{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/105/1050343.htm","path":"chr/ecf/105/1050343.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/105/1050343.htm","text":"VII. \u201cThe next question we shall have to propose,\u201d he says, \u201cis, whether God wishes that man be without sin. Beyond doubt God wishes it; and no doubt he has the ability. For who is so foolhardy as to hesitate to believe that to be possible, which he has no doubt about God\u2019s wishing?\u201d This is the answer. If God wished not that man should be without sin, He would not have sent His Son without sin, to heal men of their sins. This takes place in believers who are being renewed day by day, 1376 until their righteousness becomes perfect, like fully restored health.","title":"Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Vol. V: A Treatise Concer...","type":"page"}