Recently, I came across a teaching that said “we will never be perfect until the redemption of our bodies.”
I can agree that a righteous man is not conscious of his righteousness, and nor would he ever boast of being “perfect,” for he will always see Jesus’ exceeding loveliness and view himself as far below that.
But the idea that we must sin every day, I do not find in Scripture.
Oh wait…maybe in these verses?
1 Corinthians 15
34 Awake to righteousness and [try to] sin not [but you will fail].
Jude 1
24 Now unto Him who is [almost always] able to keep you from falling.
1 Corinthians 15
57 Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory [most of the times].
John 8
11 Go and [try to] sin no more [but don’t blame me if it doesn’t work].
Romans 14
23 Whatsoever is not of faith is [almost always] sin [except where it has become orthodox].
By the way, those quotes were from the “Doubter’s Bible”, Authorized Version.
Other articles by Frank Zimmerman:
- How Does God Heal Today?
- The Wheat and Tares
- Clean and Unclean
- From a Far Country (plus Observations)
- Walter Veith and 1888
- Being Ignorant of God’s Righteousness
- The Law That Passes Away
- The Law of Grace
- My Early Experience
- Scenes from the life of David Thompson
- Good Works
- Cursing the Fig Tree
- School Shootings
- Perfection is Freedom
- The Fallacy of Most Funerals