- (Romans 6:16) Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin [leading] to death, or of obedience [leading] to righteousness?
- (Romans 6:23) For the wages of sin [is] death, but the gift of God [is] eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- (James 1:15) Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
- (James 5:19-20) Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.
What is sin and where does its strength come from?
What is the power over sin?
Sin is in the flesh and the law produces sinful desires.
Grace overcomes sin, ONLY GRACE!
So the only answer to sin is grace.
So to teach others about sin abd have no understanding of its source or strength, or the source and power over sin given freely to us by grace, is just religious nonsense!
Its like given a blind man a eye test, of course the blind man cannot never pass the test.
"Awake to righteousness and sin not" Means the issue of sin cannot be discussed apart from the truth of the gospel.
But felix seems to deny even that God has even given us the ability to see.
It is amazing how one can be ignorant of certain scripture such as "Gods Love being sheds abroad in the heart" and yet have these endless list of scripture "out of context" that always bring up the issue of sin and used in a way to cast doubt upon salvation. This is a trained "false teacher" not some innocent ignorant guy trying to learn about God.
So felix you have said "now" that we are not under the law.
So what is this "sin" in these scriptures you are using?
What law is being transgressed in order for the scripture to call it "sin"