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And as I pointed out before, Paul wasn't saying that if they couldn't comprehend what he said, then they should examine themselves. The original question you were asked is whether you sin or not. And instead of being forthcoming, you dodged it, posted some scripture that was totally unrelated to the question at hand, and then admonished another for not comprehending what turns out was an error on your part. And that is not at all what Paul did to the church at Corinth.

To: narses

There ya go - you and the other “once saved, always saved” crowd are free to sin at will.

I sin willfully sin most every day...I usually eat more food than my body needs...

Rom 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Rom 6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
Rom 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Rom 6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.

Obviously this and other similar scripture means nothing to you...How can you discuss anything biblical if you don't know or don't believe the scriptures???

236 posted on Sunday, October 20, 2013 8:17:12 PM by Iscool

This is the post you are referring to...You erred in a number of places...

I clearly responded to the accusation that I sin willfully most every day...

AND, it is not an obscure scripture that I posted that has nothing to do with the topic...The only problem here is your obvious lack of scripture knowledge...

For he that is dead is freed from sin.

Christians surely are dead to Christ but ALIVE in the spirit...And as being dead as the verses explain, we are freed from sin...

I am sorry that you don't get it...

This is the post you are referring to...You erred in a number of places... I clearly responded to the accusation that I sin willfully most every day...

Sorry, I missed that post.

Christians surely are dead to Christ but ALIVE in the spirit...And as being dead as the verses explain, we are freed from sin...

There is a very very big 'if' that goes along with that. Being dead is not a permanent never-changing state when it comes to matters of the spirit. As Paul points out in the next chapter, there is a war that wages inside of him. When he is successful at putting to death self, then he is able to avoid sin. But when self rules, sin comes with it.

When we ask Christ to come into our lives, it does not spell the end of sin in our lives. Instead, it marks the beginning of a process where we can begin to root out the source of sin in our lives. And 100% of the time, the root to sin is fear.