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What about Peter who denied Jesus three times. Thats a biggie. Was he forgiven when he asked. He did it three times. Don't forget he did it three times.
Yes Peter did that, and that was before he received the Holy Spirit. Paul told us in Romans seven just how impossible it is for one to not sin, before he or she receives the Holy Spirit.
The following verse tells us how God made it possible to never sin again.
By the way if you say the a Christian will sin then you are contradicting John, and that is contradicting the written Word of God.
(1 John 3:9) “No one who has been begotten by God sins; because God’s seed remains inside him, he cannot sin when he has been begotten by God.”
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I agree sin is wrong. If your a true christian, you do your best not to sin. To say were sinless is not possible. Were not Jesus, he alone is sinless. We need Jesus to help with our daily sins. The more he helps with over again sin, the less we want the sin. Did't Paul said something that he sins daily in bible.
You have an opinion, but no scripture to confirm your opinion.
(1 Corinthians 6:9-19) “You know perfectly well that people who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God: people of immoral lives, idolaters, adulterers, catamites, sodomites, thieves, usurers, drunkards, slanders and swindlers will never inherit the kingdom of God.”
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There are people on this thread who want people to believe what I post about sin is wrong.
These people don’t address the scripture that is quoted by me, but try to say I am wrong by quoting scripture that is out of context.
One person quoted that we have an advocate with Jesus Christ. That is true, but Jesus is also a just judge, and will make sure a sinner will get his or her just judgment.
Also where scripture tells us we have an advocate with the Father, scripture also tell us to have that advocate one has to keep Jesus’ Commandments. Jesus told us not to sin. If one sins he or she have no place in Jesus Christ our Lord and God.
Now read one of the verses that tells us we have an advocate with the Father.
(1 John 2:1-6) “My children, I am writing this to prevent you from sinning; but if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright.
He is the sacrifice to expiate our sins, and not only ours, but also those of the whole world.
In this way we know that wquoting e have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.
Whoever says, 'I know him' without keeping his commandments, is a liar, and truth has no place in him.
But anyone who does keep his word, in such a one God's love truly reaches its perfection. This is the proof that we are in God.
Whoever claims to remain in him must act as he acted.
May I ask you if you believe you are without sin?
You can ask, but tell me what does that have to do with my post? I am quoting scripture no my opinion. If one does not believe the written Word of God, then the sure would not believe me.
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There are people on this thread who want people to believe what I post about sin is wrong.
These people don’t address the scripture that is quoted by me, but try to say I am wrong by quoting scripture that is out of context.
One person quoted that we have an advocate with Jesus Christ. That is true, but Jesus is also a just judge, and will make sure a sinner will get his or her just judgment.
Also where scripture tells us we have an advocate with the Father, scripture also tell us to have that advocate one has to keep Jesus’ Commandments. Jesus told us not to sin. If one sins he or she have no place in Jesus Christ our Lord and God.Now read one of the verses that tells us we have an advocate with the Father.
(1 John 2:1-6) “My children, I am writing this to prevent you from sinning; but if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright.
He is the sacrifice to expiate our sins, and not only ours, but also those of the whole world.
In this way we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.
Whoever says, 'I know him' without keeping his commandments, is a liar, and truth has no place in him.
But anyone who does keep his word, in such a one God's love truly reaches its perfection. This is the proof that we are in God.
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Actually John, Scripture has a lot of value to me. The problem I have isn't with what the Scripture says. My problem is with the way you twist Scripture to support the lie that you don't sin.
When you claim not to sin, you are lying and you call God a liar. Since you are so fond of quoting I John here is what John also says, which you ignore in order to lie:
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
(1Jn 1:8-10)
According to John the truth is not in you and you are living in deception. What's worse is that you are calling God a liar and His word is not in you. You are sinning by claiming that you don't sin. By your standard you are not born of God.
I have removed all the carried over posts to synthesize it down, otherwise we spend our day scrolling to the answers.
Shiloh amen!
So you take some verse out of context to show how I am twisting scripture?
Show me how I twisted John’s words?
Read the following and see just how wrong you are. You may not see how wrong you are, but others will.
(1 John 1: 8-10) “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.”
You need to see John was saying if one says he or she says they have never sinned they are liars.
If one is forgiven of all unrighteousness are they not then sinless? Could they then be liars if they say they are sinless?
John later says:
(1 John 3:3-9) “Surely everyone who entertains this hope must purify himself, must try to be as pure as Christ. Any one who sins at all breaks the law, because to sin is to seen Him or known Him. My children do not let anyone lead you astray’ to live a holy life is to be holy just as He is holy’ to lead a sinful life is to belong the Devil, since the Devil was a sinner from the beginning. It was to undo all that the Devil has done that the Son of God appeared. No one who has been begotten by God sins: because God’s seed remains inside him, he cannot sin when he has been begotten by God.”
(1 John 3:8) “He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work”
John told us those who did not know God sinned and asked forgiveness and were forgiven, but once a person comes to know God he or she will not sin.
Scripture goes on to say that if a person who does know God uses their free will to sin there is no repentance for that person.
(Hebrews 10:26-31) “If, after we have been given knowledge of the truth, we should deliberately commit any sins, then there is no longer any sacrifice for them. There is left only the dreadful prospect of judgment and of the fiery wrath that is to devour your enemies. Anyone who disregards the Law of Moses is ruthlessly put to death on the word of two witnesses or three; and you may be sure that anyone who tramples on the Son of God, and who treats the blood of the covenant which sanctified him as if it were not holy, and who insults the Spirit of grace, will be condemned to a far severer punishment. We are all aware who it was that said: Vengeance is mine; I will vindicate his people. It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”
(Hebrews 6: 4) “As for those people who were once brought into the light, and tasted the gift from heaven, and received a share of the Holy Spirit, and appreciated the good message of God and the powers of the world to come and yet in spite of this have fallen away it is impossible for that to be renewed a second time. They cannot be repentant if they have willfully crucified the Son of God and openly mocked Him.”
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I been a christian for almost 20yrs. I still fall and sin. I still say sorry to God and still do same thing. I try not to sin, but I don't mean it, and I'm not perfect.
Way to go tigger! Don't let anyone tell you you are not a sinner. Of course you are! We all are!
The bible is full of verses telling us that, and telling us how we should avoid sin.
Paul told us how the Holy Spirit makes it so we no longer sin.
(Romans 8: 4) “He did this in order that the law’s just demands might be satisfied in us, who behave not as our unspiritual nature but as the Spirit dictates.”
If one listens to the Holy Spirit and obeys, he or she will never sin again. If one sins he or she are of the devil, and does not have any relationship with Jesus.
(1 John 3:5-6) “Now you know that he appeared in order to abolish sin, and that in him there is no sin; anyone who lives in God does not sin, and anyone who sins has never seen him or known him.”
(1 John 3:9-10) “No one who has been begotten by God sins; because God’s seed remains inside him, he cannot sin when he has been begotten by God. In this way we distinguish the children of God from the children of the devil: anybody not living a holy life and not loving his brother is no child of God’s.”
(1 John 3:8) “Whoever lives sinfully belongs to the devil, since the devil has been a sinner from the beginning. This was the purpose of the appearing of the Son of God, to undo the work of the devil.
So you believe the bible contradicts its self, is that right? Or do you believe Paul, and John just got it all wrong? John says one who sins is of the devil, do you believe one can be of the devil, and God at the same time?
Do you never ever sin John? I mean never? Not a bad thought or hurtful comment said? Ever?
NO! The Holy Spirit will always warn me if there is any danger. There is nothing in this world that could ever entice me to ever disobey my Lord and God. I gave my life to Jesus, and do everything he tells me to do. The Holy Spirit has given me the grace to obey God, and has taught me to live the whole Word of God.
God has made a home in me, and there is no sin in God's home.
(John 14:21-23) “Whoever holds to my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me; and whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I shall love him and reveal myself to him.' Judas –not Judas Iscariot – said to him, ‘Lord, what has happened that you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world? Jesus replied: Anyone who loves me will keep my word and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make a home in him.”
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I been a christian for almost 20yrs. I still fall and sin. I still say sorry to God and still do same thing. I try not to sin, but I don't mean it, and I'm not perfect.
Way to go tigger! Don't let anyone tell you you are not a sinner. Of course you are! We all are!
The bible is full of verses telling us that, and telling us how we should avoid sin.
Paul told us how the Holy Spirit makes it so we no longer sin.
(Romans 8: 4) “He did this in order that the law’s just demands might be satisfied in us, who behave not as our unspiritual nature but as the Spirit dictates.”
If one listens to the Holy Spirit and obeys, he or she will never sin again. If one sins he or she are of the devil, and does not have any relationship with Jesus.
(1 John 3:5-6) “Now you know that he appeared in order to abolish sin, and that in him there is no sin; anyone who lives in God does not sin, and anyone who sins has never seen him or known him.”
(1 John 3:9-10) “No one who has been begotten by God sins; because God’s seed remains inside him, he cannot sin when he has been begotten by God. In this way we distinguish the children of God from the children of the devil: anybody not living a holy life and not loving his brother is no child of God’s.”
(1 John 3:8) “Whoever lives sinfully belongs to the devil, since the devil has been a sinner from the beginning. This was the purpose of the appearing of the Son of God, to undo the work of the devil.
So you believe the bible contradicts its self, is that right? Or do you believe Paul, and John just got it all wrong? John says one who sins is of the devil, do you believe one can be of the devil, and God at the same time?
You are mishandling the Scriptures and teaching false doctrine. The truth is not in you.
I John 3:8-10 doesn't say that a person born again never commits another sin. The original Greek says that a person who is born of God doesn't live in habitual sin. It doesn't say that a Christian will not commit another sin.
You are the one getting it wrong and no genuine follower of Jesus should believe as you believe.
Yes sinners need to find a different translation of the written Word to let themselves believe the lies Satan has sinner’s believing.
By the way has your translation changed all the verses where John tells us a spiritual Christian does not sin? How about the following verse?
I was not talking about a translation. I was talking about the original Greek. The language John wrote in.
(1 John 3:5-6) “Now you know that he appeared in order to abolish sin, and that in him there is no sin; anyone who lives in God does not sin, and anyone who sins has never seen him or known him.”
How about where Paul tells us Christians are dead to sin? Did Paul say dead to practicing sin?
It's the same thing as before. IN the original Greek what John said was that anyone who abides in Him continues to live in habitual sin. It doesn't say in the Greek that those who abide in Jesus never commit a single sin the rest of their lives.
Paul didn't say we are dead to sin. He said to "reckon yourselves dead to sin (Rom. 6:11) We are not to live in sin. That means we are not practice or make a habit of sin. It doesn't mean that we won't occasionally stumble. The original Greek in even Romans 6:1 refers to the practice of habitual sin, not the act of committing a single sin.
The notion that are expected to live without committing a single sin isn't in the Bible. You are simply teaching a grossly false doctrine.
(1 John 2:6) “But if anyone obeys his word, God’s love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did”That verse is not calling us to walk as sinless as Jesus did. It is calling us to walk in the same redemptive love that Jesus walked in. It is a summary commandment meaning that it is calling us to live our lives in a way that generally reflects the character of Christ.
This post is all you can say in the defense of your opinion? Scripture does not seem to have any value to you at all. You go on you blind walk, because you can't see there is no way to bring you to the truth.
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Please help me understand the Trinity in simple language so I will be able to understand....is Jesus God....God is one how is he three individual beings and
be one person...how is three ..one.. please help me understand it's important to me
Thankyou....Maggie
How can the created one understand the creator? I will share this with you, for what it is worth. Jesus personally told me he is God.
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If we could be without sin why would Jesus have us pray the "Father's prayer"? Is this prayer just designed for infant born christians? I mean if it were possible to not sin we wouldn't need to pray for our sins to be forgiven.
Matthew 6:9-13New International Version (NIV)
9 “This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10 your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation,[a]
but deliver us from the evil one.[b]’
If your understanding of why Jesus had the disciples pray the Our Father, is right then the written Word of God would be contradicting its self. My answer to your question is, because the disciples had not yet received the Holy Spirit, and were still at the mercy of Satan. Jesus knew they would continue to sin until they received the Holy Spirit. Peter proved that to be true.
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I been a christian for almost 20yrs. I still fall and sin. I still say sorry to God and still do same thing. I try not to sin, but I don't mean it, and I'm not perfect.
Way to go tigger! Don't let anyone tell you you are not a sinner. Of course you are! We all are!
The bible is full of verses telling us that, and telling us how we should avoid sin.
Paul told us how the Holy Spirit makes it so we no longer sin.
(Romans 8: 4) “He did this in order that the law’s just demands might be satisfied in us, who behave not as our unspiritual nature but as the Spirit dictates.”
If one listens to the Holy Spirit and obeys, he or she will never sin again. If one sins he or she are of the devil, and does not have any relationship with Jesus.
(1 John 3:5-6) “Now you know that he appeared in order to abolish sin, and that in him there is no sin; anyone who lives in God does not sin, and anyone who sins has never seen him or known him.”
(1 John 3:9-10) “No one who has been begotten by God sins; because God’s seed remains inside him, he cannot sin when he has been begotten by God. In this way we distinguish the children of God from the children of the devil: anybody not living a holy life and not loving his brother is no child of God’s.”
(1 John 3:8) “Whoever lives sinfully belongs to the devil, since the devil has been a sinner from the beginning. This was the purpose of the appearing of the Son of God, to undo the work of the devil.
So you believe the bible contradicts its self, is that right? Or do you believe Paul, and John just got it all wrong? John says one who sins is of the devil, do you believe one can be of the devil, and God at the same time?
You are mishandling the Scriptures and teaching false doctrine. The truth is not in you.
I John 3:8-10 doesn't say that a person born again never commits another sin. The original Greek says that a person who is born of God doesn't live in habitual sin. It doesn't say that a Christian will not commit another sin.
You are the one getting it wrong and no genuine follower of Jesus should believe as you believe.
Yes sinners need to find a different translation of the written Word to let themselves believe the lies Satan has sinner’s believing.
By the way has your translation changed all the verses where John tells us a spiritual Christian does not sin? How about the following verse?
(1 John 3:5-6) “Now you know that he appeared in order to abolish sin, and that in him there is no sin; anyone who lives in God does not sin, and anyone who sins has never seen him or known him.”
How about where Paul tells us Christians are dead to sin? Did Paul say dead to practicing sin?
(Romans 6:11) “In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus”
Get real and stop believing Satan’s lies. A Christian walks as Jesus walked, and Jesus did not
sin,
(1 John 2:6) “But if anyone obeys his word, God’s love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did”
before Jesus came to earth not one of the millions of men lived sinless lives.
thats why he came he knew we could not.
now that he has came to be our salvation we still can not live sinless
it is not in the nature of man to be sinless
Jesus is our only hope for salvation we must try to put away sin, yes
but to be perfect humans, I think not
You are believing a lie that is from Satan. If you believe any scripture that you believe says a spiritual Christian continues to sin, then you are contradicting the written Word of God.
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I been a christian for almost 20yrs. I still fall and sin. I still say sorry to God and still do same thing. I try not to sin, but I don't mean it, and I'm not perfect.
Way to go tigger! Don't let anyone tell you you are not a sinner. Of course you are! We all are!
The bible is full of verses telling us that, and telling us how we should avoid sin.
Paul told us how the Holy Spirit makes it so we no longer sin.
(Romans 8: 4) “He did this in order that the law’s just demands might be satisfied in us, who behave not as our unspiritual nature but as the Spirit dictates.”
If one listens to the Holy Spirit and obeys, he or she will never sin again. If one sins he or she are of the devil, and does not have any relationship with Jesus.
(1 John 3:5-6) “Now you know that he appeared in order to abolish sin, and that in him there is no sin; anyone who lives in God does not sin, and anyone who sins has never seen him or known him.”
(1 John 3:9-10) “No one who has been begotten by God sins; because God’s seed remains inside him, he cannot sin when he has been begotten by God. In this way we distinguish the children of God from the children of the devil: anybody not living a holy life and not loving his brother is no child of God’s.”
(1 John 3:8) “Whoever lives sinfully belongs to the devil, since the devil has been a sinner from the beginning. This was the purpose of the appearing of the Son of God, to undo the work of the devil.
So you believe the bible contradicts its self, is that right? Or do you believe Paul, and John just got it all wrong? John says one who sins is of the devil, do you believe one can be of the devil, and God at the same time?
You are mishandling the Scriptures and teaching false doctrine. The truth is not in you.
I John 3:8-10 doesn't say that a person born again never commits another sin. The original Greek says that a person who is born of God doesn't live in habitual sin. It doesn't say that a Christian will not commit another sin.
You are the one getting it wrong and no genuine follower of Jesus should believe as you believe.
Yes sinners need to find a different translation of the written Word to let themselves believe the lies Satan has sinner’s believing.
By the way has your translation changed all the verses where John tells us a spiritual Christian does not sin? How about the following verse?
(1 John 3:5-6) “Now you know that he appeared in order to abolish sin, and that in him there is no sin; anyone who lives in God does not sin, and anyone who sins has never seen him or known him.”
How about where Paul tells us Christians are dead to sin? Did Paul say dead to practicing sin?
(Romans 6:11) “In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus”
Get real and stop believing Satan’s lies. A Christian walks as Jesus walked, and Jesus did not
sin,
(1 John 2:6) “But if anyone obeys his word, God’s love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did”
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I been a christian for almost 20yrs. I still fall and sin. I still say sorry to God and still do same thing. I try not to sin, but I don't mean it, and I'm not perfect.
Way to go tigger! Don't let anyone tell you you are not a sinner. Of course you are! We all are!
The bible is full of verses telling us that, and telling us how we should avoid sin.
Paul told us how the Holy Spirit makes it so we no longer sin.
(Romans 8: 4) “He did this in order that the law’s just demands might be satisfied in us, who behave not as our unspiritual nature but as the Spirit dictates.”
If one listens to the Holy Spirit and obeys, he or she will never sin again. If one sins he or she are of the devil, and does not have any relationship with Jesus.
(1 John 3:5-6) “Now you know that he appeared in order to abolish sin, and that in him there is no sin; anyone who lives in God does not sin, and anyone who sins has never seen him or known him.”
(1 John 3:9-10) “No one who has been begotten by God sins; because God’s seed remains inside him, he cannot sin when he has been begotten by God. In this way we distinguish the children of God from the children of the devil: anybody not living a holy life and not loving his brother is no child of God’s.”
(1 John 3:8) “Whoever lives sinfully belongs to the devil, since the devil has been a sinner from the beginning. This was the purpose of the appearing of the Son of God, to undo the work of the devil.
So you believe the bible contradicts its self, is that right? Or do you believe Paul, and John just got it all wrong? John says one who sins is of the devil, do you believe one can be of the devil, and God at the same time?
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1Peter 5
is this suffering during the time one is working hard to put away sin after accepting Christ while one was still a sinner.
I know more people who fit this verse than I do that stopped all sin the moment they came up out of the water baptized.
just saying
That is right after water baptism one needs to receive the Holy Spirit, and then allow the Holy Spirit to teach him or her. The Holy Spirit will give one the grace to never sin again. (Romans 8: 4) “He did this in order that the law’s just demands might be satisfied in us, who behave not as our unspiritual nature but as the Spirit dictates.”
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The mention of sackcloth shows that the two witnesses are humble. The two witnesses are people you have never heard of. They will come out of nowhere. They are "unimportant" (spiritually). They are the personable representation of the wrath and last-minute call to repentance of Elohim on Earth.
I think that when a man dies then his soul is judged. It is fixed in it's judgement. The chuch loves to speak of Moses and Elijah, but unless it knows YEHOVA it knows neither.
In eternity, the soul has become that which it has truly desired to be, given free will. Thus, it becomes fixed by virtue of Divine balance, in it's rightful place, either Heaven or Hell.
I know from God that you have a good understanding.
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People do most anything to justify their lack of grace to stop sinning. John tells us that one who sins has never seen nor knows God. People who sin need to ignore what John said. To believe people who still sin means the bible contradicts its self, and then has no validity. Christians who sin are still not spiritual, and are just infants in Christ.
Hi John, context is everything. We hardly want to ignore what John said but we don't the verse to invalidate everything else the Bible states either. For instance, is John contradicting himself in this verse?
What? Is John really talking to his spiritual children here who are Christians? What does he mean but if they sin they have an advocate with the Father - Jesus Christ our advocate? Didn't John say if they sin they do NOT know God - then how do they have an advocate? Aren't they done and lost forever?My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. -1John 2:1
Now don't get me wrong as I'm not arguing for sin - quite frankly it is the opposite; I'm arguing against sin - since sin comes from the enemy and the enemy is here to steal and destory. Yet I haven't met a single Christian yet who does not sin, nor one that hasn't needed God's good help to get them back up on their feet when their faith fails them or they fall prey to sin. BTW Paul states that everything that is not of faith is sin (Romans 14:23b) "If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us." Yes, I have heard people before state this but usually it is not with much humility and usually with a great deal of pride, which is in itself a great b root of many underlying sins. Spiritual pride can be very wicked indeed and is to be avoided at all costs. It is best to read all the [passages we can in order to gain complete understanding of Scriptural harmony and context. Why does the writer of Hebrews talk to Chritians about "the sin that so easily besets us", if Christians can no longer sin? Why does Paul admonish the Galatians for falling into legalism, or the Corinthians for protecting and allowing sin in their church? If we also examine John's Greek a little deeper we would also see that he is talking about continuing the practice of sins. Do you consider that Peter didn't know God? How about Barnabas? Yet Paul clearly states that they both were in the wrong and practicing hypocrisy, which I believe is a sin. Do you consider hypocrisy a sin? Why are there so many verses in the New Testament that instruct us to correct and rebuke Christian in order to edify the Church if Christians do not sin? If Christians don't sin once we have the infilling of the Holy Spirit why would that be even necessary? Why does James as well as John tell us to confess our sins if the Christians can no longer fall short or are not in continual need of God's grace and restoration? Why did John go after a backslidden boy that had walked away from Christ and the church? These are all questions that are necessary to bring into harmony before we state something as a "Biblical' Truth. For the entire text of the Bible is the "word of God" and not just how we interpret one verse or even a few verses. Now all that said, I hate sin but as St Paul states we are at war with our flesh and it is a war we cannot win without God's help. We need to know in our heart that as a man chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens us. "But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world." - 1Corinthians 11:32
Lastly we as Christians need to preach strongly against sin, and against it gaining a foothold in the Church of Christ - but no man left behind soldier! We aid the wounded and do not leave them behind for the enemy to kill and torture.And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons:
“My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD,
Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him;
For whom the LORD loves He chastens,
And scourges every son whom He receives.”
If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?
Hebrews 12:5-7
For we should see to be holy even as He is Holy.Those who are sinning rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear. 1Titus 5:20
In Christ, PatBeloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.
1Peter 2:11-12
(Hebrews 10:26-31) “If, after we have been given knowledge of the truth, we should deliberately commit any sins, then there is no longer any sacrifice for them. There is left only the dreadful prospect of judgment and of the fiery wrath that is to devour your enemies. Anyone who disregards the Law of Moses is ruthlessly put to death on the word of two witnesses or three; and you may be sure that anyone who tramples on the Son of God, and who treats the blood of the covenant which sanctified him as if it were not holy, and who insults the Spirit of grace, will be condemned to a far severer punishment. We are all aware who it was that said: Vengeance is mine; I will vindicate his people. It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”
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John tells us that if one sins he or she is of the devil. Can one who is of the devil be a Christian? Remember a Christian walks as Jesus walked?
All I know is that we all were sinners saved by the blood of Christ. Sometimes we might fall and sin again. Then we repent and ask Jesus to forgive us again. Sometimes I have days were I have to ask Jesus to forgive me 2 or 3 times in the same day. That's all I know.
A Christian is dead to sin. No mater what your opinion is Scripture tells us that one who sins has never seen God nor knows God. So if you sin you do not know God nor are you a Christian. A Christian walks as Jesus walked. That all is written in the Word of God. One who says they are Christian and still sins is only an infant in Christ, and not yet spiritual. That is also written in the Word of God.
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Salty,
I really don't have to explain that much with the following Scripture evidences which point directly to Satan as the coming Antichrist..;I think you do actually because I would love to know why you left out Revelation 20:12
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Now who is the beast then? because scripture clearly shows the devil and the beast are not the same people? but yet you claiming they are...
So who's the beast?
But that's a different subject, although it is related to Satan as the 2nd beast of Revelation 13.
Rev 19:20-21
20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of Him That sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of His mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
(KJV)
First, can you explain the meaning of that first verse in bold? Please be careful to note that timing there, which is just prior to the Revelation 20 events.
People see what he or she want to see in the written Word of God. There is only one way to come to the truth, and that is to have God personally teach him or her>
True, but there's still such things as basic grammar, subject and object, that has to be followed as it occurs in Scripture; the main reason because God laid it out that way. I'm not speaking academics with this idea either.
The flow of subject and object within God's Word was done by The Holy Spirit as He led His servants to speak and write. It's especially shown in the manuscripts of God's Word, but even through the 1611 KJV translation a lot of it was kept intact (which is one of the main reasons I don't recommend relying on later paraphrased and modern Bible translations that get farther away from those structures. Look up the subject flow in the Greek of Acts 2 about the words "tongues", "language", and "tongue" which reveals what the multitude actually heard the Apostles speak with the cloven tongue).
In Rev.13:11 forward, our Lord Jesus gave us a huge clue as to the real identity of the 2nd beast ("another beast"). He attached the title of "dragon" to him, which is another one of Satan's titles per Rev.12:9 & 20:2.
In Rev.19:20 which "beast" is it that is destroyed at Christ's coming? The 1st beast of Rev.13:1-2, which is a kingdom beast. The "false prophet" also is destroyed then in the lake of fire at Christ's coming, but Satan, the devil, is not destroyed yet then.
In the following Rev.17 verses, the devil is this particular "beast", i.e., the "another beast" that John saw in Rev.13:11 forward that is to come doing great signs and wonders in the sight of men. Rev.9:11 showed us Satan as the angel of the bottomless pit, and he is the one that ascends out of the bottomless pit to kill God's two witnesses in Jerusalem per Rev.11. In 2 Thess.2:3-4 with the "son of perdition" title, Paul was talking about the one who is to come working great signs and wonders, just like this "another beast" of Rev.13:11 forward.
Rev 17:8
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
(KJV)
Will the world 'wonder' at the 1st beast of Rev.13:1, a kingdom? No, they will wonder at the "another beast" of Rev.13:11 forward because of the miracles he will perform to deceive the whole world with, as written. That's who this Rev.17:8 "beast" is talking about, i.e., the devil, that "another beast" of Rev.13:11.
Thus the Revelation 'beast' metaphor applies to 2 things, a beast kingdom, and a beast king. Below is about Satan as the beast king. It is directly linked to the "little horn" of the Book of Daniel where we were first shown about the ten horns being ten kings, with another little horn arising among them to take power over all, meaning 11 kings in total.
Rev 17:11-13
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
(KJV)
Who is the "false prophet" of Rev.19:20 then? Well, does any flesh born man go into the "lake of fire" prior to God's Great White Throne Judgment at the end of Christ's "thousand years" reign? NO! If you do believe some do perish before that Great White Throne Judgment after the thousand years then you have left God's Holy Writ.
Yet per Rev.19:20 we see the "false prophet" and "beast" (1st beast) are destroyed in the lake of fire at Christ's coming at the start... of Christ's "thousand years" reign. That's how we can be certain the "false prophet" is just another ROLE that Satan will play, and the role, not Satan himself, is destroyed at Christ's coming. The "beast" of Rev.19:20 is the 1st beast of Rev.13:1-2, which is a kingdom beast (per Christ's definition of what the 'waters' represent in Rev.17:15 and its link to the kingdoms of Daniel 7 in Rev.13:2). When our Lord Jesus comes, naturally that 1st beast (kingdom) will be destroyed.
(John 14:26) “But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all I have said to you.” You all should know that we only know what God wants us to know. People believe they have some insight to the written Word of God, but unless God reveals what a verse means it is nothing but an assumption on one’s part.
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We all sin so we all have guilt at some point. I don't want to hear how the gays pressure people into things. **Comment removed**. Just as much as Christians shove the religion and beliefs in people's faces. We have to learn to coexist. Hate gets us no where. It seems like it is usually one extreme or the other. God loves us all not just some of us.
No a spiritual Christian does not sin.
(1 John 3: 5 - 6) “ Now you know that He appeared in order to abolish sin, and that in Him there is no sin; anyone who lives in God does not sin, and anyone who sins has never seen Him or known Him.”
That doesn't mean we don't sin, but that we should not be living in a state of habitual sin. How can someone say they Know Him but still parties and drinks? Still in their old ways. As christians we should strive to live righteously and want to imitate Christ and not go back to live in a state of sin. Even Paul underlined his struggled with his flesh, as were sinful by nature it's a spirtual battle that's ongoing till Christ makes us new when He returns at the second coming.
Rom 7:15- 25 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do-this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
21 So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being I delight in God's law; 23 but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God-through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin. "
As for the question at hand, all people should be treated well.
(Romans 8:1-4) “The reason, therefore, why those who are in Christ Jesus are not condemned, is that the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death. God has done what the Law, because of our unspiritual nature, was unable to do. God dealt with sin by sending his own Son in a body as physical as any sinful body, and in that body God condemned sin he did this in order the Law’s just demands might be satisfied in us, who behave not as our unspiritual nature but as the spirit dictates.
Do you believe the Holy Spirit will dictate for one to commit sin?
John tells us that if one sins he or she is of the devil. Can one who is of the devil be a Christian? Remember a Christian walks as Jesus walked?
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We all sin so we all have guilt at some point. I don't want to hear how the gays pressure people into things. **Comment removed**. Just as much as Christians shove the religion and beliefs in people's faces. We have to learn to coexist. Hate gets us no where. It seems like it is usually one extreme or the other. God loves us all not just some of us.
No a spiritual Christian does not sin.
(1 John 3: 5 - 6) “ Now you know that He appeared in order to abolish sin, and that in Him there is no sin; anyone who lives in God does not sin, and anyone who sins has never seen Him or known Him.”
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(1 John 1: 8-10) “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.”You need to see John was saying if one says he or she says they have never sinned they are liars.If one is forgiven of all unrighteousness are they not then sinless? Could they then be liars if they say they are sinless?John later says:(1 John 3:3-9) “Surely everyone who entertains this hope must purify himself, must try to be as pure as Christ. Any one who sins at all breaks the law, because to sin is to break the law. Now you know that He appeared in order to abolish sin, and that in Him there is no sin: anyone who lives in God does not sin, and anyone who sins has never seen Him or known Him. My children do not let anyone lead you astray’ to live a holy life is to be holy just as He is holy’ to lead a sinful life is to belong the Devil, since the Devil was a sinner from the beginning. It was to undo all that the Devil has done that the Son of God appeared. No one who has been begotten by God sins: because God’s seed remains inside him, he cannot sin when he has been begotten by God.”(1 John 3:8) “He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work”John told us those who did not know God sinned and asked forgiveness and were forgiven, but once a person comes to know God he or she will not sin.Scripture goes on to say that if a person who does know God uses their free will to sin there is no repentance for that person.(Hebrews 10:26-31) “If, after we have been given knowledge of the truth, we should deliberately commit any sins, then there is no longer any sacrifice for them. There is left only the dreadful prospect of judgment and of the fiery wrath that is to devour your enemies. Anyone who disregards the Law of Moses is ruthlessly put to death on the word of two witnesses or three; and you may be sure that anyone who tramples on the Son of God, and who treats the blood of the covenant which sanctified him as if it were not holy, and who insults the Spirit of grace, will be condemned to a far severer punishment. We are all aware who it was that said: Vengeance is mine; I will vindicate his people. It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”(Hebrews 6: 4) “As for those people who were once brought into the light, and tasted the gift from heaven, and received a share of the Holy Spirit, and appreciated the good message of God and the powers of the world to come and yet in spite of this have fallen away it is impossible for that to be renewed a second time. They cannot be repentant if they have willfully crucified the Son of God and openly mocked Him.”Hi John Love,Are you saying Christians never sin after becoming Christian? I was having a hard time following the point. I believe we still struggle with our sin after becoming a Christian but that now we know we can have victory over it. However I haven't met a Christian who did not stumble. Take St. Peter for example. He denied our Lord three times the night before His crucifixion. Is hypocrisy sin? Paul also accused Peter and Barnabas of this at AntiochGalatians 2:11-13Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed; for before certain men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision. And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.David also sinned grievously with Bathsheba but the Lord did not cast him aside eitherPsalms 32:5 I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. SelahJames advocates that the Christian should always confess their sins - useless if there is no way they can receive mercyJames 5:16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.John also speaks to us about confessing our sin when we do sin:Fellowship with Him and One AnotherJohn 1:15 This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But 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.8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.We could go on with more example to show context but I think it's pretty clear Christians still struggle with sin, although we do have weapons to prevail over it now vs the little resistance we had before coming to Christ. That is not to be defeatist about sin but a humble assessment, lest we become prideful in ourselves - which in itself is sin.A little story about John the apostle in his late age as communicated down through the church fathers:Clement of Alexandria, was an early 2nd century Christian, who further related to us the formation of the four Gospels. Clément’s statements remain extant to us by way of Eusebius. Clement tells us that John remained active for some of these years after his return from Patmos in Ephesus and the seven churches mentioned in Revelation. Clément’s testimony is that John visited those surrounding churches, including at least the seven that he had written to in Revelation. John was purported to have died in about AD 98. It would appear He even had enough vigor during this period to have gone out after a backsliding youth on horseback. Clement captures a wonderful story about the aged Apostle which I believe rings true - I have no reason to disbelieve it in the same way I have no reason to disbelieve a biography about Billy Graham or Corrie Ten Boon. John had entrusted, a Pastor - most likely Polycarp, to shepherd a young boy who had come to faith in Christ at the Church of Smyrna. The Pastor did just that but the boy strayed from him and from the faith. The boy then in his teens gradually forsook the Church as well as his Pastor and began to cast his lot in with a band of juvenile delinquent, robbers who preyed on travelers as they went through the hillside passes near Smyrna. John had returned to Ephesus his home base and was unaware of this. Later he again saw fit to visit the Churches of Asia Minor, including Smyrna. Clement relates that upon again visiting the Pastor and his church John inquired about the boy brought to faith in Christ that he and the others had laid hand on for he had entrusted him to pastoral care. The Pastor countenance dropped as he stated that the boy was lost. We soon discover this was totally unacceptable to John’s mind and heart to accept this youngster as lost and yield him to clutches of the devil. With great heart the aged John has a horse saddled and seeks the boy out in a manner keeping with Jesus’ teachings about the Good Shepherd and that lost stray among the 99 sheep.On coming to the place, he was arrested by the robbers' outpost; neither fleeing nor entreating, but crying, "It was for this I came. Lead me to your captain;" who meanwhile was waiting, all armed as he was. But when he recognized John as he advanced, he turned, ashamed, and fled. The others followed and with all his might, forgetting his age, he cried out, "Why, my son, dost thou flee from me, thy father, unarmed, old? Son, pity me. Fear not; thou hast still hope of life. I will give an account to Christ for thee. If need be, I will willingly endure thy death, as the Lord died for us. For thee I will surrender my life. Stand, believe; Christ hath sent me." And he, when he heard, first stood, looking down; then threw down his arms, then trembled and wept bitterly. And on the old man approaching, he embraced him, speaking for himself with lamentations as he could, and baptized a second time with tears, concealing only his right hand. The other pledging, and assuring him on oath that he would find forgiveness for himself from the SaviorThrough great ordeal for such an aged man John wins him back to Christ. The boy repents with tears and John then re-grounds the teen back into the faith before leaving Smyrna and returning home. Jerome in his commentary on Ephesians and Galatians stated that as John began to slip in physical health he constantly exhorted his Church "Little children, love one another" We see from his epistles that this term, “Little children” was an endearing term he used for the church, the same term Jesus also used.
I don't think it is for us to say who the Lord will pardon and who He will not pardon, so I pray for all and leave that up to Him.
In Christ, PatPeople do most anything to justify their lack of grace to stop sinning. John tells us that one who sins has never seen nor knows God. People who sin need to ignore what John said. To believe people who still sin means the bible contradicts its self, and then has no validity. Christians who sin are still not spiritual, and are just infants in Christ.
"Christians who sin are still not spiritual, and are just infants in Christ."I'm just wondering when you think a Christian is matured and does that mean they don't sin anymore?
Personally I believe a mature Christian is one who does not commit a deliberate sin.
What makes for a mature Christian? Accepting Jesus as one’s God and savior. Becoming baptized in Jesus’ name, and receiving the Holy Spirit is the first step.
Next a person needs to give his or her life to God, and allow that Holy Spirit to teach him or her to live the Word of God. When that happens Jesus and the Father will come and make their home in him or her.
(1 John 2:27) “But you have not lost the anointing that he gave you, and you do not need anyone to teach you, the anointing he gave teaches you everything; you are anointed with truth, not a lie, and as it has taught you, so you must stay in him.”
(John 14:23-24) “Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father.”
Hebrews gives us scripture’s definition of a mature Christian.
(Hebrews 10:26) “If, after we have been given knowledge of the truth”
(Hebrews 6: 4) “As for those people who were once brought into the light, and tasted the gift from heaven, and received a share of the Holy Spirit, and appreciated the good message of God and the powers of the world to come”
Paul gave us his definition of a baby Christian.
(1 Corinthians 3:1-3) “Brothers, I myself was unable to speak to you as people of the Spirit; I treated you as sensual men, still infants in Christ. What I fed you with was milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it; and indeed, you are still not ready for it since you are still unspiritual. Isn’t that obvious from all the jealousy and wrangling that there is among you, from the way that you go on behaving like ordinary people?”
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Salty,
I really don't have to explain that much with the following Scripture evidences which point directly to Satan as the coming Antichrist..;I think you do actually because I would love to know why you left out Revelation 20:12
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Now who is the beast then? because scripture clearly shows the devil and the beast are not the same people? but yet you claiming they are...
So who's the beast?
But that's a different subject, although it is related to Satan as the 2nd beast of Revelation 13.
Rev 19:20-21
20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of Him That sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of His mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
(KJV)
First, can you explain the meaning of that first verse in bold? Please be careful to note that timing there, which is just prior to the Revelation 20 events.
People see what he or she want to see in the written Word of God. There is only one way to come to the truth, and that is to have God personally teach him or her>
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Okay, I've seen a number of threads here asking "What should I do?" referring to some problem or another. A lot of the answers are passive, effectively telling the asker to rely on God and explaining how helpless we are without him. Somebody is looking for a spouse - they are told be patient and wait. Somebody else wants a new job, they are just told to pray and wait for God to answer. Somebody else may have a problem with addiction. They are told that they can't succeed through their own efforts, instead they should just ask God. But is that what God really wants? It seems to me to be a lazy and irresponsible way to live your life.
Throughout the OT we read of God asking the Jews to do something. For example, when we expects the Jews to fight their enemies, he actually asks them to do it. He doesn't just say "sit back lads and leave it to me" and then go on a fire and thunder spree while the Jews just sit back and watch. He expects them to get involved through their own efforts. He just promises them victory and tells them that he has their backs. In other words, if they try, he will take care of the rest.
Should we not do that? Does God not want us to develop our characters through our own efforts?
Is there not a time when we are ever expected to just get up and do things for ourselves, using of course the talents and skills that God gave us in the first place?
Jesus once told me to give him the first few moments of every situation, I gave my life to Jesus, and asked for his will to be my will. Everything I do is as God has me do, and the Holy Spirit always gives me the grace to do God's will.
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(1 John 1: 8-10) “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.”You need to see John was saying if one says he or she says they have never sinned they are liars.If one is forgiven of all unrighteousness are they not then sinless? Could they then be liars if they say they are sinless?John later says:(1 John 3:3-9) “Surely everyone who entertains this hope must purify himself, must try to be as pure as Christ. Any one who sins at all breaks the law, because to sin is to break the law. Now you know that He appeared in order to abolish sin, and that in Him there is no sin: anyone who lives in God does not sin, and anyone who sins has never seen Him or known Him. My children do not let anyone lead you astray’ to live a holy life is to be holy just as He is holy’ to lead a sinful life is to belong the Devil, since the Devil was a sinner from the beginning. It was to undo all that the Devil has done that the Son of God appeared. No one who has been begotten by God sins: because God’s seed remains inside him, he cannot sin when he has been begotten by God.”(1 John 3:8) “He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work”John told us those who did not know God sinned and asked forgiveness and were forgiven, but once a person comes to know God he or she will not sin.Scripture goes on to say that if a person who does know God uses their free will to sin there is no repentance for that person.(Hebrews 10:26-31) “If, after we have been given knowledge of the truth, we should deliberately commit any sins, then there is no longer any sacrifice for them. There is left only the dreadful prospect of judgment and of the fiery wrath that is to devour your enemies. Anyone who disregards the Law of Moses is ruthlessly put to death on the word of two witnesses or three; and you may be sure that anyone who tramples on the Son of God, and who treats the blood of the covenant which sanctified him as if it were not holy, and who insults the Spirit of grace, will be condemned to a far severer punishment. We are all aware who it was that said: Vengeance is mine; I will vindicate his people. It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”(Hebrews 6: 4) “As for those people who were once brought into the light, and tasted the gift from heaven, and received a share of the Holy Spirit, and appreciated the good message of God and the powers of the world to come and yet in spite of this have fallen away it is impossible for that to be renewed a second time. They cannot be repentant if they have willfully crucified the Son of God and openly mocked Him.”Hi John Love,Are you saying Christians never sin after becoming Christian? I was having a hard time following the point. I believe we still struggle with our sin after becoming a Christian but that now we know we can have victory over it. However I haven't met a Christian who did not stumble. Take St. Peter for example. He denied our Lord three times the night before His crucifixion. Is hypocrisy sin? Paul also accused Peter and Barnabas of this at AntiochGalatians 2:11-13Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed; for before certain men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision. And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.David also sinned grievously with Bathsheba but the Lord did not cast him aside eitherPsalms 32:5 I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. SelahJames advocates that the Christian should always confess their sins - useless if there is no way they can receive mercyJames 5:16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.John also speaks to us about confessing our sin when we do sin:Fellowship with Him and One AnotherJohn 1:15 This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But 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.8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.We could go on with more example to show context but I think it's pretty clear Christians still struggle with sin, although we do have weapons to prevail over it now vs the little resistance we had before coming to Christ. That is not to be defeatist about sin but a humble assessment, lest we become prideful in ourselves - which in itself is sin.A little story about John the apostle in his late age as communicated down through the church fathers:Clement of Alexandria, was an early 2nd century Christian, who further related to us the formation of the four Gospels. Clément’s statements remain extant to us by way of Eusebius. Clement tells us that John remained active for some of these years after his return from Patmos in Ephesus and the seven churches mentioned in Revelation. Clément’s testimony is that John visited those surrounding churches, including at least the seven that he had written to in Revelation. John was purported to have died in about AD 98. It would appear He even had enough vigor during this period to have gone out after a backsliding youth on horseback. Clement captures a wonderful story about the aged Apostle which I believe rings true - I have no reason to disbelieve it in the same way I have no reason to disbelieve a biography about Billy Graham or Corrie Ten Boon. John had entrusted, a Pastor - most likely Polycarp, to shepherd a young boy who had come to faith in Christ at the Church of Smyrna. The Pastor did just that but the boy strayed from him and from the faith. The boy then in his teens gradually forsook the Church as well as his Pastor and began to cast his lot in with a band of juvenile delinquent, robbers who preyed on travelers as they went through the hillside passes near Smyrna. John had returned to Ephesus his home base and was unaware of this. Later he again saw fit to visit the Churches of Asia Minor, including Smyrna. Clement relates that upon again visiting the Pastor and his church John inquired about the boy brought to faith in Christ that he and the others had laid hand on for he had entrusted him to pastoral care. The Pastor countenance dropped as he stated that the boy was lost. We soon discover this was totally unacceptable to John’s mind and heart to accept this youngster as lost and yield him to clutches of the devil. With great heart the aged John has a horse saddled and seeks the boy out in a manner keeping with Jesus’ teachings about the Good Shepherd and that lost stray among the 99 sheep.On coming to the place, he was arrested by the robbers' outpost; neither fleeing nor entreating, but crying, "It was for this I came. Lead me to your captain;" who meanwhile was waiting, all armed as he was. But when he recognized John as he advanced, he turned, ashamed, and fled. The others followed and with all his might, forgetting his age, he cried out, "Why, my son, dost thou flee from me, thy father, unarmed, old? Son, pity me. Fear not; thou hast still hope of life. I will give an account to Christ for thee. If need be, I will willingly endure thy death, as the Lord died for us. For thee I will surrender my life. Stand, believe; Christ hath sent me." And he, when he heard, first stood, looking down; then threw down his arms, then trembled and wept bitterly. And on the old man approaching, he embraced him, speaking for himself with lamentations as he could, and baptized a second time with tears, concealing only his right hand. The other pledging, and assuring him on oath that he would find forgiveness for himself from the SaviorThrough great ordeal for such an aged man John wins him back to Christ. The boy repents with tears and John then re-grounds the teen back into the faith before leaving Smyrna and returning home. Jerome in his commentary on Ephesians and Galatians stated that as John began to slip in physical health he constantly exhorted his Church "Little children, love one another" We see from his epistles that this term, “Little children” was an endearing term he used for the church, the same term Jesus also used.
I don't think it is for us to say who the Lord will pardon and who He will not pardon, so I pray for all and leave that up to Him.
In Christ, Pat
People do most anything to justify their lack of grace to stop sinning. John tells us that one who sins has never seen nor knows God. People who sin need to ignore what John said. To believe people who still sin means the bible contradicts its self, and then has no validity. Christians who sin are still not spiritual, and are just infants in Christ.
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Personally I believe that Jesus has told me who the Anti-Christ is, and he is living here today.
Might want to check the spirit you're listening to, because the Scriptures point directly to Satan himself as the coming Antichrist. And by that I mean Satan here on earth in person, and not by some demon possession idea.
In Rev.12:7 forward our Lord Jesus showed us about Satan being cast out of Heaven down to the this earth in the last days, with his angels. The abode of hell, haides, or whatever one wants to call it, is in the Heavenly. When the war in Heaven between Michael and his angels vs. Satan and his angels occurs, the devil's place in the Heavenly will be no more. That leaves only one other place he can go to, i.e., this earthly dimension we live in.
The many antichrists that are here on earth which work for Lucifer are continually trying to hide this specific matter, and want us to instead think the Antichrist is about some flesh man being possessed in order to fulfill the role of the coming Antichrist/false messiah. They don't want you to think it could be the Devil himself. Yet the Devil is who the Scriptures are directly pointing to. It's simply a matter of whether people are going to believe the Scriptures as they are actually written or not, or instead heed pop tradition.
Just to share my revaluation when Jesus told me who the Anti-Christ was I asked him if he meant the end time Anti-Christ. Jesus told me he was the end time/tribulation Anti-Christ.
It is not part of my ministry, at this time to go public with what Jesus has told me, but I enjoy sharing what Jesus has told me, and he lets me do that only on the Christian forums.
Reading about all the suffering people are going through in the world was making me sad, but Jesus scolded me for feeling sad for those people. He told me it was his wrath they were suffering, and they deserved the punishment they were going through.
It is only the beginning.of Jesus' wrath, and it is going to become much worse.
I like gays
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No translation of any authorized bible ever made up such a lie. Your quote contradicts it self. One does not need to practice sinning. Paul did not say those who practice sinning would not enter the kingdom of God. No one who sins will never enter the kingdom of God/Heaven.
(1 Corinthians 6:9-19) “You know perfectly well that people who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God: people of immoral lives, idolaters, adulterers, catamites, sodomites, thieves, usurers, drunkards, slanders and swindlers will never inherit the kingdom of God.”