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It may be that MHG and met have slipped up in language, which is understandable.

But if someone says “it wasn’t me who did it, it was my body/soul who did it” - that’s passing the buck.

We sin and we get forgiven.

You are being way too kind. If “Ravi” raped those women (and I’m not saying he did), either he is a rapist and he sinned, or rape isn’t a sin, or “born againers” aren’t responsible for sins like rape (the Holy Spirit protects them?), or sin is for the suckers who aren’t saved yet. Maybe “Ravi” said what the heck (Elsie), I might as well get me some of that because sin is now meaningless to a born againer....I get a free pass. I’ll make it to heaven but I might get a few less jewels in my crown...lots of women on the one hand vs guaranteed trip to heaven but rewarded with a few less jewels in his crown or less square footage in his mansion or mansion built further from the center of the city in the “earned less reward” section.

Why won’t any of these people give a straight answer?

Because we are not interested in wasting our time on your hypothetical gothcha questions.

If you were to display any genuine, sincere interest in knowing the truth, there’d be plenty of answers.

Why won’t any of these people give a straight answer?

What do you think "people" have been doing all this time??? Just because someone doesn't agree with you or say what you want to hear doesn't mean nobody is giving a straight answer.

When Paul so clearly explained the struggle he had with sin and the internal battle between the old and new natures in Romans chapter 7, after he had been a Christian for 25 years, he was NOT excusing sin, passing the buck, rationalizing or ignoring the process of sanctification in a believer's life. But he consistently affirmed that our good works or obedience don't contribute one iota to our salvation. It is wholly and completely by the grace of God, the GIFT of God, which He gives to us through faith ALONE. You don't "do" something to earn God's gift and you can't do anything to keep it since that's the same thing as earning it. It is hardly getting a "free pass". That cheapens Christ's sacrifice and mocks God's grace. God's way means HE gets ALL the glory, we have nothing to boast of - for anything.