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Yes. A brother once told me, 'stand out to God (not to be confused with standing out to men), whatever you do, don't just go with the flow, at least you give God something to work with'. If one is zealous even in ignorance, God has something to work with. That person is then tested by his...

I agree with you on that... Unless we can see beyond what one denomination teaches, we are not walking in brotherly love. Within the confines of whatever denomination we associate with, one may walk in brotherly love. But I see a necessity to, at one point, come out of this, as a body, and find...

The questions is, what are we pumping up? It is never profitable to go by the pumping up of the flesh. Rather let us do everything while walking in the peace and love of the Lord.... Our weapons are not carnal but spiritual. :)

Yes, that is what I'm saying. :) It was just a thought I had... From the beginning, the aim was Christ, as we know that even the law's purpose was to lead Israel to Christ, to prepare them.

Yes, Paul had already learned to discipline himself, and he had already learn some important traits of character, but they were apart from love, and channeled wrong. Since it was for a lack of knowledge, God had mercy.

I think women can speak, can share, but I do not believe it is appropriate that they ever be in authority over men (notice, boys is different). Men are the head, and od has used men as the leaders. This does not belittle women, but it is simply God's order. Both are equally heirs. I like what...

It says of Christ that he is the firstborn of creation... I have seen this used to say that he is not God, but rather a created being. But if it were so, how could it say... 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3...

Amen! May we be transformed into his image, and may we walk in his ways! :)

What you say has nothing to do with the subject matter, dan p, we were talking about overcoming. Paul was innocent because he did it in ignorance.... And then when Christ shone light on him, he learned to overcome by the Spirit, and to manifest Christ, and be as he is! ;) That is the power of...

Yes, since Genesis it has always been the same. In Christ, it is fulfilled. 5 Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?— 6 just as Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for...

Knowledge is important, and necessary, but it is not salvific. It is not the hearers of the word (who hereby receive knowledge), but the doers of the words (hereby being faithful) who are saved. :)

I am saying that what causes man to take whatever definition and to use it in such a way that makes the power of the gospel and the necessity of purifying ourselves by his Spirit null is either out of a lack of understanding, experience, or out of the natural man, which seeks to save himself...

Jesus died for his brothers, and now we ought to do the same. 1 John 3:16 16 By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

I see unity as possible outside of the system. How can we be united and yet divide ourselves into factions? Rather we should all come out from under Saul, and find unity in the cave of Adullam, under the anointed of the Lord.

I greatly disagree... We should love our neighbors... But we should not be yoked unequally! Does loving your neighbors mean marrying them? This passage does not say they weren't married before conversion... It says if he 'has' a wife, present tense, but does not say when he was married. He is...

Jesus did that, yes. We are called to be his body, and now we die with him. As Paul says, 'I die daily', this must be our reality. This who believe in being saved by Jesus without actually following him take the benefits of the gospel, what is offered us, while not doing what is required of us...

Good post! :) Indeed, if all we see, and all we are filled with is the Spirit of God, it is impossible for us to think an evil thought, thus it says that he in whom God's seed remains does not sin! This man walks fully in the Spirit, with zero reliance on the flesh. We are but vessels, and we...

Yes, a very wise man! :) He once said.... The longer I live, the larger allowances I make for human infirmities. I exact more from myself and less from others. Wow! Such wisdom... With even half his measure of wisdom, we would be well off!

Thanks for this clarification, veteran. :) I guess I'm talking about a different 'Gnosticism'. It was the word that seemed most fitting, since it means knowledge, and I was considering those who hold that salvation is by certain beliefs... Which is ridiculous! Rather he who works righteousness...

Some men who have died in the worst of places will have the most glorious of resurrections! It is not where we die, but how we die! :)