Ah, but don't you know that a public declaration of accepting Jesus into your life results in a completely free pass for the rest of your life. You don't have to abide by the Commandments, you don't have to do anything other than what your whim directs.
The Bible says so, doncha know?
Yes, if you're a born again, declared protty, then you're clear to do whatever you wish..."date" male hookers, cheat on your spouse, defraud donors of money intended for religious purposes...not that any protestant "ministers" did that or anything...
Although that's an accurate statement about the free pass, it appears as tho you just don't get it...
When a person comes to Jesus with nothing but his/her sin, and you ask Jesus to save you because you are to vile to do anything at all to save yourself, He not only says yes, but he sends along the Comforter to dwell within you...
You get that Spiritual operation
Col 2:12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
which results in the Spiritual circumcision
Col 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
which actually separtates your soul from your flesh...
Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
I'm guessing you don't understand that...
I asked earlier if there were any Catholics on the thread that were filled with the Holy Spirit, 24/7...No one replied so I guess you guys are not...
When you have God 'in you', you have constant conviction...You want to do right...And you try to do right...And you fall...And you get back up and try again...Most folks that get filled with the Spirit quit drinking, quit smoking, quit gambling...Not because they have to but because they want to...
You don't have to abide by the Commandments, you don't have to do anything other than what your whim directs.
Col 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Do you understand this verse???
The Bible says so, doncha know?
It certainly does...