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To: PapaNew

Care should be taken not to mistakenly identify any spirit which convicts us of our sin as not being righteous.

God the Holy Spirit interrupts us when we sin, but also deceiving spirits will accuse us of our sins.

When in fellowship after we return to fellowship by 1st John 1:9, we may continue to grow in Him and we likely will not be preoccupied with our past failings, but as we grow, we also will be better able to identify in ourselves how we have scarred our souls from worldly and carnal thinking which is not by His Plan.


28 posted on 01/05/2013 7:55:18 PM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Cvengr
Actually, God the Holy Spirit shows us Jesus who died for us when we sin. That's my experience and that's God's Word (Romans 5:8). I have been a born-again Christian for over 40 years. I have sinned many times. My experience is God just keeps loving me and is closer to me than ever as a Friend and helps me. He has NEVER "convicted" me of sin and has never condemned me. I've condemned myself. Man has condemned me. And the Devil does nothing but condemn. But God has never "reminded" me of my sin or anything close to that. With God, it is as though I have never sinned. That's what the New Covenant declares (Heb 8:12)

And that's what "justification" is. "Just-as-if" I never sinned. That's how effective His one-time sacrifice and His blood is.

30 posted on 01/05/2013 8:08:25 PM PST by PapaNew
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