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Hi, and great point! I believe this parallels Rom 1:19, 20.

Hi Brother! Though I always appreciate your input, we will have varying opinions on this issue. It's my understanding that the "breaking off" only refers to fellowship with God, not their union in Him, like the copious amount of times He kept returning them to Himself. There were those who...

Thanks for your input Brother in Christ!

Note to reader: It’s the hopes of this poster that viewers understand and apply the truths of Israel’s eschatology to their faith; and it is also acknowledged concerning the suspicion that most will find this doctrine unfamiliar, and so, initially difficult to understand or lacking interest. God...

Okay, thanks for letting me know what you meant! God bless.

Hi Marks! I like what you and JBF are commenting (and your ever mentioning love). I think "abiding in our new nature" could be understood (IMO) that during the moments we are walking by the new nature we are not sinning, but the abiding here is temporary due to the original nature, which I...

I agree, and I think I may be unnecessarily too specific on this issue.

I agree, and I always just have to keep in my mind that I do not conform but am always "being conformed" (Ro 8:29). This helps me to avoid attempting to be self-dependent--a problem I have about which I too often forget.

Col 3:3 says to "Mortify your members ("body of sin"), and Ro 8:13 explains how it is done. I suppose it's how we understand this, but to me I do not see it as depending upon ourselves to oppose the old man, flesh or sinful nature (Gal 5:17), and therefore our part is seeking dependence on the...

HI Sis, and thanks for your input! I like your encouraging reply, and I also find it instructional to realize that believers will always choose to "please" God, because thankfully, He "works" this in our hearts and minds (Phil 2:13). Regardless of how often we may want to take any credit for...

Hi JBF, and I always appreciate your replies and comments, with which I agree. Verse 25 of Chapter 7 is clear that Paul owns up ("I myself") to all that he does, and that he is not speaking of any other person. I believe there is good explanatory instruction in vs 14 and 23 because they describe...

Believers function by two natures: I the old man and I the new, but “live” and “walk” only after one (Gal 5:25), because nobody can have two masters (Mat 6:24). It’s not merely in the desire to sin, but also in the willingness to sin that confirms the “dominion” of sin (Ro 6:14) in the “natural...

What is to be said of Israel’s eschatology—God’s first-loved on the earth (the Christian being His first-loved in heaven)? Israel is one of the prime examples of God’s faithfulness to His promises to man, which are a show off His love. The most significant emblem of His love is confirmed within...

No matter how well maintained we are at disallowing our problems to escalate into “troubles” (Jhn 14:1, 27), there will always be prearranged difficulties in the way. Though sovereignly controlled (Ro 8:28), they will require “enduring” (2Ti 2:3), by “casting all your care on Him” (1Pe 5:7); and...

Obviously Satan does not believe God is omniscient, which is seen in the fact that he did not realize God knew Job is always faithful, regardless of what he encounters. Surely one of the greatest comforts to us can be in just knowing that God not only already knows all that we will encounter...

Though all versions contain Christ's incarnation in 2Jhn 1:7, it is no less a change in the Word if it doesn't always appear when it supposed to be present, which still an omission of the Word; and there are thousands of omissions in the Minority Text of nearly all modern translations. The...

In the beginning years of our rebirth we find that God meets our earthly needs and we are much drawn and thankful to Him for it, and we continue to learn that He will ever meet them during the remnant of our earthly time! But once spiritual growth of the Word begins to become more understood...

A believer is “a wise master-builder” (1Co 3:10) if he is given to know the purpose for “works” (in the Word which produce love), that they derive in this life from the grace of salvation! In relation to this life, they are purposed to glorify God via being used to “draw” the lost and “exhort”...

Good stuff Sis and thanks for the instruction! That which is are all is what constitutes our lives, and Christ is the life of everyone who believes (Col 3:4).

The most helpful truth I’ve learned about myself is that which concerns my “old man” and how busy it seems to maintain itself in everything. During the times I identify the old man’s activity it’s then I can determine how far back and how long it has been affecting me in my present situation...