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And as far as your comments, it appears that you are not reading what Pilgrim has said and your comments are out of line. It is you who needs to reread what was said.

Your comments on Pink evoked a similar visceral response in that I also thought of that "Let go and let God" nonsense from way back when. Sorry if I misunderstood but that is what it sounded like.

Pilgrim provided you with several wonderful Scripture verses. There are many more which you would do well to meditate on including this from James 1:19–27
"Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world."

If we love God we are to obey Him. Putting to death the old man is something that we do out of a love for God as we come to see in increasing measure the sinfulness of sin and the holiness of God. A Christian comes to hate that which displeases and dishonors God. It requires action on our part to flee from sinful temptation as we ought or to do the things that God requires of us. Our obedience to the Word of God is to be an active one.

You are right to tell people to look to Christ. In Him we see perfect holiness and in His Word we are commanded to examine ourselves. We are to recognize our sinful ways, confess them and put them away from us. We are to imitate Christ in obedience to Him and out of our love for Him which only the a true believer can have.


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