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Old 02-10-2008, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by moral necessity View Post
I've just heard many use Rom. 6 to prove that sin no longer has control over our behavior. They use phrases such as "the power chord of sin is now unplugged in a believers life." If you ever read Hannah Whithall Smith's book "The Christians Secret to a Happy Life," you'd get the gist of this view.
This would be a quietist view of sanctification, it's not Reformed. A Google search of this author and the movement she was part of should demonstrate that this "method" doesn't work too well.
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