Raven Posted September 22, 2018 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 395 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 319 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/20/2015 Status: Offline Share Posted September 22, 2018 11 hours ago, Jayne said: ... I don't believe in sinless perfection. It should be the goal, ... Jesus said: . . go, and sin no more. He gave her a goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiards Ball Posted September 22, 2018 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 5 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,502 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 662 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/05/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted September 22, 2018 15 hours ago, JohnKing67 said: Can we assume Jesus only meant adultery here? I think it would have been easy enough to say "go and commit adultery no more" if that's what he meant. I think that is a logical thought, that it's adultery, but Jesus cannot mean all sin, as "Christians who say they have no sin lie". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Behold Posted September 22, 2018 Group: Mars Hill Followers: 7 Topic Count: 87 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 3,795 Content Per Day: 1.35 Reputation: 6 Days Won: 3 Joined: 07/30/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted September 22, 2018 On 9/19/2018 at 12:04 AM, JohnKing67 said: And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. Do you believe that this verse teaches that redemption means no more sin? How do you interpret this verse? "go and sin no more"...as it applies to a believer, is our daily cost of discipleship. Its our "present our body a living sacrifice". Its how we are to live in the Light, as He is in the light and IS the Light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Bought 1953 Posted September 22, 2018 Group: Royal Member Followers: 13 Topic Count: 48 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6,726 Content Per Day: 2.89 Reputation: 6,258 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/03/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted September 22, 2018 If my daughter gets caught with her hand in the cookie jar, I will let her off the first time .I will warn her not to do it again.If she does it again she will be punished.It is up to her at all times . She will commit other sins down the road-she is human, after all.Same principles apply to the adulteress.She got a warning for the one specific sin.Paul was “ chief of sinners” many year after he was saved.Was this woman or us expected to do better than he did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiards Ball Posted September 24, 2018 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 5 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,502 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 662 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/05/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted September 24, 2018 On 9/21/2018 at 8:02 PM, JohnKing67 said: You say Jesus knows it's impossible to never commit a sin ever again. Is there a scripture in the Bible that confirms this? 1 John 1:8 says, "If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us." Note very, very carefully, "If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiards Ball Posted September 24, 2018 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 5 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,502 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 662 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/05/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted September 24, 2018 On 9/22/2018 at 6:13 AM, Raven said: Jesus said: . . go, and sin no more. He gave her a goal. Jesus doesn't give burdensome, impossible goals. 1 John 1:8 teaches that Christians who claim sinless perfectionism are actually self-deceived, and are not born again Christians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enoob57 Posted September 24, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 35 Topic Count: 99 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 41,062 Content Per Day: 7.97 Reputation: 21,391 Days Won: 76 Joined: 03/13/2010 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/27/1957 Share Posted September 24, 2018 (edited) On 9/19/2018 at 12:04 AM, JohnKing67 said: And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. Do you believe that this verse teaches that redemption means no more sin? How do you interpret this verse? I believe the born again person is of God tied directly to The Person of God The Holy Spirit... so yes we are to strive to be of God in all that we are! This means a constant battle of flesh and s/Spirit here... it is God Who keeps separate the things of flesh (things of this world that pass away) from the things of s/Spirit (which God keeps with Himself for all eternity). Edited September 24, 2018 by enoob57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnKing67 Posted September 24, 2018 Group: Junior Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 105 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 5 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/10/2018 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/09/1967 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Billiards Ball said: 1 John 1:8 says, "If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us." Note very, very carefully, "If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us." It sounds like in the previous 2 verses before that he's taking about the process of being redeemed from sin. How do we know the "if we say we have no sin" in verse 8 isn't in response to trying to find redemption? Can it be assumed he's also talking about a person who's already been redeemed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiards Ball Posted September 24, 2018 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 5 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,502 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 662 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/05/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted September 24, 2018 34 minutes ago, JohnKing67 said: It sounds like in the previous 2 verses before that he's taking about the process of being redeemed from sin. How do we know the "if we say we have no sin" in verse 8 isn't in response to trying to find redemption? Can it be assumed he's also talking about a person who's already been redeemed? "We" and "us" includes John the apostle. If Christians are utterly without sin, entire chapters of scripture like Hebrews 12, "run the race, throw off sin, God chastises sinful believers..." make no sense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnKing67 Posted September 24, 2018 Group: Junior Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 105 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 5 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/10/2018 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/09/1967 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 50 minutes ago, Billiards Ball said: "We" and "us" includes John the apostle. If Christians are utterly without sin, entire chapters of scripture like Hebrews 12, "run the race, throw off sin, God chastises sinful believers..." make no sense. But that would also make what Jesus said impossible when he said to "be perfect as your heavenly father is perfect". How can anyone be that perfect if they're always a sinner even after salvation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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