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It is better to be honest than to 'fake holiness'... But our call is above honesty, and to walk in true holiness, which is even better... That is, if we believe in true holiness! ;) Honesty still falls short of the Lord's calling, and if we are honest in saying that we are not perfect, but...

Episkopos answered it better than I could! :) Dragonfly also gave a good answer for it... We are talking about 'the law of God'.

Thanks dragonfly, Romans 8:7 answers it well. :)

So does this make Paul's words to be inaccurate, or unnecessary? Rom 11:19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. Rom 11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: Rom 11:21 For if God...

Lawlessness is to have no law. These obey no law. Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Mat 22:38 This is the first and great commandment. Mat 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love...

The Bible says they knew the way of righteousness... Are we so special that we are above falling? So special that we will be accepted no matter our faults? Are we God's favorites? Does God have favorites? Do we know the way of righteousness AND we are his favorites? What makes us above this...

2Pe 2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 2Pe 2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the...

If we truly are in relationship with him, then this will bear the fruit of righteousness in us. The heresy is that we may know Christ, abide in him, and yet we remain as we were before. We are not transformed. It is a common belief today that by our 'belief' we save ourselves... By believing...

Well said! Eph 3:4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) Eph 3:5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; Eph 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs...

Unbelief in Jesus? The scriptures I posted are about people who say 'Lord, Lord'. They believe in Jesus alright. And Jesus says 'Go away from me, you workers of iniquity' also translated as 'lawlessness'. Clearly, they believe in Jesus, but are rejected for being lawless.

'A common error': 2Pe 3:15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 2Pe 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard...

Amen! 1Jn 3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

Excellent post(s) brother! :) God will not welcome those who on the one hand claim all the promises but on the other do not receive his discipline, and are not willing to grow and be shaped into his likeness. We must allow the cross to do it's work in us!

Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. The many could also...

I think many here are misunderstood. Evangelical thinking often confuses 'we can cease from sin and walk as he walked' with 'I have never sinned and always walk as he walked'. It seems to me to be a defense mechanism. I have not witnessed many such claims, and have not made them myself. I claim...

I do agree it is wrong to go to the other extreme, to disregard anyone who hasn't attained and does not walk like Christ... If we do, we might as well dismiss Paul's letter to the Philippians ('I have not yet attained'). But to make this standard and calling impossible is as much in error...

'In the meantime what we are afraid of is this: lest any should use the phrase, "the righteousness of Christ", or, "the righteousness of Christ is imputed to me," as a cover for his unrighteousness. Warn them against making void that solemn decree of God, "without holiness no man shall see the...

Even further so in the 21st century!

There are also many warnings that if we draw back, God has no pleasure in us... And 'he who endures to the end shall be saved'. Again, the matter is to take the whole counsel of scripture. The verses above do indeed describe the end of those who are God's, if they persevere. Some verses tell us...

One moment you say we are judged by our works and the next you say the enemy is a doctrine about works prepared in advance by the Father, actually bearing fruit in this life and being conformed to Christ. Interesting...