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friardchips
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When in debate, in a previous thread, entitled ‘Shifting Sand or Solid Rock’ - a thread made in this category; the very reason I am posting the correction within this cateogry - I made a Scriptural error that I believe requires correction:
I said that St. Paul, a few moments later, after stating this, in Romans 7:15 - ‘I fail to carry out the things I want to do, and I find myself doing the very things I hate’, went on to say that he had ‘kept the faith’. In fact, he said that he had ‘kept the faith’, in 2 Timothy 4:7 - ‘I have fought the good fight to the end; I have run the race to the finish; I have kept the faith;…’ which is quite far on, into the New Testament.
The reason this discussion came up, was because it was suggested that St. Paul had, himself, occasionally fallen to the flesh rather than always living the Spirit, and so in return, I was making the point, that St. Paul was using an empathising tone, in preaching that he did the things he hated, while in fact, he didn’t actually do those baser things himself, having kept the faith.
However, while the section in ‘Timothy’ does appear to prove the point, St. Paul seems to have added a qualifier, only a section after ‘Romans 7’, in fact, in Romans 8:4 - ‘He did this in order that the Law’s just demands might be satisfied in us, who behave not as our unspiritual nature but as the Spirit dictates.’, therefore proving, as far as I can see, that St. Paul was indeed using an empathising tone / preaching style, in order to inspire fervour and instil strength, in ‘Romans 7’.
I said that St. Paul, a few moments later, after stating this, in Romans 7:15 - ‘I fail to carry out the things I want to do, and I find myself doing the very things I hate’, went on to say that he had ‘kept the faith’. In fact, he said that he had ‘kept the faith’, in 2 Timothy 4:7 - ‘I have fought the good fight to the end; I have run the race to the finish; I have kept the faith;…’ which is quite far on, into the New Testament.
The reason this discussion came up, was because it was suggested that St. Paul had, himself, occasionally fallen to the flesh rather than always living the Spirit, and so in return, I was making the point, that St. Paul was using an empathising tone, in preaching that he did the things he hated, while in fact, he didn’t actually do those baser things himself, having kept the faith.
However, while the section in ‘Timothy’ does appear to prove the point, St. Paul seems to have added a qualifier, only a section after ‘Romans 7’, in fact, in Romans 8:4 - ‘He did this in order that the Law’s just demands might be satisfied in us, who behave not as our unspiritual nature but as the Spirit dictates.’, therefore proving, as far as I can see, that St. Paul was indeed using an empathising tone / preaching style, in order to inspire fervour and instil strength, in ‘Romans 7’.
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