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Originally Posted by Shawn
Good Post Timmy.
As far as I'm concerned, only one person who walked this earth could make the claim to be sinless.... Jesus. Not even believers receiving the HG. We received the HG, but we never stopped being human. I'm not trying to justify sin at all.......I'm just trying to put things into perspective and be real, if we could be sinless I guess you'd say you don't need an advocate after all......
Someone else on another thread alluded to be sinless ever since receiving the HG.....I asked them 3 times in the thread if they'd directly admit to being perfectly sinless since recieving the HG as they'd alluded to, and they wouldn't respond. I'm not a hippocrate and I wish everyone the best in their walk........
but only one was truly capable of a sinless life imho.
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One of the issues I have with the notion of man being able to be sinless is exactly that, we wouldn't need Jesus. The notion really puts the focus on man and man's ability... not Christ's redemptive work upon the cross. Show me a man who thinks he's sinless or can be and I'll show you a man who's performance is the center of his faith. Show me a man who admits to never being able to be sinless and I'll show you a man who's focused upon the cross and Christ's redemptive performance.
I've often looked at it like this... we're sinless... in Christ. Christ's righteousness is imputed to us. Not that we can be sinless just as he was once we receive the Holy Ghost, but judicially God has dropped all charges and declared us sinless according to the Law... Jesus paid it all for every sin committed, currently being struggled with, and every sin that we will commit. Jesus paid it all. It is "finished". Done.
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