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To: JustSayNoToNannies

I guess you missed the post here that show in the bible all of the places where we do gain power to not sin after salvation. The true meaning of your quote is all HAVE sinned...obviously. You are twisting the meaning to fit your own weakness.

73 posted on 07/13/2012 10:04:40 PM PDT by fabian (" And a new day will dawn for those who stand long, and the forests will echo with laughter")

As you can see by the below scriptures, it is referring to the past and also to the present.

John 1
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If we say that we have no sin,( Present )we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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If we say that we have not sinned, ( past )we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

The power that we gain may not happen all of a sudden, it may take a life time and if it makes us perfect or not is only in our own eyes.

Perfect to some people is nothing more than not using tobacco.

To others you may be perfect if you did not believe in homosexual marriage.

To some it is almost impossible to be perfect but some how they are. of course the small letters says by the grace of God.

83 posted on 07/14/2012 1:11:30 PM PDT by ravenwolf

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. - 1 John 1:8

The true meaning of your quote is all HAVE sinned...obviously. You are twisting the meaning

No, I'm taking the words according to their plain meaning.

to fit your own weakness.

Accusing me of weakness after two posts is a sin. Repent.

84 posted on 07/14/2012 1:23:38 PM PDT by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)

Was Paul not yet saved when he wrote, "For the good which I will, I do not; but the evil which I will not, that I do. [...] I see another law in my members, fighting against the law of my mind, and captivating me in the law of sin, that is in my members. [...] I myself, with the mind serve the law of God; but with the flesh, the law of sin."? - Romans 7:19, 23, 25

85 posted on 07/14/2012 1:25:56 PM PDT by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)

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