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Amen! The Bible testifies of how men were led of the Spirit. It does this to the purpose that we also be led by the Spirit. It gives us a good idea, but without the leading of the Spirit we are just copying what others did as God told them to, without God actually telling us to. It is good to...

We have needs of coming together, but not under the umbrella of an institution, rather under the umbrella of Christ, who is the head of the body. We have plenty of organization in the sense of coming together. But what we lack is coming together around the new life in Christ Jesus. We lack a...

This Vale of Tears, You say submission to the current institution is equal to submission to God. To which, the catholic church, the orthodox church, the lutheran church, presbyterian church, baptist church, evangelical church, etc? I assume you are catholic, so catholic is what you would...

It is true for those who seek honestly with all their hearts, open before him. It is easy for men to declare a love for God, to declare they want to please us. But this confession must be followed with the appropriate walk. We are to present ourselves daily as a living sacrifice to God. If we...

Did he speak in agreement with the Word, live in agreement with the Spirit, and bring the life the word speaks of? (Before anyone accuses me of Mormonism, my answer is no) Would this not be contradictory with Paul's letters? Jesus said he came to fulfill the law, as in show the example of a...

Amen! Our perfection is in Christ, where we are called to abide! :) Thank you for providing a balanced view of Romans 8:1 and it's meaning! "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,...in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us...

Yes. Amen to this! I, and many others, have been called anti-Semite for speaking of the fact we are all called into one body in Christ Jesus. This was by a Jewish christian who believed in the superiority of Jews, even in Christ. Sadly, many take on these lies. While the gospel in love calls...

You mean he kept stoning spirit filled Christians after conversion? He might of used his knowledge of the word, head knowledge, but only along with the new nature. His head knowledge was also what he used when he approved of the stoning of Stephen. Is the head knowledge the key? Obviously not...

A distinction must carefully be made between the man who is anointed of God and the man who considers himself anointed of God. The Pharisees also considered themselves as God's anointed, and the very upholders of the what Moses had delivered to Israel, the law and commandments. But they were...

Paul's learning and all the wisdom he acquired before his conversion led him to partake in the stoning of a man who right before his eyes was speaking truth and filled with the Holy Spirit. ... and we would call that a master's degree? Saul, the Pharisees and many after the same pattern since...

I do not see people with great passion as the be all and end all of the church, but rather people with a great oneness with God and fear of him, who serve him in all things, unto death. Where we greatly part ways and where I believe the issue lies is here: "While I agree with you in ideals for...

I am sorry if you took offense Rach, and I concede this: I might not of been clear on the fact that OSAS leads many to despise the cross, but I do believe that you can doctrinally hold the OSAS view and accept the cross presented you and it's suffering. If that is your case, that is good. But...

See, but then we are still using the knowledge of good and evil to judge what is indeed good. But are we not then eating of that tree that is forbidden? The Pharisees also ate of the tree of good and evil, they compared and decided, this is good, this is evil according to knowledge. But when...

Yes. I do not like the name "replacement theology" because it conveys the wrong idea. It is not that anyone is replacing anyone. Rather it is that all have been called into a new covenant of oneness with God through Jesus Christ, both Jew and Gentile. The wall of separation has been torn down...

There is a lack of understanding in the western church about the call to what is perfect in Christ Jesus. We are presented with many things we deem good. A good study, a good book, a good thought, and we satisfy ourselves with these things. We are rich with goods and good things! But even these...