ngeth forth sin."--Jas. 1:15.
"Sin is the transgression of the law."--1 John 3:4. "Whosoever abideth
in him sinneth not."--1 John 3:6. Any mistake that would be a violation
of God's law would be a sin, but aside from this, a simple error in
judgment is not a sin. Salvation does not warrant an experience beyond
the probability of error in our human nature, and Christian perfection
is not infallibility.

Ques. Did not Paul say there was sin dwelling in him?

Ans. Yes. This expression we find in Rom. 7:17. The apostle when writing
this chapter was not describing his sanctified condition. It is a
description of his condition when he was in the flesh, or carnal state.
"For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sin, which were by the
law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death."--Ver. 5.
And in Rom. 8:8, 9 he says, "So then they that are in the flesh cannot
please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be
that the Spirit of God dwell in you." "For the law of the Spirit of life
in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death."--Ver.
2. Paul's condition when under the law is described in the 7th chapter
of Romans. In chapters 6 and 8 he describes the condition of the child
of God under grace.

Ques. But does he not say in Rom. 3:10 that "there is none righteous,
no, not one"?

Ans. Yes. But he was not describing the condition of the child of God
under grace. He refers to the world under the law. No Bible Christian
can conscientiously apply Rom. 3:10-18 to himself.

Ques. How about Solomon, who said, "There is not a just man upon the
earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not"?

Ans. This also was spoken of the condition of the people under the law.
"The law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did
by the which we draw nigh unto God."--Heb. 7:19.

In order to properly apply scripture it is very helpful to always
consider: 1. Who wrote it? 2. When was it written? 3. Of whom or to whom
was it written? In this manner it is easy to determine the meaning of
such scriptures as here have been mentioned and many others, which would
otherwise render it impossible to harmonize the whole word of God. The
two dispensations, the law and grace, are vastly different in many
respects. The first was but the shadow of the second. In the first there
was no power to take away sin, or to change the inward moral condition
of man but in the second there is the po