We cannot live in the kingdom of God and in the kingdom of the world at the same time. In the same sense, we can now speak of the same thing, although the term “sins.
A better Testament and better promises. “But now hath He obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also He is the mediator of a better
Suppose there was no one at that time who did not occasionally 'miss the mark'; Does that prove that in this Holy Spirit dispensation of gospel light and truth, with an open Bible, illuminated by the Holy Spirit, and a present Savior who came to 'save His people from their sins', we must 'commit sin every day '? day in word, thought and deed.” The power of the Holy Spirit has come bringing in more light and glory.
A better hope
Inasmuch as Christianity is preferable to Judaism; inasmuch as Christ is preferred to Moses; inasmuch as spiritual blessings are preferred to earthly blessings; and as the pleasure of God throughout eternity is preferable to the communication of earthly good in time, so now the new covenant supersedes the old.”
A better salvation
If anyone sins, because there is no one who is blameless, who can not sin.'. There is no other text in the divine documents that is more to the point than this.
PAUL NOT PERFECT
There is no mistake that Paul believes in this verse that we may be perfect in some sense, but not absolutely. Surely there is a sense in which we can be perfect, or such an admonition would not appear so often in the Word.
JOB DISCLAIMING PERFECTION
That is, we would inform him that there is prima facie evidence that he is not perfect, otherwise he would not be in the state that he is. For the righteous shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall abide in it.” Proverbs 2:21
PAUL THE CHIEF OF SINNERS
- Paul was an apostle. He wrote upon one occasion that he supposed he
- Paul told the Thessalonian church,
- In another place Paul made a profession of Christian perfection
- He wrote to the Romans and said
- He won hundreds to Christ and led many into the baptism with the Holy Ghost. How could one continually succeed in raising men to a higher
- God trusted Paul to write a portion of the inspired Word; committed unto him a “dispensation of the Gospel;” through him wrought miracles of
- The very next year after Paul wrote this text about the chief of sinners, he wrote
- We read in the Word that “Sin is the transgression of the law.” Also,
- Long years before Paul wrote the text in question he repented of his sins. Christ met him on the road to Damascus, struck him down under a
- Notice carefully the apostle John on sin
How can one be in the fullness of the blessing of Christ, and at the same time be the chief of sinners. This would certainly call him out as a liar, if he were then the chief of sinners.
I AM PURE FROM MY SIN
Although the decision is good and ought to be made, yet there is a multitude of sins which he has committed in the past which must be settled and forgiven; and turning over a new leaf does not erase the dark record. I buy some more groceries, pay for them and promise him it will continue like this in the future.
THE SEVENTH CHAPTER OF ROMANS
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.” The law of sin and death, the law of God, the law of the mind, and the law of the Spirit. The law of the Spirit of life in the bath of Christ Jesus set me free from the law of sin and death.
I believe it is agreed, by all, that the apostle is here demonstrating the insufficiency of the law contrary to the Gospel.
PAUL’S THORN IN THE FLESH
- He states that the thorn came in connection with those revelations
- It was given him lest he “should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations.” In other words, it was given him to keep
- He prayed three times that it might be removed, but the Lord saw it to be best that it should remain. Now
- The best thing God could do then, consistent with His will, was to let the thorn remain, and to say, “My grace is sufficient for thee.” Is this the
- Paul, in the ninth verse, defines the thorn in the flesh, and names it
- He said he would glory in the infirmities, meaning the thorn in the flesh
To what flesh did the apostle refer in the expression, "thorn in the flesh". It would be the same as saying he had carnality in carnality if the thorn in the flesh was like that. If the thorn in the flesh was inbred sin, then inbred sin was given to him to keep him humble.
We believe that we have given sufficient proof that the thorn in the flesh was not carnality.
THE STATEMENTS OF JOB’S COMFORTERS
In the next line are these words: “But he lied to him.” He made a false statement, but the Bible gives a true account of this lie. The argument in the second text is that He had no confidence in His saints, and that the heavens are not fair in His sight, and places this between two insults to Job's piety. We have the statement in the third text that the moon does not shine and the stars are not pure in His sight.
To perfect holiness in the fear of God” will be our experience if we stand and endure.
THERE IS NONE GOOD BUT ONE
There is none good but one, that is God.” We have already written a chapter on, “There is none righteous, no, not one,” and have shown that in the natural or unregenerate state there is no righteous; and by the same method of proof we would see that there is nothing good in its unrenovated state. There is no way for anyone to become good unless he obtains it from God. So if Christ meant that no one is good in an absolute sense except God, there is no apparent contradiction or mystery.
So, in any sense, when we say there is no good in its natural state, or no absolute good even in grace, the statement is harmonious with the rest of the Scriptures.
OUR VILE BODY
When Jesus comes, the change will only be in the body, and not in the soul. Neither death nor Christ's coming will make any change in the spiritual nature of man. Inbred sin is in the heart, in the inner being, and not in the physical.
We have the solution of the whole matter in the Revelation Version, which reads, "the body of our humiliation." In this world we find evil on every side.
I DIE DAILY
It resulted in the death of the 'old man'. But God wants us to grow in grace. We are dying out of this, and more and more people are coming under the direct control of the Spirit. They also do not teach that after one is sanctified there is further extinction of carnality.
He does not know at what moment a howling mob may rush upon him and stone him to death.
BE YE ANGRY AND SIN NOT
BEFORE PENTECOST 1. Unbelief and hardness of heart
- A spirit of revenge. “And they did not receive Him, because His face was as though He would go to Jerusalem
- Bigotry
- Doubt
- Human dependence
- Fear
- They belonged to Christ
- They kept God’s word
- They believed on the Lord Jesus Christ
- None of them were lost except Judas
- They were not of the world; had come out from it and suffered persecution for it
- They had left all and had become followers of Jesus
- They had marvelous power to cast out devils and heal the sick. “And when He had called unto Him His twelve disciples, He gave them power
As long as carnality is in the heart, it will tend to depend on the human instead of the divine. They were not of the world; he came out of it and suffered persecution for it. The world hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. John 17:14
The fire of the Holy Spirit has burned away the ingrown sin and purified their hearts.
I KEEP UNDER MY BODY
It would appear that it bothered him; that he was master of the matter. It can withstand a lot of mistreatment if it is only allowed to stay in the house. The Holy Spirit is greatly emphasized and the life of Christ is beautifully depicted, but carnality is not.
The full and complete surrender of the soul places one where this can be done, and the Holy Spirit will have no rival in the heart.
BE NOT RIGHTEOUS OVERMUCH
Now, as some would argue, here is a warning against too much righteousness; but where are the examples of recklessness, either in the record of the Word or in modern times. One of the largest religious newspapers in the United States has a page dedicated to questions and answers. Don't be too mean; don't be foolish either (just the opposite of his previous statement); why should you die before your time?” I suppose Solomon thought, in his unregenerate state of vanity, that he was keeping "in the middle of the road." He did not think it best to get too much religion or to be too evil.
Let the reader not forget that this statement was the thought of Solomon in the days of his vanity, when he knew no better.
A JUST MAN FALLETH SEVEN TIMES
What right has anyone to say seven times a day, when there is nothing of the kind mentioned. So, we know that the fall of the righteous here does not mean in evil. So, when the statement is made that "the righteous man falls seven times", we may know for sure that this means a fall into tribulation, or some calamity, or distress, at the hands of the wicked.
So when the wicked lie in wait against the habitation of the righteous to destroy his resting place, we see it by falling into this.
I HAVE SEEN AN END OF ALL PERFECTION
No text in the Old Testament is more often quoted against Christian perfection, usually with an air of triumph, as if that doctrine had been pulverized by the overwhelming force of this verse. Thus, Martin Luther translates it: "I have seen an end of all things, but your law endures." Therefore, the word perfection, not being in their version, the Germans have no difficulty with the text. All flesh is like grass; the grass withers and its flower falls; but the word of God stands forever.”
That the idea of this text in the alphabetic psalm is the disappearance of the earthly and the eternity of the spiritual, especially of the divine revelation, is proved by the Septuagint version: “1 have seen the end of every.
SUMMARY
We know that Paul here did not mean that he lacked Christian perfection, for he mentions the fact in verse fifteen that he has the experience. Even if Job did not think himself perfect, as some would claim, God settled this question beforehand by saying in the first verse of the book that he was perfect. In the preceding verse we learn that the declaration was made in the days of Solomon's vanity.
There is no thought of sin in the text. The word "sin" is not mentioned, as so many seem to think it is.
CONCLUSION
It teaches that carnality is in the physical instead of the spiritual being
According to the statement, the great salvation will come when the spiritual is separated from the physical at death. If, therefore, we are to get rid of carnality only at death, we are closing in on the error that carnality is found in the physical and not the spiritual being. This doctrine must have been obtained from somewhere outside the Word of God, for there is no teaching in the Bible to support such an idea.
It teaches an imputed holiness only; Christ’s robe of righteousness covering up our sans, and God accepting His perfection and paying no
Would they say, “Oh, he's a Christian indeed; that's just the old man; the new man could not and would not do such things.” But I think I hear some of them saying, “No, if we saw him do things like that, we'd know he never had the new guy.” It is true that he has sanctified the old man, but that has no effect; it is controlled and bears no sinful fruit. They say, “The old man is not dead, but we must consider him dead.” What we want, however, is his death.
But if we meet the conditions of complete salvation as laid down in the Word, so that God can come in and execute the old man, and then in faith consider ourselves "truly dead to sin," we shall find than our dead.
It brings up the seventh chapter of Romans to prove the impossibility of sin eradication now. We wonder what Paul would think, if he were
When God calls the convert from the borderland Canaan of perfect love, and he refuses to answer the call, he will surely and speedily forfeit his justification, and his spiritual bones will fade along the way. Some of the texts that have been twisted and created in this way to bring such a curse upon their souls are, when properly understood, the very texts calculated to help one come into the light of holiness to go. We will soon be done with this world; let us have the experience and live the life we ill wish, when we face the stern reality of the other world.
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