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An unsaved individual does not have a "sinful nature". They have a human nature polluted by sin. There is a difference.

You can't go past E M Bounds on prayer.

Why do you feel the need to push your Calvinism on others?

"Easy Believism".

The idea of 'sinless perfection' is that a Christian can get to a place where they CANNOT sin. This is unscriptural. What Scripture teaches is that a Christian, by the grace of God, can reach a place where they NEED NOT sin.

The idea of 'positional truth', 'standing and state' comes not from the Bible but rather the Plymouth Brethren and Schofield Bible. The verses I quoted have every thing to do with 'salvation'. As you mentioned 'walking in the light', 1Jn 1:7 goes on to state that 'the Blood of His son cleanses...

Rom 6:1,2. Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it. Rom 6:6. Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin. Rom 6:14 for...

Denial of total depravity, history shows, leads to liberal theology. Denial of total depravity, effects one's view of salvation.

Christ said in Matt5:48, "Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in Heaven is perfect". This is a perfection in love. Paul stated in Phil 3:15, "Therefore let us, as many as are perfect, have this mind etc" So there is a perfection that is required of us and is available through...

It is more than possible to have victory over sinning on a moment by moment basis. 1 John 1:7 states, "If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus Christ His son CLEANSES US FROM ALL SIN". Note it is ALL SIN, inward depravity as well...

The short answer is YES.

Play nicely, we are supposed to be Christians.

Venial sins ? Are you posting from the Vatican?

If the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin (1 Jn 1;7), how much sin do we have? Nil! If we are cleansed from all unrighteousness (1 Jn 1:9), how much sin do we have? Nil. So, v 8 cannot be taken out of context to mean all Christian have sin in their lives.

Where may I ask is a Christian call a sinner in the New Testament?? The 'perfection' mentioned in Phil 3:12 is the state of glorification. Phil 3:15 states' Therefore let us, as many as are perfect, have this mind etc' There are two types of perfection mentioned in the NT. One is the perfection...

It depends on your definition of sin. The Calvinist definition is too broad, being human is a sinful. John Wesley defined sin as 'a willful transgression of a known law'. The essence of sin is a revolt against heaven. It is throwing over divine Lordship and assuming the reigns of one's own life...

Paul writes, ' He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love'. Col 1:13. The deliverance phenomena, flies in the face of this truth. Satan's power is broken when someone is regenerated. Casting so called demons out of Christians has no...

With all due respect Blain, the word of God states otherwise. We, in our own strength, cannot overcome sin, but through Christ's provision and the Spirit's enabling we can. As Paul testified,' the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death' Rom 8...

God does not over look our sins (Rev 2,3) or see us through rose tinted glasses. Christ has provided in the Atonement and through the gift of the Holy Spirit, provision for overcoming sinning.

That is true but it does not excuse the Israeli government's killing of thousands in Gaza. Just saying.