To: stfassisi
God did not create or ordain a slave to sin! The scriptures states we are slaves to sin or slaves to righteousness.
Rom 6:20-22 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death. But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life.
I honestly don't know how much clear scripture can be.
To: HarleyD
Dear Brother, Romans 6:20-22 Does NOT tell you that God is the creator of sin and responsible for being a slave to sin.
Who owns the responsibility?
Pick 2
1. God
2.the devil
3.ourselves
15,665 posted on
06/11/2007 6:48:39 AM PDT by
stfassisi
("Above all gifts that Christ gives his beloved is that of overcoming self"St Francis Assisi)
To: HarleyD; stfassisi
The scriptures states we are slaves to sin or slaves to righteousness.Rom 6:20-22It's not slavery as we understand it today. The word +Paul uses is douloi which in those days meant someone who submitted himself to be someone's servant. The important thing is that the willing part comes from us.
15,666 posted on
06/11/2007 8:26:12 AM PDT by
kosta50
(Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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