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Originally Posted by BeenThinkin
??? Do you believe in the "Traditional Response"? Let me expose myself...NO, let me expose my hand. I don't believe this. I believe we have an Advocate with the Father. What is He doing? How does He help us?
If we are held accountable for "every sin," even those that we may not know we have committed, then to make it to Heaven we have to be perfect! He is our perfection!
Been Thinkin (And sometimes that's dangerous!)
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Everyone believes we have an advocate with the Father...
As far as whether I believe in the traditional response, I'm not sure. I wouldn't commit either way.
I do believe in general that one failure does not make one a failure. I believe that one sin does not make one a sinner. I believe that one lie does not make one a liar...
When I read in revelations about who are outside new Jerusalem I don't recall it saying those who lied once or did this or that once, it says liars and adulterers and... It characterizes these people by their lifestyles and not by a single action.