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Georged

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  1. Lots of thoughts to unpack here. 1. It reminds me of the importance of repentance. Biblical repentance is more than remorse. It is a turning from sin to God. We are exposed to many temptations and worldly programming, often at a rate that we can't comprehend. With the Peter incident, when his eyes were turned back to the world, their influence was not overcome. In this instance when he talks about little faith, i don't think he is referring to not trusting Jesus fully. Rather it was a faith that was distracted by the world. That's why , in the Christian walk, our faith becomes strengthened as we reprogram our mind to him. Many unfortunately claim to have a faith that is not life changing. The bible says, we need faith to believe him totally. ( John 1.12) we need to be willing to believe God. Not a characteristic of God( that he can bring us to heaven) or our understanding of God( which will change as we grow in him) So a faith that he will bring unconverted to heaven i don't see in the bible 2. I wonder if Christianity has a different definition of saved than the Bible. What ive noticed is that from our perspective and action , saved is often portrayed as future. (Believe on the lord jesus and thou shalt be saved,.. he who persevere to the end will be saved) From God's action, it is completed( by grace ye are saved) I have been wondering if biblical saving is saving us from death/destruction where we have glorified bodies which is in our future. Often churches put labels on people as saved or unsaved and then even complicate it further by saying it's reversable or not reverseable We need to consider the parable of the sower, while i consede our lives are culminate experiences. Not all places where the seed is planted, even if starts to grow , will survive. That's why discipleship and love and encouragement for new believers is important.
  2. When researching in the new testament. I noticed that the word sin can be used as both a noun or a verb. If sin is a noun, it is something we possess, like a car, a house. It does not clarify when we got this object. We could have bought the car 5 years ago. It is simply something we possess. When a verse says we have sin it is saying we committed a sin and now we have that on our asset list. A verse that uses it as a noun is 1 john1:9"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness Sin can also be used as a verb. When we see it as a verb then it's talking about sinning . With that, we have to look at the tense of the word and quantity. For example, 1 John 2:1 ( notice the"if") "My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin(plural)not. And if any man sin (singular), we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: Roman's 3:23 "For all have sinned, (past tense) and come short of the glory of God;" (I have seen many quote this as all sin) Hebrew 10:26-27 "For if we sin ( verb plural present) wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins (noun plural), But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries." The conclusion is that I do not see anything of a life of sinning compatible with bible teachings.
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