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2 Thessalonians 2:13
But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth.
1 Thessalonians 5:23
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
John 17:17
Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
1 Corinthians 6:11
And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Hebrews 10:14
For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
Hebrews 13:12
So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.
Philippians 1:6
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Acts 26:18 To open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
Just a handful of verses...
But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth.
1 Thessalonians 5:23
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
John 17:17
Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
1 Corinthians 6:11
And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Hebrews 10:14
For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
Hebrews 13:12
So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.
Philippians 1:6
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Acts 26:18 To open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
Just a handful of verses...
What do you think you are proving?
Are you sanctified? no.
Hebrews 10:14
For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
Are you sanctified? no.
Hebrews 10:14
For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
Becoming a Child of God is by birth. A direct Spiritual creation by God. NOT by something I do or don't do.
Sinless perfectionism is a tool of satan's to discourage the Children of God when they stumble.
Even Peter is recorded as sinning after Jesus' resurrection and Peter's rebirth.
DON'T hear what I'm NOT saying. I am NOT saying sin, in any for is ok.
Sin is disgusting, abhorrent, and should NEVER be looked at or thought of as ok.
We should fix our eyes on Jesus, His Grace toward us, and our mission. Unfortunately, we still inhabit our dead flesh. And that dead flesh constantly tries to convince us that it is still alive. The devil, and the world, also assault us daily.
We will NOT be sinless until we inhabit our new, glorified body.
So in essence, we are not sinless after our Spiritual birth, but we should sin less, as the Holy Spirit transform, and Sanctifies us into the image and likeness of Jesus Christ.
Sinless perfectionism is a tool of satan's to discourage the Children of God when they stumble.
Even Peter is recorded as sinning after Jesus' resurrection and Peter's rebirth.
DON'T hear what I'm NOT saying. I am NOT saying sin, in any for is ok.
Sin is disgusting, abhorrent, and should NEVER be looked at or thought of as ok.
We should fix our eyes on Jesus, His Grace toward us, and our mission. Unfortunately, we still inhabit our dead flesh. And that dead flesh constantly tries to convince us that it is still alive. The devil, and the world, also assault us daily.
We will NOT be sinless until we inhabit our new, glorified body.
So in essence, we are not sinless after our Spiritual birth, but we should sin less, as the Holy Spirit transform, and Sanctifies us into the image and likeness of Jesus Christ.
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For the record, I really don't like that terminology "upholding the image." It smacks of what the Israelites were commanded not to do: lifting up something made with human hands (or minds) and exalting it above God:
Exo 20:4 "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image..."
Many Christians (not pointing fingers at anyone specifically here) see a good thing in the Scriptures and then twist it out of proportion and raise it above all other Scriptures, even to the contradiction of other Scriptures. This is how cults begin.
We need to be careful how we use Scripture.
Exo 20:4 "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image..."
Many Christians (not pointing fingers at anyone specifically here) see a good thing in the Scriptures and then twist it out of proportion and raise it above all other Scriptures, even to the contradiction of other Scriptures. This is how cults begin.
We need to be careful how we use Scripture.