Paul wrote in Romans Ch. 7 about his great struggle... The things I will to do, I do not. But the things I will not to do, it is that I do.(Paraphrased) He spoke of the sin living w/in him. Could it be one of the greatest men, apostles, or whatever you wish to call Paul,...actually had sin living in him. Read Romans 7 and 8 through about vrs. 14 and reply. I am interested to see what you guys think about the possibility of sin living w/in Christians. Do they stand condemned? Read John 3:17-21. Very deep... look forward to hearing from ya! Love God, Love People!


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Hi Crucified, nice to meet you (so to speak!) I truly beleive in the ideal thatif you can think and breathe then you can sin! The sins we commit will lessen as we walk down that narrow path evermore surrendering those innermost parts of our lives to God, but persist they will. Hence the allowance, by God, for repentance and through grace, forgiveness. Paul's example is kind of sketchy. Lets look a little before pauls conversion when Jesus was still ministering.


I bolded the part I wanted to draw your attention to. Now I ask you "how could this man sin?" Had he not lain by that pool every day, paralyzed for thirty odd years?? What could he have possibly done that was sin? He thought some very bad things folks. Every time someone else went into the pool and was healed he coveted. Whenever someone walked by he hated. This man could not move his physical body, yet Jesus accused him of being full of sin then told him to stop it!!!!

As a side note this is the only person who was healed by Jesus who did not ask for it, nor was he healed by faith in Jesus. It was pure God-power that healed this man. Notice that Jesus did not say "your faith has made you well" He simply said "rise take up your bed and walk" ...... Something to think about! That was a divine appointment!

God bless
Steve



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I believe that even as christians we sin everyday. I think someone would have to be lieing or blinded to say that they don't sin everyday.

The only differences w/us being christians are that we are striving to be holy and we are forgiven.

God bless,
Kris

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I picked those particular scriptures to discuss this issue because I feel it utterly necessary to know how to RIGHTLY DIVIDE the Word of truth. Take a good look at Romans 7 and 8, the John 3:17-21. It is important to know the word and what it says... though the flower withers and the grass fades, the Word of God will stand forever. What happens when you are witnessing and someone asks one of those tough questions (i.e. Why can a God that is supposedly love allow people to die and go to hell? please don't answer, it is just an example)? I say this... know what the Bible says, not what you think.

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