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1Pet.2:16 as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

Here Peter present a real circumstance that law Christian's totally miss, in that, they are busy judging by works of law like the legalistic Jews did, and what is that point? If a person is free from judgment in Christ Jesus, that is, sinless than Peter words makes perfect sense. But if a person is not free from judgment as Jew and legalistic Christian's teach, and believe, Peter's words are pointlessly confusing!

John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

John 8:15 You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.

Either we take the bible in context or we don't? In context those in Christ are sinless, or their not? Legalistic Christian's teach that is their personal obedience to rules, laws, and commandments, of both God, and Christ that they are working towards not being a sinner. Which one do you believe? If you believe as Peter, and the apostles taught that they were sinless, declared righteous for being “in Christ” then your understanding of Peters words here are much different than legalistic Christian's who are working hard towards not being a sinner.

John 17:2 even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

1 John 3:5 You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.

The context is if we are free from sin, that is, not being charged against us by our fleshes disobedience than don't uses this freedom as a cloak to do wickedness, we are bondservant of God who is sinless, and righteous. Now Peter did not teach as legalistic Christian's think; Peter was acting presumptuously by saying the power of Christ made him sinless, nor did he say, or any of the apostles that because a person is sinless that they deserve it by some good effort or quality they possess. Those judgments are fleshly legalistic judgments from a fleshly mind, they are not God's judgments or His thinking at all!

Rom.8:13 For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God. 8:15 For you didn't receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba{Abba is an Aramaic word for father or daddy, often used affectionately and respectfully in prayer to our Father in heaven.}! Father!"

1 John 5:18 We know that whoever is born of God doesn't sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn't touch him.

The legalistic mind gets confused in thinking they have a choice in the matter of God's plans for us in Christ, why? Because the fleshly mind cannot know God, or the things of God that would include their interpretation of the bible. God used Christ to remove our deserved judgment of death for being a sinner, He either did, or He didn't, but you cannot have it both ways!

Romans 7:4 Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit to God.

1 John 3:9 Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God.

The power of sin is the law, God had Christ complete the law that is fulfill it requirements, abolishing its power over anyone that accepts Christ by faith. Accepting his righteous blood completed the law, and laws of the flesh, which judges our flesh filthy, and evil, a good for nothing man. Now we stand in a new life, who's life? Not our old life, which is dead in Christ, but Christ Jesus life, a living imperishable spirit being. Thus, this is the life God declares righteous, not our life, we have become Christ life, by adoption into the body of Christ, hence, undeservingly declare righteous.

Romans 10:4 For Christ is the fulfillment{or, completion, or end} of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

Galatians 3:5 He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

Galatians 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, "Cursed is everyone who doesn't continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them."{Deuteronomy 27:26}

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