@zbusc – I read through some of your earlier replies in this thread while it was still on topic. And to be honest, brother, we’ve gone over these same questions many times before. In truth, you’ve never actually shown where I’ve failed to respond with Scripture. Instead, it seems like you're ignoring key verses because you’ve locked into the idea that as long as you "believe," you're saved—no matter how you live. But this simply isn’t biblical. It’s a modern, feel-good doctrine that collapses under the weight of just a handful of clear verses. You can’t override one Scripture with another to support a belief—you have to take the full counsel of God’s Word in context.
Let me be clear, because this needs to be said directly.
Your constant implication that no believer can walk uprightly, or live without deliberate sin, is not only spiritually deflating—it contradicts the plain Word of YHWH.
You keep saying, "We all sin deliberately every day in thought, word, and deed," as if this is some unchangeable fact. But Scripture doesn’t agree with your view. It actually teaches that, when we are born again and truly walking in the Spirit, we no longer have to obey the flesh. We can overcome. That is not arrogance—that is the power of YHWH working in us.
Let me show you what the Bible actually says:
1 John 3:6-9 "No one who abides in Him keeps on sinning; no one who sins has seen Him or known Him. Children, let no one mislead you! The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Yeshua is righteous. The one who practices sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose—to destroy the works of the devil. No one born of God continues sinning, because God’s seed remains in him. He cannot sin, because he is born of God."
That’s not a metaphor. That’s reality for the one who walks in the Spirit.
Romans 6:1-2, 6-7 "What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may abound? May it never be! How can we who died to sin still live in it?... Our old self was crucified with Him so that the sinful body might be done away with, so we no longer serve sin. For he who has died is set free from sin."
Galatians 5:16 "But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh."
That is a promise, not a possibility.
You keep reducing the commandments of YHWH to something impossible, and you equate failing to help every homeless person with violating the greatest commandment, while ignoring the broader biblical context of love and righteousness. Not helping someone on the street isn’t always sin—it depends on heart, situation, and wisdom. Yeshua didn’t heal every single person in a crowd—He acted according to the Spirit.
You seem to confuse guilt-based law-keeping with righteous Spirit-led living. There is a major difference between failing occasionally due to weakness and living in willful rebellion against YHWH.
Hebrews 10:26-27 "For if we keep on sinning willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no more sacrifice for sins remains, but only a terrifying expectation of judgment and a fury of fire about to devour the enemies of God."
That’s what willful sin leads to—judgment. Paul, John, and Yeshua all agree.
So yes, I believe we can walk uprightly. Yes, I believe we can say no to sin, just like Yeshua did. Not because of our own strength—but because of the Spirit of the Father dwelling in us.
Romans 8:13-14 "For if you live according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you shall live. For all who are led by the Ruach Elohim, these are sons of God."
You ask if I still sin. I strive not to. I die daily. I don’t make excuses. I don’t justify disobedience by lowering the bar. I look to Yeshua, the author and perfecter of my faith.
So instead of excusing sin, let’s preach what Scripture says: “Be holy, for I am holy.” (1 Peter 1:16)
And yes, that’s a command—not a suggestion.
