The only truly effective accountability partner in terms of overcoming sin is someone who has never sinned themselves. The first step in understanding sin is to realize that we all struggle with it to some degree. Therefore, if we rely on confessing our sins to others in order to maintain our relationships, we would never have time for anything else. I do not think we can neatly compartmentalize our lives in this way.The Christian life is not one of striving to get ahead or to be better than others. Rather, we seek to live our lives in accordance with our one true purpose, valuing what is most important to us. This is reflected in the way we live our lives, in the choices we make and the things we do.The idea that salvation is a completed work, and that we only need to focus on Christ as the image of God, is a key tenant of our belief system. We do not view ourselves as lacking anything that needs to be added, but rather as growing in our understanding of what Christ has already given us. This focus on Christ as the source of our salvation allows us to let go of our self-imposed limitations and truly experience the fullness of God's love.We begin with the assumption that salvation is the most prestigious honor we could ever imagine for ourselves. Salvation can only be attained by receiving everything from God through Christ. Therefore, a more concentrated focus on salvation allows us to disconnect from the worldly appearances of salvation.The apostle is describing different occupations as there was an organism that had entered from space and had a connection to its own species. Out of this experience, we can observe how it functions. However, the moment we begin to observe ourselves, we become disconnected from this experience.The world has undergone a rapid shift from a Christian-centric perspective to a more humanistic view of how species behave. This change in perspective makes it easy to conclude that the Bible's epistles are divided into doctrinal and practical sections based on this world view. However, we cannot simply assume that if we understand the doctrine intellectually, we will be able to do the practical things.