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You do not yet 'get it' and never will as the natural man cannot fathom the spiritual truth for it is spiritually discerned and the natural man is not of the spirit but of the mind, the flesh: You asserted: "SO WHAT IF YOU CONTINUE TO SIN and are UNREPENTANT? Metmom, that is the question. The bible is very clear. WE WILL ALL BE JUDGED by the law of liberty and that is God’s 10 commandment law."

The flesh (the body and behavior mechanism) is always under condemnation, BUT for the born again spirit there is therefore now no condemnation because the born again spirit is IN CHRIST with God's Life abiding therein. Until you are able to differentiate the soul and spirit as separate aspects of a man/woman you will continue to see the scriptures from your fleshly nature. You cannot even see your own duplicitous reasoning even when it is highlighted for you. Your actions cannot redeem your flesh. It is under a death sentence. GOD redeems the spirit, however, for those who by faith receive HIS redemption and then HIS life intheir spirit.

I think our friends don't understand that a born again believer in Jesus Christ will have a NEW spirit nature that desires to live a holy life. Some new Christians are further along in their maturity and sanctification in Christ than others but it is an individual process as our Heavenly Father conforms us to the image of Christ. They sound like they imagine a believer must not only profess faith in Jesus Christ they must also prove to God that they mean it by being "good" and never sinning for the rest of their lives - as if God needs to see our outward acts to know what we feel within our hearts. Must we also count on our good works and commandment following to save us? Isn't it enough that we have faith in Christ and live in holiness as it is God who works in us, both to will and to work for his good pleasure? I tell you what...I'm going to trust what GOD tells me, not modern day Judaizers!