Dear Pilgrim,<br><br>I told you what I believe. That in every temptation, God makes a way of escape, and hence we are not forced into any sin. Do you have problems with such a belief? Your quote from Paul was out of context, for he was speaking of his life as a murderer and blasphemer before he knew Christ, not his present state, in which he declared that the law of life in Christ had freed him from the law of sin and death (in Romans 7, Paul also spoke of his past life of bondage to sin in present tense to illustrate his point).<br><br>But concerning perfectionism, the only way to "be perfect" as the scripture states is by following the Spirit of God. If a man strays from following, then his ways are no longer perfect before God. Walking perfectly before God does not imply that a man is without a sin nature (for even the saved still have one), but that he does not walk in iniquity.<br><br>In Christ,<br>Josh