Another Salvation Thread: Sin and Salvation
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Also the new, born again spirit of the believer does not sin. Sin will finally be eradicated when we get our new bodies. That's about when all these arguments about sin will end also.............
You have some misunderstandings, I can see. Have you ever hated anyone? You are a murderer. By the way, God does not say, "Do not kill." There were times when he rebuked Israel for not killing their enemies.
David may be your least favourite person in the Bible. He's not my least favourite. He's not God's least favourite either. Jesus was called the Son of David. David was the man "after God's heart".
I'm not advocating a life of sin. As I've said, those who are born again have no desire to sin. They may be weak and fall into sin from time to time. That's not the same thing.
God says "Don't murder", NOT "Do not execute murderers"!
(Exo. 20:13 with Exo. 21:12,14,15,16,17&23, Rom. 13:3-4)
Clear words.
"Nominal" Christians are obsessed with sin and self-righteousness.
I think some of the most self-righteous people around are those who pride themselves in not doing any works.
Just because believers understand that works are not the basis or means by which we obtain salvation (Romans 4:5-6; Ephesians 2:8,9) does not mean that we take pride in not doing any works. Good works glorify our Father in heaven (Matthew 5:16) and are good and beneficial for people (Titus 3:8) and believers are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. (Ephesians 2:10)
So, we should absolutely do good works but for the right reasons and with the right motivation. Not to be seen by others and get a pat on the back or attempt to merit salvation but to the serve the Lord and care for others from a heart of love and gratitude.
Very contradictory post here too.
In one post you say you’re sinless and in another you say that even a bad thought is a sin.
Not sure why you’re so contradictory with this topic, with others that I’ve talked to you, you’ve been very clear but it is what it is.
You are also very clueless in a debate as I’ve mentioned to you on my previous posts where you’re unable to process questions or ideas.
As I mentioned to you, the word “murder” doesn’t exist in the Albanian language.
The same thing with the sentence “born again”.
In Greek that’s not a word either.
The proper translation in English would be “repent” or “choose a new path” which is what salvation is.
You begin a new journey with God and you GIVE your life to God.
It’s not a one time transaction where your lawyer notarizes it and you keep doing what you’ve been doing. Even the language used in English where you use “paid” emphasizes this transaction.
But yes tell me something meaningless in acronyms now.
Jesus left a higher standard.
Before...love neighbor as self.
Now...love as I love you.
A thread about righteousness is called The Didache - Doctrine that Builds on the Gospel.
It began by considering the TOJ in the Sermon on the Mount, then the TOP in Ephesians.
Now it is continuing by examining the other two prison epistles, currently Philippians.
It would seem impossible for the Albanian language not to have a word for a universal sin such as murder.
Google says there are three nouns (vrasje, njerivrasje and gjakesi) and the verb vras dike.
Can you process that?
Jesus didn't teach this kind of confusion. Love neighbor as self, love as I love you, do to others as you want them to do to you are all the same thing.
This is why the Schism happened.
Not only we (me and you) have generational differences but we have huge cultural differences.
Process that.
Perhaps you should read John 13:34-35. Jesus gives a new commandment. Why?
Loving neighbor as self was part of the old covenant. Loving someone with the love of Christ is only possible in the new covenant as Christ lives in and through an individual...Galatians 2:20.
You speak often of righteousness. True righteousness not only includes the outward aspects of the law, but the correct inward motivation of the law. Only Jesus living in and through an individual can achieve this.