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Old 01-20-2008, 03:03 PM
 
Location: God's Country
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According to the bible, Christ was incapable of sinning. So, how can you set perfection as your standard, which is unattainable?
I didn't because you are right no one is perfect.
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Old 01-20-2008, 03:13 PM
 
Location: New England
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According to the bible, Christ was incapable of sinning. So, how can you set perfection as your standard, which is unattainable?
We are seen as perfect to the Father through His sacrifice for our "unperfectness"...didn't cost me a dime. Aint it grand?

To the OP.

"2Cr 5:14 For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.

2Cr 5:15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again."
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Old 01-20-2008, 10:09 PM
 
Location: USA
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We are seen as perfect to the Father through His sacrifice for our "unperfectness"...didn't cost me a dime. Aint it grand?

To the OP.

"2Cr 5:14 For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.

2Cr 5:15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again."

Nope, not grand, sorry.
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Old 01-20-2008, 11:19 PM
 
Location: NC
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I feel like I have many purposes here, but my main purpose is be more like Christ, to bring Him glory.
I agree and in whatever we do in our life it should all be for the glory of God. Our goal is to be more like Christ as believers and as we live in His light we are being transformed into His image. One of my favorite passages are in Philippians 2:12-14.

"...Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect* but I press on in order that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. Brethren I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."

perfect= (teleioo)= to be made complete in the in the sense of reaching one's prescribed goal. (from teleios: adult, full grown, mature)

God bless.
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Old 01-21-2008, 10:52 AM
 
Location: New Mexico
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Please..I am tired of going to school. I wish I could get a break where I could just relax. I am in a profession where you always have to be learning. I wish I could spend some free time just looking at the trees or doing something fun. Work, learn, work, learn, all the free time is wrapped in it.
Classroom drudgery isn't the only mode of learning available. As a matter of fact, some of my best learning has occurred when I was relaxing at home or on a vacation trip. Besides, taking a walk and enjoying the scenery (trees or otherwise) can be a learning experience, too.
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Old 01-21-2008, 11:29 AM
 
Location: USA
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Classroom drudgery isn't the only mode of learning available. As a matter of fact, some of my best learning has occurred when I was relaxing at home or on a vacation trip. Besides, taking a walk and enjoying the scenery (trees or otherwise) can be a learning experience, too.
I hope your future employers find this applicable.
I for one, cannot afford to go on vacations. Working really hard but do not have the money for luxuries. That is what I am talking about learning.
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Old 01-21-2008, 11:40 AM
 
Location: Socialist Republik of Amerika
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I don't think I have a purpose. I have to survive, and I work at that daily to keep my head afloat.
Who or what would assign a purpose?
You have, you survive. Why?
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Old 01-21-2008, 01:04 PM
 
Location: New Mexico
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I hope your future employers find this applicable.
At this point in my life, it's doubtful that I'll have any future employers.

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I for one, cannot afford to go on vacations. Working really hard but do not have the money for luxuries. That is what I am talking about learning.
Then we're talking about learning from different perspectives, altogether. Sorry about your circumstances. I can empathize. I've been there. Hope your situation improves soon.
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Old 01-21-2008, 01:17 PM
 
Location: Mesa, AZ
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To love God with all my heart, all my soul, and all my mind and my neighbor as myself.
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Old 01-21-2008, 01:38 PM
 
Location: Y-Town Area
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Remembering to twist the mind around and make everything, i mean everything, into joyful effort towards enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. samsara=nirvana
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