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The most extreme one that I know of that comes to mind is the Message Bible...it isn't a translation but a paraphrase of scripture....the author is adding his own own meaning and interpretation to it. But I wonder about others as well, whether they are paraphrasing or simply translating. With...

Wonderful! Amen, and thank you for that. Would it be true to say that there is not a serious problem concerning doctrine with honest actual translations....but where we do have problems is with those versions that call themselves translations but are actually paraphrased versions..? "Lying...

To my understanding, soul is connected with the body....it is kind of the meeting point of body (which includes the brain and physical senses) and spirit. This is why the saving of our soul has to involve the receiving of a new glorified body when we die. Our spirit needs a "house" to live...

Not false identities, false personalities. People can develop false personas to cope with trauma or I think in a gradual way just trying to get along and cope with life and the world period. I know it happened with me....I never forgot the trauma, though I put it on a shelf - but years later...

As a man thinks, so is he. If we believe a lie it causes us, our soul/personality (or pieces thereof), to bend away from the truth. (That's why the truth will set us free.) Makes sense to me. But of course you're free to disagree. But my main point was to say what I believe makes a person...

Scripture says it's the INNER MAN that has been created after the image of He who created it. The inner man of those who believe by faith has been regenerated. But I think we are all dealing with false personalities to some extent that need to be brought into line with the truth, while those...

Too much splicing and dicing can lead to a distorted picture, like a Picasso painting, rather than a cohesive whole to get the true picture that the Lord has painted for us in His word. There is good reason why we want to walk in the Spirit rather than the flesh. Because sin/iniquity dwells in...

I wasn't denying that, although I am still seeking the Lord for understanding. If someone was walking in the Spirit for a season and now no longer is at this time, does that mean their flesh is still crucified in the way that you are talking about.....or is it only crucified at those times when...

Brother, sorry to take so long to answer. Of COURSE it is so wrong what those churches are doing and they are part of the general apostasy for being like that. Some churches are too soft and lenient regarding sin, and others are just plain nutty and religious and cultishly controlling. Jesus...

Death = sleep, rest. Death is an allegory for being at rest...our flesh subdued, ruled over, under Christ's feet, when He takes possession of our vessel. It's not literal. I'm not taking it lightly, just describing how it feels to me when the Lord has taken me over to work His work. At such...

Amen. "It's not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit says the Lord." Looking to the Lord and asking Him to work....when we are at rest and not straining in our own might, so to speak. And Hebrews 4:10 "for the one who as entered His rest has himself also rested from his works."

It says it is GOD working in us. We are at rest and just go along for the ride, when God is working through us by His Spirit. Is that not your experience? That is how I experience those rare (for me) but blessed times when the Lord is working...it is His Spirit in my vessel and "I" am just...

I don't mean to offend, but this looks to me like someone applying their intellect to the scriptures rather than just allowing those scriptures to teach them. The natural man (carnal mind/intellect) cannot perceive the things of God because they are spiritually discerned. People either don't...

Of course monks can and do sin.....belonging to a monastery or convent does nothing against sin. If you don't want to go by testimonies (though from scripture I believe we should consider and weigh testimonies), then just go by what scripture says about the matter: Rom 7:24-25 O wretched man...

Walking above the fleshly carnal nature and its sin because it is completely under your feet.,? As the scripture in describing victory, uses the image of putting things under the feet....it says all things have been put under the feet of Jesus but we do not yet (necessarily) see all things put...

Amen, I know what you mean. Scripture and it's words are in spirit.....that's why I like to confine myself to them as much as possible and sort of hold them in spirit with the mind of Christ. It's about having ears to hear what the spirit is saying. But the carnal mind comes along and wants...

It's a big subject and for me if I overthink it I will get lost in the weeds. As I understand this, the Law was weak through the flesh (that is speaking of the old covenant which came with a curse).....but the new covenant, which still fulfills the Law, now enables us to keep the Law through...

I'm not taking sides and can't keep up with everything today but I think there might be a certain amount of misunderstanding here. Things often get lost or misconstrued in the communication. Hepzibah did try to clarify this point about being "sin free", tried to find it to give you the post #...

I've always tried in sincerity to obey the Lord and His commands, and I believe that is what we all should do.....to me that is the normal Christian life...to work out our salvation with fear and trembling. Nobody is going to carelessly or deliberately sin their way to heaven....it's a narrow...

I don't doubt such experiences....at all. Just that I'm not entirely sure everything is all being understood entirely correctly. We can have experiences and not entirely understand them. I've been trying very hard to sort out what's what and understand.....maybe it's just beyond me right now...