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Goodness... Yeah... Who would want Peter to do the work of the Lord? Or John? :huh: They were unlearned and so was Jesus. You can have all the theological education you want, and just be the biggest Pharisee. Theology does NOT equal a spiritual man. God working through a man equals God's...

By faith we have access to grace! Amen! :)

It is Christ, always Christ! It is by the Spirit! When we are reaping of the Spirit (having already sown to the Spirit), we walk in the love of God, and we are not within reach of sin. On the other hand, when we are reaping from the flesh (having already sown to the flesh), sin is inescapable.

It does say that by grace we stand... Walking by faith means to walk by faith as opposed to sight, in other words, believe the Lord though our senses scream the opposite, and so does the whole world! That is the WAY we walk. Grace on the other hand is the strength, the power by which we stand...

No ism is ever a good thing. But that is completely different from community. In community, all the needs are met, and one is not 'kept poor'... Rather his needs are met AND he works full time for the Lord, he is there for the brothers... Most institutions just open 2 hours a day, once a...

The question then becomes do we need ministers! :) Don't get me wrong. We need leaders, people who work full time for the Lord, also. But a salary? Based on a worldly system? Makes no sense! Rather the one who works full time for the Lord should have all his NEEDS provided by the brothers and...

9 Micah asked him, “Where are you from?” “I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he said, “and I’m looking for a place to stay.” 10 Then Micah said to him, “Live with me and be my father and priest, and I’ll give you ten shekels[d] of silver a year, your clothes and your food.” 11 So the...

<_< Doesn't change the fact Paul is dead, ie someone can raise the dead, but that doesn't mean they don't die. Makes me think of someone, who came to save others, and thus could not save himself. These men reflect this. 'It's for another dispensation'. In other words, the church today is not...

According to the fatness of the wallets of the congregation? Organizational churches basically come down to a bunch of people paying one man to be spiritual for them. It is very unlike the community life, and unity of the Spirit Christ came to set up. Working for ten shekels and a shirt? Never...

Amen! :) It is both that we are in Christ, and he is in us! If we walk in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Christ cleanses us from all sin... May we come to this fellowship! Makes me think of what the Lord says to Hermas in one of his visions... This is quite...

Blessings to all... I have not been as active lately, pondering some things... And I've been thinking hard about one topic that was discussed! :) That topic would be the deity of Christ. Here is a thought to start this off. We are told both that our life must be hidden in God, and that we must...

No wonder, Richard, that you don't believe in overcoming sin, because it is indeed impossible apart from being crucified and raised with Christ, that he would live through us. But hey, you don't believe in that either! ;) The gospel centers around this power, this grace, made available to man...

It is the law of sin and death. If sin were not followed by death, we would think ourselves to be well off, and fine! The result, life, would make us think that we are indeed spiritual, since he who sows to the Spirit reaps life. Rather our reaping death indicates where we sow, to the flesh...

Welcome DLANE! :) Blessings in Christ!

Oh, I guess you hadn't heard... Paul died a martyr. :huh: The doctrine that the power of God and his life is no longer available to the church comes from people both not having the power and yet being sure that they have arrived and form the church as God desires it. A dangerous combination!

That doesn't do much if you ignore the rest! ;)

What about the part for condemnation? What about the part that says 'YOU are children of the devil? Is that also for you? You do not read the scriptures and let them reveal who you are, rather as you show right there, you read scriptures, take what God says is good about other people and say...

Galatians 1 6 I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, 7 which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. Gospels? Not so. Gospel. 3 Beloved, while I was very diligent to...