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The danger comes when we remove the offense of the cross. I cannot tell whether it is the case her or not, since I haven't looked into it. Man must die, along with his ways, if he is to live God. If we appease people in such a way that it takes away this message, we deny the way of Christ. On...

Well, to put it simply, scriptures shows that some, having begun in the way have afterwards 'forsaken the way' and walk once again after their own lusts. Scripture does not say 'those who were never in the way' but rather those who have 'forsaken the way'. It doesn't get much simpler! :) Of...

Amen! :)

Maybe it is not his will that you live in a monastery On the other hand, I am convinced, by the word of God, that it is his will that you would be translated into his kingdom and live from there, with Christ. :) There you will find victory, and new life in him.

15 They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; (2 Peter 2)

Without faith it is impossible to please God. Unless we walk by faith, we are still in unbelief... God is not pleased with this, as the scriptures reveal. :)

It is better to speak the truth to our own hurt than to twist it to justify ourselves!

Takes away their sins? Or just the consequences... Because all you've been saying is that God cannot take away our sins but only the consequences! When it says we are dead to sins, which part of that is it? Our spirit? Our spirit is made alive, not dead! So what is it then... The flesh? Yes. A...

Yes, I agree with that. :)

That's a false accusation! Episkopos, when asked, has already said he is not yet able to remain always in the presence of the Lord, full of the Spirit. He does not claim to be sinless... He claims that Christ is sinless, and that in him there is no sin. If we are in him, and abide there, we do...

So the Spirit could do miracles through Paul, but it couldn't make Paul to walk as Jesus did, which is also a miracle?

No, I am not. :) Yes! There is ONE son of God... Yet through HIM, we are given power to become sons of God. :)

I think you're reading something into what he is saying the he isn't actually saying... the question is not whether or not they were christians... The question is what we should get to; the victorious life in Christ Jesus...

Ok, I see that. You use the word to talk about people coming to do what is right, love their neighbour, so on so forth. :) But I see christianity as being one step beyond that. It is about the life of the Spirit being in us, and us ministering this life that they too might enter eternal life NOW.

I am not talking about doctrine... I actually find myself agreeing more with catholic doctrine then with protestant doctrine. But even the right doctrine is worthless if the life of Christ is not present. When I say system, I am speaking of what has become an organization, with positions to...

No, I am not excluding you because you are catholic. :) I have nothing against Catholics.... But I see the system that man has created as an enemy of the people, which binds them from going further in depth with Christ.

Maybe the way you use the word relating and the way I understand it are different. Paul was stripped of his religiosity, and the disciples also. Christ did not come to make a better religion, he came to re-establish union with God. The purpose is that we would have access to the presence of...

Aspen, I did not say I don't sin, and I didn't say that christians all don't sin. I said the Christian has access to the presence of God, where there is no sin. Having this then, what excuse is there for sin, because the power to overcome is there? I fall under the same category. I don't walk at...

Is it an ideal that we can walk in the presence of God? When it says we have access by the blood to the sanctuary, the presence of God, is it just a nice thought? Aspen, it sounds to me like you're just saying "I haven't seen it, so it must not exist, let's live in reality!" But then you are...

2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: Rom 8:4 That the...