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To: JesseShurun
Absolutely not for I talk to my Father constantly plus today is the Sabbath and we have spent time together.

Praise God. Excellent. I know many protestants who have been convinced that sin no longer matters because they cannot lose their salvation.

So after their first repentance and first conversion they have hardly ever examined their conscience and confessed to God any subsequent sins. How do they suppose these sins will be forgiven?

In the First Letter of St. John (5:17), we read, "...All wrongdoing is sin, but not all sin is deadly." The notion of a "deadly" or mortal sin is found in other parts of sacred Scripture as well. For instance, St. Paul in Galatians (5:19-21) asserted, "It is obvious what proceeds from the flesh: lewd conduct, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, bickering, jealousy, outbursts of rage, selfish rivalries, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, orgies and the like. I warn you, as I have warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!" (Cf. Rom 1:28-32; 1 Cor 6:9-10; Eph 4:3-8) Therefore, sacred Scripture explicitly identifies certain sins which kill the grace of God in our soul and deprive a person of eternal salvation.

120 posted on 07/28/2002 9:24:53 PM PDT by Polycarp
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To: Polycarp
So after their first repentance and first conversion they have hardly ever examined their conscience and confessed to God any subsequent sins. How do they suppose these sins will be forgiven?

What in the world are you talking about? We walk with the Lord daily and we talk to the Lord daily. We are only too aware of our sins. We ask forgiveness daily and we ask for the help of the HS to help us not to sin. We never take communion until we go to the Cross. You have us confused with the Illuminatti or the Rockefellas or somebody.

121 posted on 07/28/2002 9:31:43 PM PDT by JesseShurun
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