Did you climb back into your mothers womb and become reborn again?That would imply that the reborn are only partially reborn.
I can't agree with that.
I am a new creature.
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Did you climb back into your mothers womb and become reborn again?That would imply that the reborn are only partially reborn.
I can't agree with that.
I am a new creature.
Faith in what? What is the content of faith for those that never heard of Christ that saves them. I keep asking and you can't/won't provide a scriptural answer ... let alone a non-scriptural answer. You have a non-scriptural doctrine. You preach another gospel of salvation: Faith without CONTENT. Those who have not heard of Christ, believe in something (you don't know what) and be saved.Faith. Those before Christ lived by faith. It's all about faith in the one who created everything as God is seen in His creation.
No: after my old self was killed on the cross with Jesus, and buried with Jesus, it was raised with Him to walk in newness of life.Did you climb back into your mothers womb and become reborn again?
So, you are saying you literally died on a cross like Jesus and He raised you from the dead so you can walk in a new life? Please show me that in scripture?No: after my old self was killed on the cross with Jesus, and buried with Jesus, it was raised with Him to walk in newness of life.
Seriously asking me faith in what before Christ!!! Here we are on page 53 and I think I have explained this many times over and over in this thread. If you can't understand Romans 1:20 then I do not know what more I could say.Faith in what? What is the content of faith for those that never heard of Christ that saves them. I keep asking and you can't/won't provide a scriptural answer ... let alone a non-scriptural answer. You have a non-scriptural doctrine. You preach another gospel of salvation: Faith without CONTENT. Those who have not heard of Christ, believe in something (you don't know what) and be saved.
Well, I tried.
Jer. 9:24 But the one who boasts should boast in this, that he understands and knows Me— that I am Yahweh, showing faithful love, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for I delight in these things.
For the person who never heard of Christ ... let him boast in NOTHING for he cannot understand and know God.
The Jews received the promise of a Messiah.Faith in what? What is the content of faith for those that never heard of Christ that saves them. I keep asking and you can't/won't provide a scriptural answer ... let alone a non-scriptural answer. You have a non-scriptural doctrine. You preach another gospel of salvation: Faith without CONTENT. Those who have not heard of Christ, believe in something (you don't know what) and be saved.
Well, I tried.
Jer. 9:24 But the one who boasts should boast in this, that he understands and knows Me— that I am Yahweh, showing faithful love, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for I delight in these things.
For the person who never heard of Christ ... let him boast in NOTHING for he cannot understand and know God.
You wrote...No: after my old self was killed on the cross with Jesus, and buried with Jesus, it was raised with Him to walk in newness of life.
"Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin." (Rom 6:3-6)
"For he that is dead is freed from sin." (Rom 6:7)
I am free from sin.
Yes, and here are the scriptures again..."Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?So, you are saying you literally died on a cross like Jesus and He raised you from the dead so you can walk in a new life? Please show me that in scripture?
Doesn't that mean that what you were taught has allowed sin to tag along in your new life?I'm sorry Hopeful as what you are being taught by others doesn't even come close to lining up with scripture as I say this sincerely being concerned for your very soul. You seem to reject all the scriptures we have been giving you.
Not me, but Christ in me.You wrote...
"For he that is dead is freed from sin." (Rom 6:7) I am free from sin.
Are you truly dead? Are you writing from the grave?
Then why did you write "I am free from sin" when you meant "not me, but Christ in me"?Not me, but Christ in me.
Like Paul in Gal 2:20..."I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
This vessel of the Holy Ghost on earth now was quickened (made alive) by the Spirit of God, as Rom 8:11 says..."But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you."
Agreed ... at least one of us is confused. I will let the matter drop. :winkIf you can't understand Romans 1:20 then I do not know what more I could say.
I asked if you literally died on a cross and was raised from the dead and you said yes!!! Wow, you are the only person I have ever heard of that was literally hung on a cross and died and God raised you from the dead. I thought Jesus was the only one that died on the cross and that God raised Him from the dead.Yes, and here are the scriptures again..."Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin." (Rom 6:3-6)
I'll add Col 2:11-12..."In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead."
And Gal 5:24..."And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts."
And 1 Peter 4:1..."Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;"
Doesn't that mean that what you were taught has allowed sin to tag along in your new life?
If what I believe has allowed me to live without sinning, and what you believe didn't free you from sinning...whose soul is really in danger here?
We are one, as Jesus prayed we would be in John 17:11..."And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are."Then why did you write "I am free from sin" when you meant "not me, but Christ in me"?
I must also be the only one you know of that doesn't commit sin.I asked if you literally died on a cross and was raised from the dead and you said yes!!! Wow, you are the only person I have ever heard of that was literally hung on a cross and died and God raised you from the dead. I thought Jesus was the only one that died on the cross and that God raised Him from the dead.
The old "me" was of Adam's seed, but the new "me" is of God's seed.See how foolish this is in what you believe happened to you. Flesh and blood can not inherit the kingdom of God and that is why we have to be Spiritually born again from above where Christ sits at the right hand of God. Flesh is flesh and spirit/soul is Spiritually made new again and in no way are the same.
Premise 1: A sin would be to misrepresent GodI must also be the only one you know of that doesn't commit sin.
Can you elaborate a bit with that?Premise 1: A sin would be to misrepresent God
Correct, to the praise and glory of God.Premise 2: Hopeful never sins
I don't know about infallible, but I certainly never "give" anything that would accommodate sin.Conclusion 1: Hopeful gives us INFALLIBLE interpretations of God's word and his conclusions must be followed by those who wish to follow God more faithfully.
How can you find humor in such an important topic?(Aside: A 'super' pope so to speak)
If you consider that my words are infallible, why don't you "get on board"?Conclusion 2: All living people who, like Hopeful, no longer sin also have INFALLIBLE interpretations of God's word and must be in 100% agreement with Hopeful and others who no longer sin.
As "my statements" have pretty much always been supported with scripture, it is then the bible that is never wrong or contradictory.Conclusion 3: At the moment Hopeful commenced a sinless life, he has never changed any statement about God for a contradictory statement would mean one statement is wrong which cannot be as a misrepresentation of God would be a sin.
It is a sin IMO to represent God's word incorrectly. For example, God says He is all knowing and if one says God does not know the future as Open Theists propose (they say because it is impossible to know) .... then one is sinning by saying something about God that is incorrect assuming the Open Theists are incorrect.Can you elaborate a bit with that?
Was not meant to be humor. A pope is, in theory, one who interprets the Bible infallibly in certain circumstances. Whereas, you being sinless per premise #2 are better than a pope in that you never would interpret scripture incorrectly ... thus you are, in theory, superior to the pope in interpretive skills and I think the adjective 'super' is a fitting word.How can you find humor in such an important topic?
Well, because I don't believe premise #2 (you are sinless) (1 John 1:8) and thus the conclusions are unfounded IMO. But, logically, if one believes premise 1 and 2 are true then I agree, all should get 'on board' and follow your lead.If you consider that my words are infallible, why don't you "get on board"?
Thanks: that is something I agree with.Re: Premise 1: A sin would be to misrepresent God
It is a sin IMO to represent God's word incorrectly. For example, God says He is all knowing and if one says God does not know the future as Open Theists propose (they say because it is impossible to know) .... then one is sinning by saying something about God that is incorrect assuming the Open Theists are incorrect.
"Certain circumstances"?Was not meant to be humor. A pope is, in theory, one who interprets the Bible infallibly in certain circumstances.
I fail to connect "complete obedience to God" with "the ability to interpret scripture perfectly".Whereas, you being sinless per premise #2 are better than a pope in that you never would interpret scripture incorrectly ... thus you are, in theory, superior to the pope in interpretive skills and I think the adjective 'super' is a fitting word.
Not "my" lead, but Jesus Christ's lead.Well, because I don't believe premise #2 (you are sinless) (1 John 1:8) and thus the conclusions are unfounded IMO. But, logically, if one believes premise 1 and 2 are true then I agree, all should get 'on board' and follow your lead.