Repentance

This is called dodging the question. It is not answering my post. I think you know that very well.
You also know that you are not sinless. If you deny that then you have just sinned. :smilewinkgrin:

 

I wonder if you are making this up as you go along. If I am wrong, then it is upon you to give proof or citation to back your statement up.

 

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (1 John 1:8)
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. (1 John 1:10)

The person who says they do not sin:
1. Deceives himself.
2. The truth is not in him.
3. Makes Christ a liar.
4. The Word is not in him.

 

You speak for yourself.
I have only asked you to respond to one post.
In not doing so, you condemn yourself. It is apparent to all that read this thread that you are acutely aware of this fact, and thus your reluctance to respond to that one post. Correct?

 

You just posted this 10 minutes ago. I don't have Alzeimer's.
Why can't you simply respond to one post?
Do you have a problem?

 

FAL,

I would be interested in what you think (and others) of this. How do we know when we "practice" sin? Does it have to do with the heaviness of our hearts when we know we sin? etc.

 

The Bible is a timeless book. It is just as applicable to us today as it was in the time of John. 1John 1:9, the admonition to confess our sins, is just applicable today as it was in the first century. That is a timeless principle. Thus it makes no difference whether or not there were gnostics around in the first century. That is a moot point; totally irrelevant. There are no gnostics around today, and this book is still relevant for us today. We cannot discount it just because there were gnostics in the first century. If you took and applied that kind of hermeneutic to your understanding of the Bible, then there would not be one book of the Bible that we would be able to use today.

 

I am asking you to respond to one post. In that post there are no accusations, only questions. So I don't know what your problem is.

 

Thanks for your response, but please understand I am not in the habit of giving out my email address. I ask you to post your said teaching publicly because this is a pubic forum.

 

I would think you could break it up onto multiple posts. I've seen it done before.

 

I like what you say here Freeatlast. I would agree that no true Christian practices sin on a regular basis. But all Christians commit sin on occasion.

I've told the story before, but it applies here, I once worked with a fellow who belonged to a Holiness church. He believed a person could absolutely stop sinning, in fact, he said there was an elderly man in his church who had not sinned in years.

I bet this fellow he could not go 24 hours without sinning. He said, "Oh, that is easy! I can easily go 24 hours without sinning!"

I said, "The scriptures say boasting is a sin, you just boasted, so you just sinned!"

He became so angry his face turned red and I truly wondered if he was going to take a swing at me. He did not talk to me much after that.

 

And is this true of you? of every believer? all the time? Or do they backslide from time to time? Live a carnal life from time to time? Get into a rut and think nothing of "certain" sins that may be an affront to you, but you have gotten so used to them that they are not an affront to you any longer. After all we do live in a wicked society where we are surrounded by sin every day.

 

Rather than sending me a link to John Macarthur's website, perhaps you can explain the more pertinent points of your belief. Brevity is to be preferred to tedium (I speak of the several hundred pages).