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So you are a believer in sinless perfection? A full and complete sanctification during one's Christian walk?

Looking at the vice lists, that which follows the 3rd "God gave them up" in Romans One should not be overlooked, for it shows just how such things as we don't seem to view as so serious, are here in Paul's list, as deserving of death - "And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God...

It is human nature, that any of us who have studied the Bible for any length of time, develop our own Systematic Theology, maybe gained from one source or several sources. Then, we will tend to interpret a passage so that it fits our already believed System of Theology. Don't we all risk doing...

I am skeptical when men are so wordy in what appears to be a distortion of what the scriptures so clearly state: "In speaking of 'a new covenant,' he has made the first one obsolete. And what is obsolete and growing old will soon disappear." (Heb 8:13 NRSV) how is the Old Covenant...

Big Boy, you hold the Wesleyan or Methodist view of Romans 7 as in the following? .... Adam Clarke, a godly Methodist scholar, and one I use in my studies regularly. I find him excellent on many things, but not his view of Romans 7 as he writes on v14 - "It is difficult to conceive how the...

Big Boy, "foolmefoolsyou" is his username, and I addressed him as "fool" based on that. I did not think at the time how that would come across, and you are correct to admonish me on that. I erred in that choice of a "name". I stand corrected.

On this approach, I like to use the YLT, so to see if the definite article is included with "law". I take "the law" to be the Old Covenant; law without the definite article I find covered by Rom. 2:14-15 for Gentiles who were never under the law: "And we have known that as many things as the...

My #5, though I worded it clumsily, is my understanding of the law or commands that the Christian is bound by, and we find those clearly given to us in the epistles. I find the everlasting law of God existing from creation to today and beyond, and we'd find that included in the epistles; with...

Big Boy, we may be in the same church, and maybe on the same pew on this matter. What I am getting at I'll try to explain in the following. Do you agree with my approach as I've written as follows, or where would you revise and/or maybe disagree completely in my statements? You'll recognize...

1. Everything that is not specifically annulled by name in the New Covenant? 2. All that is called "Moral" law which is the Ten Commandments PLUS what is added to the Ten such as in the Larger Westminster Catechism? 3. All the Old Covenant laws for they come from God? 4. No Old Covenant...

That apparently is found in the Epistle of Big Boy Johnson.

By paraphrasing Lev. 18:22 by writing "Any man who lies with another man is committing an abomination", you have distorted and changed the meaning of God's word. The verse reads: "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination." (Lev 18:22 KJV) "You shall not lie with a...

You cannot re-write the Bible to suit your theology! All the standard translations specifically say "beheaded", which means they were martyrs, executed for their faith. If it merely meant "died in Christ" it would have been written that way. Funny how literalists leave their literalism when...

"...for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men/arsenokoites, for menstealers, for liars, for false swearers, and if there be any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;" (1Tim 1:10 ASV) Paul uses the word between "fornicators" and "men stealers". So here you have the word...

In years past, commentators on arsenokoites would refer back to Romans 1:27 or Sodom. Many today say Paul had the Greek wording of Lev. 18:22 in mind: "And thou shalt not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination." (Lev 18:22 LXXE) First, Paul gives exact quotes from...

I learned in the past few days of an additional extended family member who is gay, and the following is the biblical presentation I am sending to both families involved. I only address the New Covenant verses that apply to the New Covenant believers, Christians. My notes are not new, but...

I agree with your assessment of the situation. I am convinced the USA is under the severe judgment of God and the key I see is how the judgment on ancient Israel is described: "My people—children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, your leaders mislead you, and confuse...

You apparently have not read my posts! "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law." (1John 3:4 KJV) For the Christian, the New Covenant believer; any law given in the New Covenant is the standard, and transgression of that is sin. The law of...

Barney, I appreciate your thoughts on this, expressed in clear writing. I've been tied up some, but I am going to reply to a couple of your points soon. I do appreciate how you approached this. On intimate knowledge, I too have had close experience with males of homosexual orientation, within...

I support fully so much of the policy decisions President Trump has made and put into effect. I voted for him in 2016 and 2020 and also supported his Presidential run with money. His narcissism in the past I attributed to a sense of humor that was geared to tweak and arouse the anger of...