Here is an excerpt from Barbara Duguid's book, Extravagant Grace, taken from pages 30-31:
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It is true that Christians are not going to live a life of sinless perfection. They are not going to obey God perfectly. It is also true that the Holy Spirit can make believers in Christ more humble and dependent upon Christ. What more does the Holy Spirit do in the life of a Christian? When God saves a person, doesn't God ensure that he will no longer be a slave of sin and that he will no longer be dominated by his sinful habits? I'm not saying that Duguid believes that believers will continue to partake of their sinful habits as they did before they were saved. I think she could not addressed whether believers will continue to be dominated by their sinful habits.
Even though Christians don't live lives of sinless perfection, they are changed in such a way that they are not dominated by sinful patterns of behavior. For example, Paul told the Corinthians that some of them used to be sexually immoral, idolaters, thieves, drunkards, and so on. Before they were saved, they had a sinful lifestyle.
What do you think of the above excerpt?
It is true that Christians are not going to live a life of sinless perfection. They are not going to obey God perfectly. It is also true that the Holy Spirit can make believers in Christ more humble and dependent upon Christ. What more does the Holy Spirit do in the life of a Christian? When God saves a person, doesn't God ensure that he will no longer be a slave of sin and that he will no longer be dominated by his sinful habits? I'm not saying that Duguid believes that believers will continue to partake of their sinful habits as they did before they were saved. I think she could not addressed whether believers will continue to be dominated by their sinful habits.
Even though Christians don't live lives of sinless perfection, they are changed in such a way that they are not dominated by sinful patterns of behavior. For example, Paul told the Corinthians that some of them used to be sexually immoral, idolaters, thieves, drunkards, and so on. Before they were saved, they had a sinful lifestyle.
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