"Not by works" - false!

[azamzimtoti]

I wonder if DBurrage is more humble than the rest of us??!!

Highly unlikely.

 

[Chester]

He did not say he lived in sin

Huge difference

It is something I guess you can not understand, because your interpretation of what constitutes LIVING IN SIN according to 1 John 3 is flawed. (at the very least. not the same as mine)

He did say - "For the record, I’m a habitual sinner; I drink, cuss, have sex with my girlfriend, etc." Is being a "habitual sinner" not about the same as living in sin? Now maybe he didn't mean that, and that is why I challenged him (see post # 719).

 

[Lightskin]

And since you brought it up, I am going to tell you something!

It is sin to have sex outside of marriage! It does damage to the other person, and to yourself! Sexual sins are some of the biggest tricks of the Devil! And it is not OK for you go bragging about your sin!

Cussing - if you mean taking the name of the Lord in vain, How dare you? That is the one who saved me from sin, loves me, and gave His life for me - and you are using His name in vain?! That is sin!

Drinking - nothing unbiblical about alcohol - but getting drunk is clearly against NT teaching! You didn't say you get drunk, so I won't preach it anymore!

If you come to my children and want to share the gospel with them and in the process you tell them you cuss and have sex with your girlfriend, I will chase you off my property!

Are you a believer? You said you are and that your soul longs for God - you said you have a contrite heart. I take what you say at face value. If so, you should not be offended by what I say.

You are right that we are fully saved by faith and not because of what we do - with that I agree.

But I am not OK with a Christian being OK with being a "habitual sinner" - I won't stand for it! And neither does God!

Mistake #1: I’m not bragging about any sin but rather admitting it.

Mistake #2: I never said anything about taking the Lord’s Name in vain. I’m talking about four, eight and twelve letter words.

Mistake #3: it doesn’t matter what you think of me; it only matters what God thinks of me, and God knows my heart. That said, I couldn’t care less where you stand.

 

[azamzimtoti]

I'd rather put everything aside and tell you that I love you Biblically.
Are you able to put everything aside and tell me: Do you love me Biblically too?

This is highly disrespectful of one our sisters, it's really creepy and unworthy of someone naming the name of Christ. You appear mentally unstable.

 

[DBurrage]

EG and I are brothers in Christ. We know this because we put our full faith in Jesus Christ.

We are all brothers and sisters in Christ.
This has nothing to do with what @Chester has said to you (see quote below).

Or do you mean that EG is 'more' of a brother/sister to you because they will not confront your sins?

And since you brought it up, I am going to tell you something!

It is sin to have sex outside of marriage! It does damage to the other person, and to yourself! Sexual sins are some of the biggest tricks of the Devil! And it is not OK for you go bragging about your sin!

Cussing - if you mean taking the name of the Lord in vain, How dare you? That is the one who saved me from sin, loves me, and gave His life for me - and you are using His name in vain?! That is sin!

Drinking - nothing unbiblical about alcohol - but getting drunk is clearly against NT teaching! You didn't say you get drunk, so I won't preach it anymore!

If you come to my children and want to share the gospel with them and in the process you tell them you cuss and have sex with your girlfriend, I will chase you off my property!

Are you a believer? You said you are and that your soul longs for God - you said you have a contrite heart. I take what you say at face value. If so, you should not be offended by what I say.

 

[eternally-gratefull]

He did say - "For the record, I’m a habitual sinner; I drink, cuss, have sex with my girlfriend, etc." Is being a "habitual sinner" not about the same as living in sin? Now maybe he didn't mean that, and that is why I challenged him (see post # 719).

so you have no struggle with any sin whatsoever?

drinking is not a sin, nor is cussing, The sexual issue, well that should be a problem him and his church deals with correct?

I bet if I looked deep into everyone's life like God can, I would see that so many of us have sin issues, and are not as righteous as we THINK we are.

For the record. I asked mr DBurrage what he thoughts were. That if our dear sister, who is an admitted alcoholic. Fell back into that sin, and once again struggled with it. Should she be saved (in response to him asking me about a homosexual) you see. He never responded to me..

yet he continues to judge me.

 

[DBurrage]

This is highly disrespectful of one our sisters, it's really creepy and unworthy of someone naming the name of Christ. You appear mentally unstable.

Wow!

And to think that you've previously tried to lecture me on hypocrisy.

You can't help yourself but to launch personal attacks, can you?

 

[Lightskin]

We are all brothers and sisters in Christ.
This has nothing to do with what @Chester has said to you (see quote below).

Or do you mean that EG is 'more' of a brother/sister to you because they will not confront your sins?

EG and I were put together in one post so that’s why I singled him out, and he agrees.

 

[eternally-gratefull]

We are all brothers and sisters in Christ.
This has nothing to do with what @Chester has said to you (see quote below).

Or do you mean that EG is 'more' of a brother/sister to you because they will not confront your sins?

Is it my job to confront him for his sins? Is it your job? Who made you his discipler? His pastor? His brother or sister in his local church?

Actually this is the first time I even heard him mention those things, Should I just call out and scream and call him a sinner, and to repent? Or should I assume his church is already at work helping him to overcome whatever sins he may be struggling with?

 

[Lightskin]

Gospel means good news.
Grace through faith is a doctrine that came out 1500 years after Jesus.

John 3:16 is not doctrine.

 

[azamzimtoti]

Wow!

And to think that you've previously tried to lecture me on hypocrisy.

You can't help yourself but to launch personal attacks, can you?

How is this a personal attack? Your behavior is rebukable and you just got rebuked.

 

[DBurrage]

Is it my job to confront him for his sins? Is it your job? Who made you his discipler? His pastor? His brother or sister in his local church?

Actually this is the first time I even heard him mention those things, Should I just call out and scream and call him a sinner, and to repent? Or should I assume his church is already at work helping him to overcome whatever sins he may be struggling with?

You should follow what the Bible says about confronting sin:

https://www.openbible.info/topics/confronting_sins

 

[DBurrage]

How is this a personal attack? Your behavior is rebukable and you just got rebuked.

So you think calling me mentally unstable is correcting me?

 

[Lightskin]

Is it my job to confront him for his sins? Is it your job? Who made you his discipler? His pastor? His brother or sister in his local church?

Actually this is the first time I even heard him mention those things, Should I just call out and scream and call him a sinner, and to repent? Or should I assume his church is already at work helping him to overcome whatever sins he may be struggling with?

I try every day to be more Christ-like, and God knows this. But again I say to those who lack faith in God’s grace, (not you) it is not what we do but rather what Christ has done.

 

[eternally-gratefull]

You should follow what the Bible says about confronting sin:

https://www.openbible.info/topics/confronting_sins

So I should pump my chest. Scream out what a sinner he is, and openly rebuke him? And take the place of His church.. and in the meantime, make myself up to be some saint? by refusing to take the log out of my eye

You my friend, have alot to learn.

 

[DBurrage]

So I should pump my chest. Scream out what a sinner he is, and openly rebuke him? And take the place of His church.. and in the meantime, make myself up to be some saint? by refusing to take the log out of my eye

You my friend, have alot to learn.

Well, is that what the Bible says to do to rebuke sin in your brother's and sisters?

https://www.openbible.info/topics/confronting_sins

 

[eternally-gratefull]

I try every day to be more Christ-like, and God knows this. But again I say to those who lack faith in God’s grace, (not you) it is not what we do but rather what Christ has done.

Amen,, Our life is secure

But at the same time, Hopefully we are getting help with our sin issues (we call them bessetting sins here at my churhc)

 

[eternally-gratefull]

Well, is that what the Bible says to do to rebuke sin in your brother's and sisters?

https://www.openbible.info/topics/confronting_sins

The openbible is not a church
Taking a bunch of passages out of context is not helping your case..

Try studying the bible and understanding what ALL of those verses really mean. and WHEN and WHO does each of them.

 

[Lightskin]

He did say - "For the record, I’m a habitual sinner; I drink, cuss, have sex with my girlfriend, etc." Is being a "habitual sinner" not about the same as living in sin? Now maybe he didn't mean that, and that is why I challenged him (see post # 719).

I’m the tax collector in Luke 18. Sorry you have a problem with that because God doesn’t.

 

[Sackcloth-N-Ashes]

It doesn’t matter what anyone says about anyone else; it only matters what God says about us. I believe you know that. For the record, I’m a habitual sinner; I drink, cuss, have sex with my girlfriend, etc.

Be that as it may, as a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for God. I have a contrite heart and profound passion to share the Gospel, and will gladly lay down my life in defense of the Gospel if ever need be.

Am I saved? Absolutely, because it’s not what I do, it’s what Jesus has done by placing all my sins upon Himself. We are fully saved by grace through faith.

Clear contradiction to 1 John 3. You best worry about what God says. And it says you are at variance with His word.