I am fully aware that literally thousands of religious teachers are constantly saying that no man can live free from sin, and that we sin every day. One can see that this teaching is entirely out of harmony with the bible by reading the above scriptures. If these men sin every day, than they are sinners every day and there is no time that they are not sinners. If they are sinners all the time, than there is no time when they are not under the death penalty of the broken law, and they will be sent to Hell as sinners to pay the death penalty. Christ means nothing to them and if they are sinners they cannot be saved.
It is time that you wake up and stop listening to such men and begin to read the bible and obey it. Naturally, a man that does not believe in salvation from sin can never be saved from it. If Christ came to save us from our sins and He cannot do it, than He failed in His mission. If the New Testament teaches freedom from sin, than it is either the truth of a lie. If it is a lie, than we might as well throw the whole bible away and have nothing to do religion. Christianity, in that case, is a mere sham and a false religion, teaching something that is not true. If salvation through Christ it true, however, than these modern teachers of religion are false and no man can safely believe them, or ever listen to them deny the truths of the bible.
Do not let men deceive you into thinking that there is no such thing as living a clean, holy, victorious life in Christ secure from sin, the flesh, the world, and the devil. If you are not saved from these things you are not saved from Hell, according to the scriptures above. There may not be such a life as far as these teachers are concerned and as far as they know. Either they do not know the bible and they do not have biblical experiences, or they are plain rebels against the truth refuse to get such blessings. In either case, you should not listen to them in concerning such an important thing as your eternal welfare. Why not listen to the scripture instead? It will not deceive you. It will always tell you the truth, as you can see from facts stated above.
The above 3 paragraphs came from the book God’s Plan for Man. I copied them verbatim. In these 3 paragraphs, Dake talks about the above scripture to support what he is saying. Here is the scripture for you to read for yourself. (John 8:31-36), (Romans 6:1-23), (Romans 8:1-4), (1 John 2:29, 3:7-10, 5:1-4, 18), (John 1:12), Galatians 5:24), (Acts 3:19), (1 Corinthians 6:9-11), (Revelation 1:5), (Acts 26:18), (Romans 1:16), (2 Thessalonians 2:13), (Ephesians 4:22-24), (Ephesians 1:7), (1 Peter 1:2-4), (Colossians 3:12), (2 Timothy 2:4, 19-22).
I read this 4 days ago, and I have been pondering this every since. I am having a really hard time with it. I don’t know how I feel about it. It basically means that I am not saved, and apparently nobody is for that matter. Matthew 7:13-14 reads, Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it. (Kind of a, many will enter, few will win thing). I have read this verse many time but if you take the bible literally as I do, than this literally means that few will find Heaven, and that is really scary.
Yesterday I posted a blog entitled, “God’s Plan For Man,” recommending the book. I still do recommend the book very much, and I am going to continue to read it, even though I may not agree with everything. This is only one mans opinion right? But, than again, maybe it’s not. This is only a few paragraphs that I am struggling with, but in the long run, I can only come out deader in sin, and cleaner in Christ. But is it really possible to live a 100% sinless life once you are born into Christ.
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