Those who are not obedient to God are not of God.
What is the HiSTORICAL GOSPEL of Jesus Christ?
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It is not about performance.
Not exactly true. Christians are sinners, saved sinners.
"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us" 1 John 1:8.
Is Jesus the one who is born of God that (who) does not sin?
Is it possible to not sin?
As long as you are in your Adamic body you will sin.
Remember, the law is spiritual and searches the desires and the intent of the heart, Hebrews 4:12. Are all of your thoughts without sin?
I am to obey God in word, thought, and deed.
You keep people in sin, which is different from recognizing that you have sinned, and your need for a Savior.
You are to obey God in word, thought and deed and at the same time confessing that you are failing miserably, John 1:8.
To admit that you have failed is different from having success.
Paul never taught that he could obey the law. Paul struggled with sin just like everyone else, Romans Chapter 7.
glorydaz
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We don't obey our way into God's family. We believe our way into Him.
glorydaz
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Did you read the verse? It IS about our LORD performing HIS GOOD WORK in us. So, yes, it absolutely IS about performance....God's performance, not man's. God is conforming us into the image of the Son.
Philippians 1:6
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
God's Truth
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Which Jacob does neither.
No. Paul obeyed commandments of God. He did sin, at least before becoming a believer. Was he fulfilling the law or something else.
glorydaz
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That just shows me you remain outside....a street urchin.
Just believe. Don't believe into something.
Before Paul was a Christian he was a Pharisee, Philippians 3:4-6.
The law is the nature and character of God. To say that you can keep the law is to say that you are as righteous as God, which is blasphemy.
glorydaz
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I did.
I believed into the body of Christ. When I believed, I was created IN HIM....begotten through the Gospel.
1 Corinthians 4:15 For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.