Can you continue to knowingly sin and remain a Christian?

[gordon777]

Dear gordon777 ,
I have been here for over 6000 posts, but was recently hacked, and had to start over.
The site couldn't recognize my old user name so I had to reregister with this new user name.
There is nothing nefarious going on here.

I thank God for the grace to be able to forgive those that made my life miserable for about a week.
They didn't get anything out of my bank account, but it was sure close.
Thanks be to God !

The life of Jesus was made miserable all the time He preached the Gospel, there are lots of places in the Gospels of the trouble He had, constantly for our sakes, on top of having nowhere to lay His head, on top of betrayal, on top of the people of Israel rejecting and murdering Him, it was a lot to bear.

The testimony of anyone else, just saves nobody.

 

[gordon777]

No, as I won't find that out until the day of judgement.
I will, however, declare I have converted.
From darkness to light.
From serving satan to serving God.

Yes, indeed we will.

Saying one is saved, and saying they are converted, is the same declaration.


We are saved from darkness, from satan, to be converted, to light, Godliness, what else are we saved from ?

 

[grace2]

If you post for twenty years, what have you learned in that tine so far, about understanding God ?

I have learned that not too many are presenting God's kingdom truthfully.

First I ask you some questions since you seem to portray yourself as leaned believer.

Do you know that a triune god is a false God?

Do you know that Jesus' God is His Father?

Do you know that "God is one" is the core teaching of the Bible?

Remember that the Bible is not saying "God is triune".

blessings.

 

[Free]

I have learned that not too many are presenting God's kingdom truthfully.

First I ask you some questions since you seem to portray yourself as leaned believer.

Do you know that a triune god is a false God?

Do you know that Jesus' God is His Father?

Do you know that "God is one" is the core teaching of the Bible?

Remember that the Bible is not saying "God is triune".

blessings.

That "God is one" is only a statement of monotheism. Proof has been given of this yet you refuse to believe what the Bible actually says. God is triune and salvation is dependent on Jesus being God. But, if you want to discuss this further, there are other appropriate threads for that. Please keep discussions about the Trinity in the appropriate threads about the Trinity.

 

[Hopeful 2]

Is it a bad world, where men are not servants of the Lord, but their own belly,

Yes.

to take advice from anyone who thinks they should give some now ?

Those with the Spirit of God within them can get advice wherever they want.
The Spirit will sort the good from the bad advice.
Thanks be to God !

 

[Hopeful 2]

Being a liar is stealing from God, that is the definition of not having good works.

It is certainly one definition.

The adulterer works good for themselves, that is why love waxes cold, iniquity abounds, and men are lovers of their own selves.

OK.

Good works need to be done constantly, so too, do wicked ones, according to that belief.

The heart that does evil cannot do any good.
The heart that does righteousness cannot do any unrighteousness.

Titus 3:8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

Yep.

 

[Hopeful 2]

There is no yes or no question,

I can't agree.

you control nobody and nothing.

I control myself.

I answered already, that we cannot answer the truth, until we know the truth.

Sensible.

The truth is in God. ( the Word.)

Thank God we can be in Him.

 

[Hopeful 2]

One can answer yes or no, if one wants to.

That comment differs from your former post.

You have declared a person no good to you, if they do not answer how you want them to answer.

I don't recall anything about my wanting them to answer how I want them to.

Yes, we really need the truth from Gods word, to answer the truth. ( the words are Spirit and life of Jesus Christ./the Spirit of truth)

Would that be the "truth" Jesus said could free us from service to sin in John 8:32-34?

 

[gordon777]

That comment differs from your former post.

I don't recall anything about my wanting them to answer how I want them to.

Would that be the "truth" Jesus said could free us from service to sin in John 8:32-34?

Sin is not having faith in righteousness. ( the righteousness of the Kingdom is the Gospel we believe in or reject.


John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

 

[Hopeful 2]

Sin is not having faith in righteousness. ( the righteousness of the Kingdom is the Gospel we believe in or reject.


John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

All unrighteousness is sin. (1 John 5:17)

 

[gordon777]

All unrighteousness is sin. (1 John 5:17)

The sin not leading to death is ignorance, hence forgiveness, hence repentance, hence righteous belief. ( faith.)


You seem to not speak about faith very often, moreso on sin and transgression, in 1 John.

Here is good reading for all, for righteous faith...



Romans 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

Romans 4:13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.


Romans 9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

Romans 10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above
7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Galatians 5:5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

Philippians 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

1 Timothy 6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

2 Timothy 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

Hebrews 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:

 

[Hopeful 2]

Sin is not having faith in righteousness. ( the righteousness of the Kingdom is the Gospel we believe in or reject.


John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

That really had nothing to do with my post.

 

[Hopeful 2]

The sin not leading to death is ignorance, hence forgiveness, hence repentance, hence righteous belief. ( faith.)
You seem to not speak about faith very often, moreso on sin and transgression, in 1 John.

The sin not leading to "death" is any sin that is permanently "turned from".
There are no sins of ignorance. (James 1:14-15)

 

[07/07/07]

 

[Hopeful 2]

Your post contained porn on the bottom.
Please either delete it or trim off the bottom .

 

[07/07/07]

Your post contained porn on the bottom.
Please either delete it or trim off the bottom .

Oh, wow. It doesn't show that to me when I click it.

 

[Hopeful 2]

Oh, wow. It doesn't show that to me when I click it.

It looked like it was an ad for porno t-shirts, tacked onto the bottom.

 

[07/07/07]

It looked like it was an ad for porno t-shirts, tacked onto the bottom.

Okay, today I clicked on it and there were no ads at all.

 

[Hopeful 2]

Okay, today I clicked on it and there were no ads at all.

As they say in Australia..."BRILLIANT" !

 

[DJT_47]

Sinning, knowingly or otherwise doesn't mean you're not a Christian or that you lose your Christianity.