Featured Am I rightly dividing the word of truth?

Well as they say, you can believe what you will.

Romans 7: 5 says he wasn't in the sinful nature.

Phil 3 says he was complete.

His comments that he was meat, writing to milk are comments to his maturity.

Eph 4 says we are to be as mature as Christ. If that isn't complete I don't know what is.

Col 2:11 says the sinful nature is removed by Christ at a point.

Once its gone the Spirit of God can indwell, but not before, rom 8:9

Then it is no longer you who live, (sinful nature removed) but he who lives in you, (Spirit of God)

At that point you won't give into temptations of the flesh, which is in line with the above comments.

So the thing that makes you do what you don't want to do and nlt do what you wanna do is gone, and the spirit of God, that you will then obey rom 8:5ish and won't let you give into the temptations of the flesh is within you, you are then in Christ. 1 john 3:6 and if you STILL sin, you can't claim to know Him yet, nor that you have even met him. And at that point with the sinful nature gone, the spirit within you, the transition fro. The fleshly life to the spirit of God guiding your life is a fait accompli. Its over, the transition is complete, you are at that point eating cow, not drinking cow. Or, u r mature.

Every line is a verse paraphrased. I understand with your avoidance of scripture you don't like, like rom 7:5, you won't respond to any of this, but I have made my peace with my efforts.

 

fail.

Fail!

Yoi ignored every line above, scripture every one, and just said something that contradicts it. Are you aware of what is written happens teachers that go changing the words around in scripture?

You have just flat out redacted about 15 vs to make your claim. Being free from the penalty of sin, is not BEING INDWELLED BY GOD, THE FLESH IS GONE, AND NOT GIVING INTO TEMPTATIONS. One is atoning salvation which is just the first step to maturation. Christ didn't come to save you. That's childish. He came to change you. Read His prayers in john 17.

Its not about salvation, its about maturation, the change.

You owe me an apology. You have spit in my face about a half dozen times by not answering one verse I gave you that you are contradicting.

Is this the boards motto for being baptist? You must be stubborn and condescending to anyone that shows you scripture that you don't like?

Tell me now, I've had about enough of this abuse. Serious, I can get more intellectual honesty and respect with atheists, agnostics and deists that Hate the typical Xian, than you guys are showing me here.

 

Please forgive me if I am wrong, but it seems you hold to spiritaul death equating a corpse? Is this what you believe? Please explain this further, okay?

 

But, the walk has a destination in this life. And scripture says that destination is the sinful nature/flesh is gone, and the Spirit of God keeps you from surrendering to temptations of the flesh.

Now, that wasn't what I was taught growing up. But, it's what scripture says.

I put my faith in the Word, not in what people say it says.