Coconut posted this in the shoutbox:
Jesus confessed of Himself, "My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me. If anyone wants to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority. He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him."(John 7:16-18)
Good one coconut. When I said 'looks like the way got paved for me' I certainly didn't use the right words. What I ment was the very thing I came here to do was already being worked on before I arrived. For all I know they may preach that way all the time here and I may be one of many on this forum who point to thier Father in Heaven like Jesus does. Thank God southern american baptists at least have most of the picture so far as I've seen from Paul. The only thing I would add on top of being in agreement with what Paul preached is how to remain in Christ so you don't sin again and be in need of continual repentance. But of course if someone remaining in Christ sins then then are not in Christ any longer so they should confess thier sin to get forgiven and washed so they get back into Him again.
If I was really thinking to myself that everyone has to follow me then I would have something to repent about but thankfully this was just a missunderstanding if anyone connected that scripture with me.
So I'm here only to counsel people on how to follow Christ and remain in him. And yes it is possible to remain sin free totally. You know where Jesus says, "..the truth shall set you free"? Read the next thing after that. He reveals he ment freedom from sin. And whoever the Son set's free is free indeed. Romans 6:18 "You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness".
If you wish to reply to this please refer to the thread I will now start in the Bible Study Hall called, 'Set free from what?'