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My response would be to prayerfully receive the admonition and or rebuke or correction, especially if that person passes the test of the Spirit. Like I have repeatedly said, I with Paul only know in part.... That is what a renewed mind will teach you, not to mention the Discipline of God. The...

your example is nonsensical. In Other words, common sense would say this is false assuming my mother did not have a first marriage or a daughter from that marriage that would be my stepsister. A Messenger is sent to give a word from the LORD which often times the person the message is directed...

Are you not sitting in judgment over those who are sent as messengers by declaring that they are "self-affirming"? Are you not elevating yourself in not entertaining the idea that you could be in error and that messenger was sent to correct that error in you? Do You not see how this attitude in...

God does not just renew the mind, but the heart as well.... My view is the mind is first, and the heart second, your view as I see it is the renewing of the mind is the final act... this is what I mean by the doctrine of rest being the start of the race, not the finish. I Agree with 90% of what...

I ask "do you see it now"? Because there is a blindness in the church to this error. Hence the eyesalve associated with overcoming this error.

complacency is the result of a misapplication of the doctrine of rest. That we need nothing else, that we are in need of nothing.... This is the Laodicean error at work in the church. Do You see it now? The Doctrine of rest is the start of the race, not the end of the race we must run.

That is to say it leads to resting from ones own works, so yes there is that truth. But once you realize I cannot by own strength and will become Christ like, what then? We rest from our works is the first step in becoming his workmanship, this is why Ephesians 2:8-9 should never be separated...

I Love that passage for that very reason.... Whenever I run into a legalist strictly adhering to the ten commandments and castigating any who do not, I remind them of the new commandment Christ gave us of loving one another as Christ loved us.... That is the high calling of God in Christ, that...

When we are Born again, though there is a dramatic change in who we are we are never "complete" and Christ like instead we have a goal to strive for. I Cannot even begin to fathom the Love of God on the cross dying for sinners such as i, let alone to put that into practice in my life to love one...

When we are Born again, we receive the "Earnest of the Spirit" Literally down payment... a down payment is never the full payment, but a partial payment. It is the second move of the Holy Spirit that we receive the fulness of the Spirit. This is exemplified by the Apostles receiving the Holy...

An hour in the prayer closet is like a full night of sleep for me.... I don't literally go into a closet, but i do fall asleep in prayer, and it revitalizes the soul better than rest does. I Have prayed till 3 or 4 in the morning and then had to get up at five, and because of that prayer time I...

It is pretty obvious you don't handle criticism very well. Used to be that when a person had a correction or rebuke of the church it was not just brushed away as "self-affirmation" on the part of the person with the message, but it was carefully considered by the elders of the church, and...

Great question indeed. Hello Marilyn, I remember you from Worthy, if you are the same Marilyn... DH

The church is a living organism made of "lively stones"... the people. It dies when it is seen as a building and an institution. Soak in the word, and let the Holy Ghost teach you from the word and your faith will start to breathe again and life will come back to your faith... "where the Spirit...

I Still prefer most of the old hymns as they are far deeper spiritually than most of the new songs... There is a place for the new music but worship should always be the goal, not self-aggrandizement. The elders of the church should always be the ones to make sure this is the case.

What I am saying is that with the attitude that all people who confront you on a certain set of beliefs that you hold are just condemning you and self-affirming themselves, you could be missing out on a messenger sent from God to show you this error in your life. You read a "negative comment"...

I Don't agree with @Episkopos Binatarian stance, I see the HS as God with us, Emmannuel, fully God but the basis for this argument is the difference between the earnest and and the fulness of The Spirit from scripture. When we are born again we receive the earnest of the Spirit, the fulness...

No Offence, (Not trying to pick a debate) but you probably would have been one of the ones chopping heads off of prophets with this attitude.... Sometimes God uses people like this to show the church when it falls into hypocrisy or carnality or complacency, and it is unwise to ignore someone God...

Surprisingly, many Christians do not know the answer to this question. That is because there is no formula for this. The Spirit can speak and teach you a number of ways, sometimes just reading the Word of God and putting yourself into the text... that is how I received my calling, That night in...

I Know that God placed us together, so was it too fast? I Have known her for a couple of years, but only recently started dating... like i said i was not looking for anyone, He brought us together.... My Faith is that God is at work in this relationship.