On Mar 11, 7:40 pm, Be.Ye.Holy.For.I.Am.H...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> "The whole design of God was to restore man to his image, and raise
> him from the ruins of his fall; in a word, to make him perfect; to
> blot out all his sins, purify his soul, and fill him with all
> holiness, so that no unholy temper, evil desire, or impure affection
> or passion shall either lodge or have any being within him. This and
> this only is true religion, or Christian perfection; and a less
> salvation than this would be dishonourable to the sacrifice of Christ
> and the operation of the Holy Ghost. . . . Call it by what name we
> please, it must imply the pardon of all transgression and the removal
> of the whole body of sin and death. . . . This, then, is what I plead
> for, pray for, and heartily recommend to all true believers, under the
> name of Christian perfection." -Adam Clark
Of course Christians sin. "If we say that we have no sin, we are
deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us" (1 John 1:8). If
Christians understand the truth that God's Word teaches about the
depravity of the human heart, they know that just because they are not
conscious of failure does not mean that they are free from it. If the
truth is "in" them as a controlling, motivating influence, this kind
of self-deception will not take place. Whether someone claims to be
"without sin" for a brief period of time or claims it as a permanent
attainment, the claim is false.
Dave
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