judyt: Not entirely true JD. Yes he won the victory for us but
it does take effort to walk in that victory
This is what it means to "work out your own salvation with fear and
trembling" and "continuing in hope"
or not letting go. We must overcome the world, flesh, and devil
because of our faith in His victory.
This takes effort. Studying to show oneself approved and rightly dividing
the Word of Truth takes effort.
He can not present us holy and blameles without our cooperation. It
does not work by magic. jt
On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 08:19:31 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The reason we are not comdemned has nothing, ultimately, to do with our effort. Rather, in Christ we escape judgment altogether (John 3:18; 5:24) . Because of the fact of reconciliation, we are presented as ones who cannot (read: CANNOT) be called into account - cf. Col 1:22 and the word "blameless").JD
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From: David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 06:57:30 -0400
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Re:John 16:13,14
Judy wrote: > Was Jesus born with a regular fleshly human > nature as per Galatians 5:19 Gal. 5:19ff describes the kind of behavior that would have been manifested in Jesus if he had followed his flesh. The behavior listed there does not describe Jesus because he followed the Spirit and not the flesh. The point is that Jesus CONQUERED all the temptations listed here. Jesus had victory over them. If his flesh was not like our flesh, he would not have had victory over these temptations. Note that even after being born again and receiving the Spirit of Christ, we have all these things abiding in our flesh. Why aren't they alive? Why aren't we walking in adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strife, seditions, heresies, envy, murder, drunkenness, and partying on weekends? The reason is because we reckon our flesh dead by the power of the Spirit's operation in our life. The existence of all this within our flesh does not condemn us and prevent us from being holy. Neither did it make Jesus Christ unholy. Rather, the existence of this within his body illustrated his great power over sin. Peace be with you. David Miller. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
