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Originally Posted by GrowingPains
Missing the mark. Knowing to do good, but not doing it. Failing in obedience to Christ. Sin is both solitude action and a collective lifestyle. Sins are arrogance, slothfulness, deceit, covetousness, envy, jealousy, gossip, and on and on. The more I write the list, the more I agree with Paul that "all have sinned, and all fall short of God's glory." This doesn't mean I preach a Gospel FOR sin, on the contrary, the Gospel saves us as well as empowers us to avoid sin.
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Paul was writing about the lost. When writing to the saints he exhorts along this line:
1: Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 2 Cor. 7:1
So how much filthiness of the flesh and spirit should remain? None! Its a daily walk. Abide in Yeshua. Take up the cross and crucify flesh.
This is the normal Christian life. For Christians to sin should be the exception not the rule.