I Used to be Perfect: A Study of Sin and Salvation
Overview
What does it mean to sin? What is temptation? What is the law? What does it mean to “be saved”? What does it mean to “be perfect”? Writing in a highly engaging style, George Knight recalls his own early struggles with legalism in order to examine some of the most basic questions about salvation. Special features of the new edition include study questions at the end of each chapter, reference notes to sources, and topical and scripture indexes.
- Discusses concepts of sin, law, temptation, and perfection from a biblical viewpoint
- Includes study questions and a wealth of reference materials for further study
- Presents a modern SDA look at sin and salvation
- SIN Is Love
- Adventists Neglect the LAW
- Justification the Work of a Lifetime: Sanctification the Work of a Moment
- Temptation Is Not TEMPTATION
- Perfect but Not Yet PERFECT: Sinless but Not Yet SINLESS
- I Used to Be Perfect
Top Highlights
“Whenever humans are out of tune with God, they will be alienated from each other” (Page 16)
“Perfectly reproducing the character of Christ is reflecting His love” (Page 94)
“That teaching in the 1840s led to ‘spiritual wifery’ and other perversions among ex-Millerite Adventists and other Christians.” (Page 71)
“Sanctification is nothing less than the process by which Christians become progressively more loving” (Page 49)
“his first point of attack is to get us to question the Word of God—to” (Page 14)
- Title: I Used to Be Perfect: A Study of Sin and Salvation
- Author: George R. Knight
- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Publisher: Andrews University Press
- Print Publication Date: 2001
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Pages: 105
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Salvation › Seventh-day Adventists; Perfectionism › Religious aspects--Seventh-day Adventists; Seventh-day Adventists › Doctrines
- Resource ID: LLS:SDBPRFCTSTSNSLV
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T05:35:20Z