Re: Sinless Perfection

Originally Posted by
justbyfaith
Did I say "immediately"?
Of course for the conscience that needs a boost, the law can be a help.
I think that Paul's conscince was capable of accusing or else excusing him even apart from the tenth commandment. What Romans 7:7-11 is talking about is the WET PAINT PRINCIPLE...sin's capacity to take the law and use it to bring us into temptation. It is not necessarily saying that the law is necessary for us to know the diffrrence between right and wrong...see Romans 2:14-16.
We can know some right and wrong without the law. But for Paul, he had no problem with coveting before the Law taught him it was wrong. I think we need to be careful giving so much credence to conscience. There are limits to it and Paul is a good example of that.
Matt 9:13
13 "But go and learn what this means: ' I DESIRE COMPASSION,AND NOT SACRIFICE,' for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
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