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1/18/09 4:08 PM |
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nomenclature wrote: I am not come to call the righteous, but "sinners" to repentance. Of course. Only sinners need salvation. And, everyone is a sinner, until he is brought to Christ in saving faith. That person is then a new creation in Christ Jesus. He is regenerated. It is not just a legal transfer of the sins to the Saviour, but it is a receiving of the Spirit of God within the heart. Think on the verse about not putting new wine into old wine skins. They would burst. You put new wine into new wineskins - IOW, a new spirit into a new heart. Christians are no longer called sinners, but, "a royal priesthood", "stewards of the mysteries of God", "ambassadors for Christ", "servants of Christ", "the temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwelling within", "full of goodness", "filled with all knowledge", "having this treasure in earthen vessels", "sons of God", "children of God", "heirs with Christ". So, there is a distinction between the one who has been washed from his sins by the blood of the Lamb, and the sinner who is still in his sins. One can rightly be labeled a Christian, and the other a sinner. |
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1/18/09 1:48 PM |
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scarecrow wrote: But tattie, the invisible church is composed of visible sinners. But, Scarecrow, Christians are never addressed as sinners by the writers of the N.T. They are called "saints", "beloved brethren", "fellow heirs", "overcomers", the "redeemed", "blessed of the Lord", "blood bought", "the bride of Christ". Continuing to call Christians "Sinners" would indicate that the predominant characteristic of their lives is sin, uninterrupted. Not so. Christians are characterized by holy living, interrupted by sin. There is nothing virtuous in declaring how perceptive one is as to the sin condition, and then staying there as a sign of humility. There is something virtuous in praising the One who not only redeems us from our sins, but, transforms our lives and, "will present us blameless to God in the day of Christ Jesus." |
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1/17/09 2:45 PM |
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Facilitator A wrote: "THAT WOULD BE SIN." !CAUTION! !CAUTION! !CAUTION! Maybe the question should be, "Is it a sin to use an alias the first time?"It that is so, then further aliases would just be cumulative sin. Does not one sin condemn? Or, we may ask, "Is it okay to pretend, or act, as in the theater, if everyone knows one is acting?" Who is the One who condemns? And, who is the One who justifies? Is it not one and the same? |
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