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One cannot be set free from prison and claim they are free while they remain locked in a cell.<br /><br />Israel was led into the wilderness for a time of testing. So is a Christian. The wilderness experience is where we are to grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ and are to be formed more and more into His image.<br /><br />Eternal life is a promise and hope that is only received after we patiently continue in doing good to the very end. We have to be diligent that we don't fall away from the faith and careful we don't swerve into error.<br /><br />While we have the promise of eternal life now if we are abiding in Christ, it is conditional on remaining steadfast in the faith.<br /><br />God is only the author of our salvation as long as we obey Him. The moment we disobey is the moment He stops being the author, that is because we have to "work together with God." God's grace must be yielded to and applied. If it is not then it is received in vain.<br /><br />Noah had to do the work of building the ark. This was his work of faith and it was an example in the natural with a spiritual application. God leads and we follow. That is what being saved by grace through faith means.<br /><br /><br />Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07283437669179572140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364445161929182611.post-91537662091139693702013-01-09T08:02:40.811-08:002013-01-09T08:02:40.811-08:00Pete,
I see you confusing the perfecting of the s...Pete,<br /><br />I see you confusing the perfecting of the saints (growing in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ, being conformed into the image of Christ), with escaping the corruption that is in the world through lust (being set free from the bondage of sin). They are two completely different things.<br /><br />It is the lusts of the flesh which draw people into sin (Jam 1:14-15) just as Eve was drawn into sin (Gen 3:6). Those that are Christ's HAVE crucified those lusts (Gal 5:24) and thus do not yield to them as described in Jam 1:14-15. Temptation is common to man but there is ALWAYS a way to escape and we are not attempted above what we can handle (1Cor 10:13). Those who sin are slaves to sin (Joh 8:34) yet Jesus can set one free indeed from this slavery (Joh 8:36). The enslavement to sin is in the yielding to it and thus we are slaves to whom we obey (Rom 6:16) but those who have come to Christ have obeyed unto righteousness the doctrine that was delivered (Rom 6:16-17) which leads to holiness the end of which is eternal life(Rom 6:16-23).<br /><br />Those who suffer with Christ and have put on the same mind as Christ CEASE from sin because they no longer walk according to the lusts of men (1Pet 4:1-2).<br /><br />Christian's are not practicing Chief of Sinners and neither are they the Romans Wretch. The wretch was carnal and sold under sin, he had not been set free indeed, nor was he walking in the Spirit of life in Jesus Christ. The wretch was under conviction and was thus being led to the crucifixion of the flesh which Paul lays out in Romans 6. Romans 8 depicts the walk of the Christian and it is a walk after the Spirit because the flesh has been put to death once and for all.<br /><br />We must first escape the corruption that is in the world through lust before we can be partakers of the divine nature (2Pet 1:3-4). The method we become partakers is by adding to our faith (2Pet 1:5-12), which in essence is simply yielding to God or receiving the implanted word having laid aside our rebellion (Jam 1:21-22).<br /><br />A Christian IS NOT carnal and sold under sin. If they claim to be then they have never truly repented and their old man was NEVER crucified. A new babe in Christ IS NOT perfect(hence the need for perfecting) and must grow to maturity. Yet this growth to maturity is not "rebelling less" or "yielding to the lusts of the flesh less." No, no, no! That is error.<br /><br />A babe in Christ is like a little child who is willing to yield to their father, yet does not know much. The root of rebellion has already been broken and thus they can now be effectively taught because they will yield to the teaching instead of oppose it. Hence we are led by the Spirit instead of walking after the flesh.<br /><br />Your gospel message is negating this aspect completely because you are denying free will and teaching that you remain carnal and in a double-minded state.<br /><br />A grain of wheat must die in order to bear fruit. The old man cannot be reformed, it has to die once and for all. New wine does not go in old wine skins. Your teaching that it does because you deny this crucifixion of the flesh and the lusts as taking place once and for all.<br /><br />Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07283437669179572140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364445161929182611.post-4684836218968672282013-01-08T14:55:40.251-08:002013-01-08T14:55:40.251-08:00YOU SAY - Grace is the divine influence on our hea...YOU SAY - Grace is the divine influence on our heart, graciously provided by God, by which our spirits are quickened back to life as we come into union with Christ. Again this is the same as the refreshing of Acts 3:19, being born again of John 3:3, being raised up with Christ of Romans 6:4 and Romans 8:11.<br /><br />Eph 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)<br /><br />There is part truth in your statement, as grace is the divine influence of God. But grace is what chastens us. The word translated teaching in Titus 2:14 is the same word translated chasten everywhere else. Grace is judgment, it is what scourges us it is what burns sin out of us. Just like a good parent, when their child disobeys, they are disciplined, they are chastened of their parent and that is how they learn.<br /><br />Isa 26:9 for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. <br /><br />Heb 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. <br /><br />See the word chasteneth, same word as "teaching" which was a bad translation really as it diminishes God's grace. Here is what God's grace does.<br /><br />Isa 48:10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. <br /><br />It is thru many tribulations (much grace) that we shall enter the kingdom of God.<br /><br />Salvation by no means ever implies we shall escape the wrath of God. We shall surely drink. All will reap what they sowed. It is the very few that will drink of the cup of Jesus's baptism (Mat 20) the same cup of wrath He drank that will be JUDGED and SAVED in this life.<br /><br />Rev 15:8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. <br /><br />The many called clean up the outside of their cup then make ministries of judging and condemning others that sin. We are all wretched men and Christ condemned nobody. The many called but not chosen will shut up the kingdom of God and travel over land and sea to win one prostolyte. These will persecute the true children of God with their holier than thou message but their righteousness is a stench in the nostrils of God.<br />Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111549650143901709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364445161929182611.post-83863424115899359712012-01-12T19:58:36.166-08:002012-01-12T19:58:36.166-08:00Excellent post! I LOVE all the scripture reference...Excellent post! I LOVE all the scripture references that you used. One of my favorites is the scripture in 2 Corinthians about the fruit of TRUE repentance. How excellent is our God, who through the workings of His grace and fear in our hearts would bring forth special, specific FRUIT to show that we have indeed repented, and that we indeed follow after HIM. Fruit that would distinguish HIS children from all others of the world. Unmistakable fruit, distinctive and highly prized by God. Wonderful!Kristeneahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01828520784566462872noreply@blogger.com