Nick,

” every sin does not lead to death as John told us.”

Jesus told us of one sin that leads to death the confessed and God will the one that confesses of all unrighteousness.

I think the speed of the process varies from individual to individual.

Nick,

Please read the question again. I provided one of two options for you to answer as I see no contradiction between what Paul says and what John says. It whether you do that I doubt so I gave an easy question.

Nick,

It sounds like he is claiming that he is not yet fully mature not like he is stating “all stumble”. He then later tells Timothy he has run the race.

The question then becomes is he teaching a lie because he has not yet obtain the prize or he teaching what he hopes for?

His claim does not disagree with John’s words “If you sin…”

Nick,

Philippians 3:8-14New English Translation (NET Bible)

8 More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things—indeed, I regard them as dung!—that I may gain Christ, 9 and be found in him, not because I have my own rig…

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Nick,

Not every sin is unto death but all stumble.

The message of the gospel does not say all stumble but rather if one stumble they are to confess their sin that God will cleanse them from all unrighteousness.

Nick,

So your doctrine expects that those reborn of the Spirit can walk in that Spirit immediately.

One does not have a prize at the beginning of the race but some are faster than other but this is a race when each racer whom persist in running as if to gain first prize will win the race.

Paul stated he had run the race. (2 Timothy 4:7)

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Nick,

I am not disagreeing. The end goal is to be like Christ in true righteousness and holiness but to reach it we have to ‘run as if for first prize’. (1 Corinthians 9:24)

Nick,

I realize what you want to see but the simple fact is that the English verb tenses in either 1 John 1:8 and 1 John 1:10 do not support understanding. In both cases they are speaking of sins that occurred in the past just like the statement “all have sinned…” In 1 John 2:1 it is present or future sins that are spoken of and the “when” is…[Read more]

Gene.

I do not believe Jesus existed before he came be in his mother’s womb and yet I believe he was given the Spirit by God for the reason I have already revealed.

Gene,

Jesus does have a human spirit and it is not called the Spirit of Christ because the Spirit God gave him gas precedence and is called the Spirit of Christ eve though it is the Spirit of God because God gave it to him and he is the Christ. The rest of us, including God’s angels, don’t rate such an attribute even we are also given the same…[Read more]

Ed,

It sounds like I am right about what you believe.

Nick,

Peter taught us that sine Scriptures are hard and even with that warning people continue to wrest them to their own destruction.

Jesus claimed he would free us from slavery to sin but you imply he was lying. (John 8:34-36)

Paul claims we are free from slavery to sin but you disagree. (Romans 6:16-22)

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Gene,

What is your point?

Gene,

You are addressing t8’s understanding not Ed’s.

I think Ed believes the Spirit of Christ is Jesus and it incarnated in the flesh.

I actually agree with t8 more than with either you or Nick because the only way that Scripture teaches us anyone can be tempted as we are but without sin is to walk according to the Spirit.

Ed,

Hi Kerwin,

OK I’ll bite, why?

The only possibility I can think of it constructive criticism and to make an example how not to act.

Here is an example:

Matthew 12:34Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Ed,

I have decided that since miia and I independently suspect you are a trouble that you are in fact most likely a trouble.

Actually t8 phrased the title like a debate between me and him with me on the hot seat so the question is are you interfering in a private debate.

The question require rephrasing because negatives especially double…[Read more]

miia,

Thank you.

Ed,

Yes you are either a liar or unlearned. In either case you testimony is not credible. You are not behaving as if your were at war with the works of the flesh.

The only thing you and t8 want me to do is remove the context that give meaning to the yes or no answer I gave. That is evidence you intend to be deceptive and manipulate my…[Read more]

Ed,

are you here to stir up trouble?

t8,

allos is pretty much a synonym for another. It may be more like different type. Every translation at biblehub.com translates it as another.