Brother Bob said:
EdSutton said:
DHK said:
Please Bob don't take anything personal. i was writing as objectively as possible using the word "you" generically, meaning anyone, not you personally.
I use the sin of adultery as an example because I know that it is a horrid sin in the eyes of most here. Your definition of a sin unto death and my definition of the same are quite a bit different. Adultery is not a "sin unto death," and one cannot prove it to be so. Perhaps another thread should be started on "sin unto death" or even a bit broader as "types of sin." But adultery does not fall there. Adultery is the same as lying. It is a transgression of the law. They are both breaking the Ten Commandments. So what is the difference in God's sight? None. It is just as bad to die with an unconfessed lie as it is to die with unconfessed adultery or in the act of adultery. What is the difference?
My sins are paid for. They were paid for at the time of salvation. They are under the blood. The minute I put conditions on the work of Christ--like saying that the sin must be confessed before I die, then I take away from grace, and my faith turns into a religion of works. It is no more of grace but of works. One cannot impose conditions on the salvation that Christ provided without any conditions.
Well said, Preach on!
Ed
This is all I could find with a quick search of you amening it.
Uh, Bob, I "amened" the post by DHK, not adultery. And I "amened" that all sins are paid for, not just some sins. as you seem to put forth. And I "amened" that adultery is not stated in Scripture to be "a sin unto death", for that sin, is in fact, not specified, only that such a "sin unto death" exists. But nowhere is it named as to what it is. BTW, I have made that point now, at least four times on these pages.
I am happy for you, in that you have this advanced revelation, as to what is a "sin unto death" . Apparently, the Holy Spirit chose only you to receive it, for I do not find it written in any of
HIS pages of Scripture.
One cannot "impose"
any conditions on the salvation that Christ provided without any conditions. So I'll "Amen" that, as well. In fact, I'll say that twice more. "Amen and Amen!"
Salvation is without price, to us. That's what "free' means.
1 “Ho! Everyone who thirsts,
Come to the waters;
And you who have no money,
Come, buy and eat.
Yes, come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without price. (Isa. 55:1 NKJV)
The price has long since been paid, for me, in and by the precious blood of the Lamb. Salvation, to and for me is
Absolutely Free!
It is not that it is "Free" unless I commit any of certain sins, in which case I forfeit it, or never "really truly, geniunely believed" and thus never had it in the first place. Nor is it "free", but... For that is not free or "by grace" at all, is it? That is "conditional salvation".
I am absolutely astounded at the number of people I encounter who 'want' 'conditional' salvation, but 'free' discipleship. That has it exactly backwards.
Ed
