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To: SoothingDave; Proud_texan

*** One can not be sinful and at the same time be "full of grace."***



You know, Mary isn't the only one called "full of grace" (Charitoo) in the NT...

"Eph 1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted (made us "full of grace" - Charitoo) in the beloved."

That doesn't make mean that Christians are sinless too does it?

According to Paul, Christian's are made "full of grace" just like Mary


521 posted on 04/08/2005 8:31:28 AM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
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To: PetroniusMaximus
You know, Mary isn't the only one called "full of grace" (Charitoo) in the NT...

Yes.

That doesn't make mean that Christians are sinless too does it?

Of course. What do you think baptism is for? It removes Original sin and places us in the same sinless state that Mary was conceived in, and that Adam and Eve were born in.

Unfortunately, it doesn't necessarily keep us from commiting further actual sin in our lives.

According to Paul, Christian's are made "full of grace" just like Mary

Yes, they are. At baptism. But most of us are either spiritually weaker or not as amply blessed as Mary and we soon return to sin. Thankfully, we have sacramental ways of returning to this sinless state.

SD

523 posted on 04/08/2005 8:37:34 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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