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My view of this is that the Canaanites were expressly banned because God had given them a long time to repent of their wicked ways, and they had ultimately become so hardened in their ways that marrying them, or partnering with them in business, would be like countenancing their wickedness. It...

A racist God? I've heard non-Christians accuse Christianity of being bigoted because our beliefs view gays as sinners, or non-Christians as lost. Things like that. And then there are legitimate Christians who read about God killing everybody in the Flood, and killing all of Israel's enemies in...

You are misrepresenting the word "perfect" as it was being used *in context.* You are using it as though it is used in English, which does not easily translate into the context of human sinners, which we are discussing. Yes, "perfect" would normally be used in English for something unblemished...

Rev 2.17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful...

No, nice try though. Unscriptural truth won't help anybody, including yourself. You are deceived.

I've said all I can say to you. You'll have to learn the truth over the long haul. Good luck! Well, let me just add this. You've apparently won the victory over one small area of your life, and you now think that any enemy can be defeated, and now you're perfect. But one small area of your...

Feel free to believe your convictions. I also think the Scriptures oppose your belief when they say we continue to have a sin nature, even after receiving Christ, such that we have to regularly "overcome" sin in our daily lives. I don't know how you fool yourself into believing otherwise. I've...

You won't be able to completely clean up all of these "lesser sins." I'm not here making light of sin, but there are greater and lesser sins. The worst sins end up killing people, or destroying them emotionally. Or, they separate us from God in a serious way, such that we aren't really walking...

I don't see it as hyperbole, but I agree--it is walking in a new direction. It's like a truism that says, "if you walk in the right path, you can't be walking in the wrong path." In our passage it is saying, in effect, "You cannot live a life of sin if you are choosing to walk in righteousness...

Again, Jesus' command to "be perfect" is the equivalent of "be obedient" or "be righteous. " It is to folllow the path of the just as those corrupted and influenced by sin. People infected by sin can indeed be obedient. Every covenant God made with fallen Man was predicated on the idea that...

I take that as meaning we are indwelt by sin, and constantly have a tendency towards sin, but also can partake of Christ's righteousness regularly. As a result, as we choose to partake of Christ's righteousness, we are *being cleansed.* It is an active process continually taking place as...

You're contradicting yourself and confusing others. You are sticking by your claim that "perfection means perfection." In this case, it does not. To "be perfect" means to live the right way--not be "perfectly live the right way." If you say sin is "dead within us" the way you've been saying it...

I'd rather deal with your arguments here than be referred elsewhere. You keep quoting verses that talk about the need to not *practice sin,* which has nothing whatsoever to do with being sinless. It is well understood that none of us is sinless, which of course all of the apostles stated. And...

Rather, it's heretical to claim you can be justified by works. To imply we can be perfect *at any time* is to claim perfection by works, and this belief was prohibited in Christian history. Jesus' command to "be perfect" is simply a call to live in true obedience to God's word, rather than by...

No, you are reading your own English personally-used definition of "perfection," which was never intended. You can easily see that by looking honestly at the context, both overall biblically and in this specific citation. Jesus never meant to speak of perfection--otherwise, salvation would never...

continuing.... When we read that Jesus said "be perfect," what he meant to say was "don't be a fraud," or "don't pretend religious devotion." "Perfection," in this sense, refers to being properly in compliance with the spirit of the law, rather than to be sinless in obeying the Law. It means to...

Yea, it does seem that Paul was attacked for his message on "grace!" Gal 5.10 I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is throwing you into confusion, whoever that may be, will have to pay the penalty. 11 Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching...

Suit yourself. Just trying to help you, brother. I don't want to seem like the Devil pushing you in the wrong direction. I just want you to feel free to breath, since I consider it impossible and unhealthy to try to live in perfection. By all means, pursue holiness, but not perfection. You'll...

In my opinion, you're living in denial--probably trying to focus so much on Jesus that your mind doesn't have time to consider the alternatives. But I think that's bad for your brain. You do need to take Jesus with you, but you also have to focus on your business in the world as well. It's not...

It has nothing to do with thirst for "toilet water." Temptation is an attempt to draw us away from our contentment with Christ, and we need to resist it--whatever form that temptation takes.