I admit that I am A Saint who occasionally sins ----But I do not admit that I am A SINNER _____
There is but ONE TRUTH -----
If your a Sinner ---your not Righteous before God ----
If Your a Saint you are righteous before God ------
so you cannot be Righteous before God and Unrighteous before God at the Same time the Same time ---
there is one truth --for the Saint -----and one truth for the Sinner -------
NASB: Holy, saints, holy place, holy one, sanctuary, Holy of Holies
Word Origin: [from hagos "an awful thing"]
1. sacred
2. (physically) pure
3. (morally) blameless
4. (religious, ceremonially) consecrated
So your Theory of 2 Truths here are false pertaining to a Saint -----A Saint is Holy ----A Sinner us unholy
Strong's concordance on SINNER
Concept and Scope
Strong’s 268 designates the person identified as “a sinner,” one who lives in deviation from God’s revealed will ---
humanity, separated from God, stands under judgment unless reconciled through the promised Redeemer.
Strong's Concordance on Saint
NASB: Holy, saints, holy place, holy one, sanctuary, Holy of Holies
Word Origin: [from hagos "an awful thing"]
1. sacred
2. (physically) pure
3. (morally) blameless
4. (religious, ceremonially) consecrated
So the Sinner is under Judgment ---and the Saint is Blameless -------
Can't be under judgment and be blameless at the same time -------one truth ----for the Saint ---one truth for the Sinner ---ONE Truth -----
1 John 3:6 states that "No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him
What is it that you don't get here ---------
No one who abides in him keeps on sinning
no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him
Well, 1 John 3:6 should not be understood as teaching moral perfection will be achieved during this earthly sojourn,
but I get it, so I will plug it in to what I say on our website regarding this topic (see bolded citation below):
No one achieves moral perfection in this life (Phil. 3:12), but no one who lacks divine love will reap eternal life with God (Gal. 6:7-8). Thus,
a person who claims to be godly but who is behaving in an ungodly (unloving, untruthful) manner may be in one of the following categories:
a. a normally loving person observed during a rare moment when he/she acted uncharacteristically (Phil. 3:12-16),
b. an immature Believer, who is making progress–you should have known him/her a year ago! (1Cor. 3:1-3, Eph. 4:11-15)
c. a truthseeker who has not yet learned the correct interpretation of God’s Word (1Cor. 6:9-11, Eph. 5:8-9), or
d. a pseudo-Christian (Matt. 7:21, 1John 2:19), who may affirm morality while rejecting its divine rationale.
e. an apostate (1John 2:19, Heb. 6:4-6), who once believed but became blasphemous or foolish and ship-wrecked their faith
(1Tim. 1:19-20).
Paul listed some sins he implied genuine Christians would not typically commit (in 1Cor. 6:9-10), saying: “Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived, neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.”
Apparently, although a new Christian might commit such sins occasionally, it is inconceivable (because antithetical to NT teaching) that a mature Christian would commit them so typically that the person could be classified as an adulterer, for example
(1John 3:6). Atheists might try to practice the “Golden Rule”, but the key issue for them on judgment day will be explaining what good reason they had for rejecting God rather than glorifying Him as the One who determines what is good/golden.
Sinners can overcome selfishness only by becoming one with Christ via faith in Him/God as Lord and thereby sharing His goodness because of union with His/God’s Holy Spirit. This spiritual union is denoted by references to those who have saving faith as children of God the Father (Rom. 8:14-16). This is why Christianity is a relationship with God motivated by gratitude for God’s grace (Psa. 100, Eph. 2:4-8) rather than a legalistic religion of working to merit God’s mercy because of fear of punishment.
