DM,
You, of course, preach personal effort all the time. "Repent or perish" is a part of your ministry. And your belief that your personal victory over sin - that you do not sin - is of the power of the Spirit is nothing more than will worhsip with a tag on it that reads "Born of the Spirit." When Paul speaks of "....fellowship of the Spirit," he is talking about joint participation with the Spirit. Such is impossible without personal effort.
You ask ------- Why would you continue to preach personal effort if you have already achieved sanctification by grace through faith?
Salvation is not limited to a free pass from hell. It is also a definition of me being saved from me. I am saved immediately ("there is therefore, NOW, no condemnation ....") I have been reconciled in Christ yet I am to be reconciled. And so I am sanctified wholly and completely, as a gift of grace, while , at the same time, being expected to join the spirit is this thing we often refer to as "spiritual matureity."
Such is my answer.
jd
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From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> JD wrote:
> > ... try to see why we continue to preach
> > obedience and personal effort
>
> Why would you continue to preach personal effort if you have already
> achieved sanctification by grace through faith?
>
> I personally do not preach personal effort. The reason that you find people
> like me sometimes talking about your view promoting sin is because you still
> preach personal effort and you still testify to having no hope to keep from
> sinning in the future. My problem is that if your testimony is that you
> will sin in the future, then how can you call that sanctification?
>
> David Miller.
>
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