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The sinnless perfection test - part 2 Let us now take each of these definitions of sin in Part l The Sinless Perfection Test Are YOU Perfect Part 1 and examine ourselves. Please don’t just read through these questions and skim over them lightly, for they undeniably prove sinless perfection to be utterly false. As you read each question, ask yourself if you’ve done or if you’ve failed in this. I am especially addressing those of you who claim to have attained to some degree of sinless perfection or think it is possible. The following questions correspond numerically with the definitions of sin above: 1. Have you been born of an earthly father and mother and are you a descendant of Adam? If so, you have a sinful nature (a “law of sin” ‒Rom. 7:23) that dwells within your flesh and you are inherently defiled and thereby guilty in the eyes of a holy God. (Romans 5:12, Job 15:14-16, Job 25:4, Psalm 51:5) 2. Do you perfectly obey the Law of God in thought, word and deed; plus in motive, desire, intention, etc.? Since becoming a Christian, have you ever exaggerated or stretched the truth, or said something that indirectly portrayed a false witness (lying)? Or have you lied when witnessing to someone, and a sinner on the streets asks you if you are without sin and you say you are? Have you ever looked with lust, even for half a second, at a member of the opposite sex (adultery)? Have you ever had a single impure thought? Have you ever desired to have something that does not belong to you or even entertained the thought of desiring it (covetousness)? Have you ever called somebody a “fool” or “idiot”, or any other insulting name, out of the least degree of anger (which is murder)? Have you even entertained the thought of doing it? Have you accidentally taken a pen, paperclip, or any other item that does not belong to you and failed to make restitution (stealing)? Have you kept the Sabbath holy? Have you perfectly honored your parents in everything you do and say? Have you ever done anything, even the smallest of actions, or said the simplest of words, with regard to how it will benefit you yourself supremely rather than how it will benefit God, or done anything that disobeys any single command of scripture (1st commandment)? Have you ever made a single decision out of self-will? How about loving the Lord with all your heat, mind, soul and strength, and loving your neighbor as yourself? Have you totally, completely, absolutely and perfectly done that since becoming a Christian? Or have you made the slightest decision or thought the smallest thought of getting some kind of personal benefit out of something rather than your neighbor in your stead? If you are truthful, you must certainly admit your guilt in the eyes of God, at least in thought or word. 3. Have you ever not done something you know you should have done, since becoming a Christian (or since becoming sinlessly perfect)? Did you know something to be the good thing to do, or the best thing to do, but you failed to do it? Have you always done all the good you can, in all the ways you can, by all the means you can, to all the people you can, in all the places you can, as long as you ever can? Or have you failed in this? If you’ve failed in this, you must certainly admit your sin before God, or else you deceive yourself. 4. Have you always had perfect faith before God? Have you ever doubted a single promise of scripture (which would be unbelief)? Have you always done everything you have ever done since becoming a Christian in perfect, unwavering faith? Have you ever prayed for the sick and thought within your heart that they will not be healed because of your unbelief? Have you ever attempted to ask something in prayer that God promises in His word but thought within your heart of hearts that He won’t answer? Is every thought that you think a thought of perfect faith, in full conformity to the glory of God? If you don’t admit to your present imperfections in this, then you are obviously blind and fooled. You are certainly guilty of sin in the eyes of God. 5. Since becoming a Christian (or attaining to “perfection“ if you claim to have done), have you done anything that comes morally short of the goodness and glory of God? Have you thought a single thought that Christ Himself wouldn’t think? Have you spoken a single word that Christ Himself wouldn’t speak? Have you done a single thing that Christ Himself wouldn’t do? Or are you so deceived as to honestly think you currently meet the standards of God’s glory? Can you actually stand in your present state in front of the very Throne of God and have such audacity as to believe you won’t cry out like Isaiah the holy prophet: “Woe is me, I am undone, for I am a man of unclean lips” (Is. 6)? Remember, anything, anything at all, that comes morally short of the perfect glory of God is sin. Unless you are deceived, you must certainly admit your present guilt. And, on top of these questions, ask yourself if you have ever thought a single thought that God would consider foolish? As it is written: “The thought of foolishness is sin” (Proverbs 24:9). Even thinking something foolish is sin. Do you honestly claim to be able to walk in such a state as to never think a single thought that God would consider foolish? Therefore, offending any single one of the points listed above even in just a brief thought is considered sin in the eyes of a perfectly holy and righteous God who can read and see your thoughts just as clearly as He can your outward actions. We could go much, much more in detail with the self-examination questions listed above if we wanted, but such a brief list will suffice to prove the point. BEWARE OF THIS FALSE DOCTRINE BEING PREACHED ON THE BLOG.   (¯`•♥•´¯) ¤`•.♥.•´ ¤ (¯`•♥•´¯) |
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Mirror, mirror of the Word, Any comparison would be absurd! GUILTY But then, I've never once claimed to be anywhere near sinless perfection. The thought is laughable! Thank God for mercy, forgiveness, redemption, and grace. Great teaching, Sister!
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8/2/2008 11:16 am |
And it is IMPOSIBLE TO STOP ONCE AND FOR ALL BY SURRENDERING TO GOD AND GIVE SIN BACK TO HIM SO HE CONTROLS YOU COMPLETELY. Yup! THERE IS ONE THING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD TO DO. According to YOU now. Geeeeeeesh sheri- -I thought you were better than to DENY GOD CAN DO ALL THINGS. Keep telling you- -GIVE IT ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL UP. That includes self control and SELF IMPROVEMENT. What is there left if you GIVE IT ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL BACK INCLUDING SIN? Come on. Yer telling folks that SURRENDER IS USELESS SINCE GOD CAN'T KEEP YA FROM SINNING. You didn't REALLY mean "sinfree" is FALSE DOCTRINE did ya? Ya just don't BELIEVE GOD CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN TO YOU IF YOU SURRENDER ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL. That help?
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8/2/2008 11:29 am |
Good stuff, Sheri! Reese Currie, Compass Distributors, who has a good article on this online says this: There is sin in everyone, but how can we explain that a subculture within Christendom, the "sinless perfection" crowd, feels no conviction for the sin they have whatsoever? It is easily explained. Hebrews 12  -8 says, "If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons."The Holy Spirit convicts the real children of God for their sins. But fakes, even if they do not realize they are fakes, receive no conviction because, since they are not God’s sons, God does not discipline them.
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