Hey guys, this is Matt Powell. I hope that you enjoyed this debate, but more
importantly than that, I hope you see the truth behind the Word of God and behind
his laws, behind his commandments, behind his statutes, and the importance of
living for God as a Christian. If it was true that our flesh was perfect and that
we had no sin after believing in Jesus as our Savior, then Paul wouldn't have
kicked out the fornicator in the church in the New Testament in Corinthians. You
know, certain things wouldn't have taken place that took place all throughout the
New Testament when Paul was dealing with sin. And remember, our flesh is someday
going to die, which means that sin is still in our members. Paul said, I know
that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. And so Paul daily
dealt with sin. He says, I die daily. And so to say that you don't sin is to say
that you're better than the Apostle Paul. One thing to always remember is
that all throughout the Bible we see the chastening hand of the Lord. And the
Bible says, whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth and scourgeth every son whom
he receiveth. So if you're a son of God, you're gonna endure chastening. If you
were perfect, he wouldn't have to endure chastening because God is not gonna
punish somebody that doesn't do anything wrong. He will only punish those who do
wrong. And the Bible says clearly to flee sin. The Bible even says in the New
Testament, Paul told the church, flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth
is without the body, but he that comitteth fornication sinneth against
his own body. So if you commit fornication and you're saved, you sin
against your own body. That means that a Christian can sin and that in your flesh
dwelleth no good thing. The Bible says there is not a just man upon earth that
doeth good and sinneth not. The Bible says just lot vexed his righteous soul
with the sins of Sodom. So I don't condone sin. I think that sin should be
dealt with. But we can't just pretend that once you're saved there's no such
thing as sin and what so whatever you do in faith is okay with God. That is not
what the Bible teaches. The Bible teaches the exact opposite. Paul said do
we make void the law through faith? God forbid. The Bible also says for where sin
doth abound, grace doth much more abound. We wouldn't need the grace of God every
day if we were sinless. We need his grace every day folks. And so where sin doth
abound, grace doth much more abound. And if there's no law there's no
transgression. Which means that there would be no need for grace. If we need
his grace every day, which we do, and there is no law, then there would be no
grace given. Because there has to be a law that's broken in order for the grace
to apply. So you take away law you take away grace. So there's a balance that
Paul gives us in the New Testament in Romans and Corinthians and elsewhere
about law and grace. And so don't be deceived by teachers like this man I
just debated here tonight. Read the Bible. Read the truth. Jesus said I'm the way
the truth and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me. The Bible says
in Psalm 89, if his children forsake my law and walk not in my judgments, if they
break my statutes and keep not my commandments, then will I visit their
transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless my
lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him nor suffer my faithfulness to
fail. My covenant will I not break nor alter the thing that has gone out of my
lips. So God clearly says that if you break his commandments and do the things
that displease him you are gonna be punished. In heaven you could lose
rewards. If you were perfect and if you were sinless you would not have rewards
because you've already accomplished everything that there is to accomplish.
The Bible says that Jesus Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to
everyone that believeth. End meaning the goal. He's the goal of the law. You want
to be like Christ. If you reach the end you're reaching your destination. And so
Christ is the end of the law. He's the goal. The goal is Christ. The Bible says
that we should walk in his steps. That he ought to walk also as he walked. That's
why Jesus said that which is born of flesh is flesh and that which is born of
the Spirit is spirit. My spirit cannot sin but my flesh and that flesh
of mine dwelleth no good thing. If you want healing in your life you need to
turn from your sins and do as Paul said, die to your flesh daily.