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To: proxy_user

“But if you are in a state of grace, then your huamn will becomes merged with divine Logos, and you see the desires of the body as they really are, weaknesses for which you have no need.”

You wouldn’t happen to know where I could find that in the Bible do ya?


66 posted on 10/28/2007 5:46:59 PM PDT by Grunthor (Christmas is a time when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ.)
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To: Grunthor

Your assumption that the human will and the divine Logos merges is fundamentally and fatally flawed. Scripture does not teach that this is what occurs.

At baptism you receive the Holy Spirit. It does not ‘merge’ into your natural sin nature already present. Instead you have two natures in you, the fleshly nature you have as a sinful human being, and the Holy Spirit living within you. They don’t merge. In fact if you read Paul’s dialogue about his own internal struggles, where he painfully recounts how he, a true Apostle of Jesus Christ Himself, after having miraculous powers and abilities to heal nad do other miracles, having personally brought the saving Gospel to the gentiles, still does things he does not wish to do. Paul pleaded with Christ to take away his desires (the thorn in his flesh) and Christ would not, saying “My grace is sufficient for you.”

they don’t blend. You are fighting yourself every day from sinning. Having to hold your tongue in check is one example. Not wanting to ram your car into someone who almost caused you to have an accident is another. You are fighting against your own sin nature every day, from the moment you get up to the moment you go to sleep. Now, does everyone have the same issues, or the same degree of problems with their own natures? Does everyone have the same number of personal flaws and foibles and the same ‘hot buttons’ that bug them? Certainly not. And are some Christians more mature in their walk with God and have much better control over themselves than others. Certainly.


99 posted on 10/28/2007 6:21:15 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man
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