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I agree with you that obedience is not easy for any of us. I was also a rebellious teen and it was mostly because rebellion is easier then submission. This is why most people "take the wide and spacious road leading off into destruction" as Jesus said, because its the easy option. Christianity...

Are you still ignoring the fact that i have shown you that jw's do not teach salvation by works? There has been no comment on you from my earlier post and I assume its because you have no evidence to back up your false claim. If you had evidence, you'd be quick to post it i'm sure. I have...

glad we agree :D The teaching is very clear in the bible that good works are an evidence of faith and its also clear the salvation is a gift, not something we deserve or earn. I just noticed one point about the scriptures you used that you may not be aware of from your above post...

ok thanks for that. So basically you are saying that talking in tongues is about 'experiencing' and relating to Jesus directly and it has nothing to do with knowledge or understanding. That is really quite different to the gift of tongues in the first century. Why do you think God has changed...

I see a small problem here. You are using the letter to the Romans to provide evidence that 'good works' have nothing to do with salvation, yet Paul is not speaking about 'good works' He is speaking about the Mosaic law code...not an individuals 'good works'. Romans 2:12 For all who have...

I agree :) So rather then debate the legitimacy of talking in tongues, perhaps you can help us understand the phenonemon better by answering my questions What message from God do we need today that Jesus Christ and the apostles did not supply for us? And what new spiritual information could...

what makes you think that spiritual understanding is only 'carnal'? Do you not believe that the holy spirit is capable of helping christians to understand the word of God today? If you look again at Pauls words, he put understanding, teaching, prophecying ABOVE speaking in tongues. Also, Peter...

quite right there are many ways in which christians prove that they are not really followers of Christ. They are probably the ones who think along the lines of 'once saved always saved'

in Hebrews 2:1-4 we are reminded to pay close attention to the teachings of the apostles which began with Jesus and was confirmed by God thru signs/gifts and various powerful works in order to make the christians firm believers. So the purpose was to 'establish' the christian chruch. That was...

except that the claim you made is clearly not what is written by them, so your claim is false. John 15:1-2, 3-4 Jesus tells us that we will not remain on the vine if we are not bearing the right fruit. 1 John 2:4-5 tells us that we will only remain in union with Christ if we continue to obey...

the tongue Paul is referring to is a foreign language. Paul says it will be mysterious 'to those listening' so he was very clear that speaking in tongues was only beneficial if they could be interpreted for the benefit of all 1 Corinthians 14:5 If they couldnt interpret what they had spoken...

I just wanted to add a general reply here regarding tongues. The tongues that the diciples in the first century spoke were actual foreign languages. This gift was given in order for the jewish diciples to preach to the gentiles....many of whom did not speak hebrew or greek. Acts 2:5-6 "As it...

Hi again, :) or how far away from the bible their teachings take them. There are a lot of non biblical teachings among christians and as soon as your teaching is not based on the writings of God, they are an apostacy. So do you judge based on the church's fundamental teachings or their way of...

this is an important point to make because you are totally right. Most creationists think that the theory of evolution as that all LIFE evolved on the planet... .obviously this is contrary to the 'creation' account. Whereas, evolutionists separate 'origins of life' from 'evolution of life'...

I certainly do see the need to get to the truth of the bible, but the problem is that there are so many different denomiinations out there that it is very difficult to find the one that preaches in accord with the word. If you believe your denomination is teaching in accord with the bible, then...

and to a person who doesnt really understand what all these scriptures mean, they mean that the 'light' is spiritual 'understanding' and 'truth' about God. Our spirituality needs to be fed a certain type of 'light' in order to be reconciled to God, and Jesus is the source of the light that...

Yes we should be led by holy spirit, but it is dangerous to think that the holy spirit is going to come an sit down with us and have a nice ol chat to teach us about God. I say its dangerous because the holy spirit is not a person, it is Gods spirit. Just as you have a spirit, so does God have...

how do you know that they are not simply acting in accord with their faith? A person who has come to know Jesus should be 'following his steps closely' 1 Peter 2:21 Jesus lead a life of self sacrifice, he helped the needy, he gave of himself, he fed the hungry, healed the sick....these were all...

We only need to go back to the original word for sin to find out what it means in order to know what sin is. We understand that failing to obey Gods law is sin, but to find out what sin actually is or why it is, we need only look at the original words. Hebrew word is chat‧ta’th′ and the Greek...

1 John 4:3 tells us that the antichrist is "every inspired expression that does not confess Jesus" I know many people expect the antichrist to be a political power, but I think it is much more then that. John speaks of 'many antichrists' not a single one. So if you take his words at 1John 4:3...