ability to live in dominion over sin.
We now have the power, and the right to becomes sons of God.
But as many as received him,
to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
John 1:12
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