tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9268929.post3435439119551687244..comments2013-11-12T07:08:41.189-08:00Comments on Falling Down: Question about doing goodNathan Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590875357974623024noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9268929.post-25125964132977939112007-04-23T16:08:00.000-07:002007-04-23T16:08:00.000-07:00It is interesting... I posted this earlier, but I ...It is interesting... I posted this earlier, but I guess it didn't "go anywhere"...<BR/><BR/>Romans 6:6-13 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, {6 Or be rendered powerless} that we should no longer be slaves to sin-- 7 because anyone who has died has been freed from sin. 8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will David, T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00629090307269555468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9268929.post-9171490722489960652007-04-23T14:17:00.000-07:002007-04-23T14:17:00.000-07:00Yeah, that's basically what I thought. But it took...Yeah, that's basically what I thought. But it took me a lot longer to get there.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03350224197380896652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9268929.post-39846700897953543542007-04-23T14:10:00.000-07:002007-04-23T14:10:00.000-07:00Hmm...I wish I had time to develop a very cogent r...Hmm...<BR/><BR/>I wish I had time to develop a very cogent response. But I'll leave that to Ben. <BR/><BR/>Let me just say this:<BR/><BR/>1. I agree that it is impossible for unregenerate people to act with pure motives. <BR/>2. It is more commendable to act "good", yet with impure motives (as in the example Nathan gave), than to do something wicked from impure motives. For example, I think that Danny Slavichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02778356099596464224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9268929.post-11051619650393717232007-04-23T12:08:00.000-07:002007-04-23T12:08:00.000-07:00I'm going to give a few responses from the other s...I'm going to give a few responses from the other side. I think I might stray a bit from the point you brought up, but hopefully it's all related enough to make sense.<BR/><BR/><B>1) Literature types and Interpretation (Psalm 26)</B><BR/><BR/><I>"Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03350224197380896652noreply@blogger.com