Tracy Hall wrote:
> On Feb 9, 2005, at 6:10 am, gpat..{at}bayou.com wrote:
> > Tracy Hall wrote:
>
> 
>
> >> Of all mortals, only Jesus continued innocent after reaching the
> >> years of accountability.
>
> > Only Jesus?  What about Job?
> > Job 2:3  And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my
> servant
> > Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an
> upright
> > man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth
> > fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to
destroy
> > him without cause.
>
> Interestingly, Job didn't have such a high opinion of himself: "If I
> justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am
> perfect, it shall also prove me perverse." (Job 9: 21)  However, I
dare
> not gainsay the Lord in this matter.
>
> Noah also was also "a just man and perfect in his generations" (Gen.
> 6:9), and David's heart was supposedly perfect (1 Kgs. 11: 4, 1 Kgs.
> 15: 3), "Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days."  (1
> Kgs. 15: 14, 2 Chr. 15: 17), Hezekiah pleaded the same to the Lord (2
> Kgs. 20: 3, Isa. 38: 3).
>
> However, in teaching our need for Christ's atonement, Paul taught
that
> all have sinned.  (Rom. 3:10, 23; 5:12).


Yes, Paul did say that. But, could not Jesus and Job be exceptions?



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