Worthy - are we sinners redeemed by Christ but always worthless

[jerry63935]

We are never licensed to practice sin, are we?

no and paul covered that what shall we sin because we are under grace ? certainly not . imo the key is the prompting of the spirit .. i have strong holds that comes against me.. that i have to fight off.. i think we can best caption this : Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." the old story of 2 dogs which one wins the fight ? the one we feed the most sin is there at our beckin call . sometimes we like to entertain it. paul wrote in

colossians 3
to mortify the flesh
3 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:

7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.

8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:...

then peter wrote
2 Peter 1:2-4
2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

the good news is this 1 john 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:


i can say thank God for the advocate other wwis at times i would be in serious trouble.. to answer wip question i can not. but do know the willfulness of sin and if a born again child of God. we will know the conviction if we deny it and say were not we are Bastards/ illegitimate kids w/o a father

 

[jerry63935]

In our society often times we think we are guilty only if we get caught and convicted. But I believe that when it comes to our sin, we are guilty of committing it even if we don't get caught and convicted

exactly