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Adventistische Schriften über: "Should we live sinlessly after the sealing?"
Answer
After the sealing and the end of Christ’s mediatorial service, believers must stand before a holy God without an intercessor. In this time their characters must be completely cleansed of sin and fully reflect the image of Jesus, since no atoning blood is available to wash away the stains of sin. Therefore it is necessary now, through God’s grace and personal effort, to achieve every victory over evil and to form sinless characters.
A sinless character before the end of the grace period
Those who live on earth when Christ’s intercession in the heavenly sanctuary ceases must stand before the face of a holy God without a mediator. Their garments must be spotless, their characters must be cleansed of sin by the blood of sprinkling. Through God’s grace and their own diligent effort they must be victors in the fight against evil.
Perfect reflection of Jesus
I also saw that many did not recognize what they must be in order to live in the time of tribulation before the Lord’s face in the sanctuary without a high priest. Those who receive the seal of the living God and are protected in the time of tribulation must fully reflect the image of Jesus.
No sin as a point of attack for Satan
Satan could find nothing in the Son of God that would have enabled him to achieve victory. He had kept his Father’s commandments, and there was no sin in him that Satan could use to his advantage. This is the condition in which those who wish to endure in the time of tribulation must be.
A purified temple of the soul
No deceit was found in their mouth; for the temple of the soul had been so thoroughly purified before leaving the earth that the human mouth became a channel for God’s words. When the mind of Christ fully takes possession of a person, he thinks, speaks, and acts as Christ himself would act.
End of forgiveness after the sanctuary service
When Jesus leaves the sanctuary, then the one who is holy and righteous will continue to be holy and righteous; for all their sins will then be removed, and they will be sealed with the seal of the living God. [...] for then there will be no priest in the sanctuary to bring their sacrifices, confessions, and prayers before the throne of the Father.
- Character cleansing before the sealing
- Living without a mediator in the tribulation period
- Achieving perfection in Christ
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