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Yes--the temptation to sin is always with us--but, praise God, we can have the victory over sin through our Lord Jesus. :)

No--I actually know what it means--doesn't burn at all. Now, be a nice boy and stop harassing Christians, please. I think I will put you on my "ignore" list for a while.

What it seems to you, when considering others, is usually a far cry from what actually is. You are being presumptuous.

Once again, bbyd, you live up to your avatar. Just so you know, I fear no human "What can mortals do to me?" (Psalm 56:4) and I don't have the foggiest notion of why you would be frightened by Christians.

Yes--some have confused the "Christian life" with asceticism--Francis of Assisi would be one of the more prominent examples. One of the main problems with trying to combine asceticism with Christianity, is that asceticism often inspires haughtiness and pride in its practitioners (and we know...

Yes--I deliberately chose not to discuss the "flesh" in my postings on this OP. What Paul seems to be saying in Romans 7 is that, as long as we remain within our mortal flesh, our flesh and the Holy Spirit within us, are at war with each other. "Sins of the flesh" include greed, lust...

Interesting question--here's what I think: He might possibly seal our flesh if He wanted to preserve our mortal lives for some reason--(like the Two Witnesses of Revelation?). But, when we speak of the Holy Spirit sealing an individual, during this Church age, we generally mean that the Holy...

And I would add...possessing Christians are confessing Christians. ;)

No--I don't think that is correct. The Holy Spirit seals an individual when He comes to indwell that individual. The problem is that so many "christians" are like my friend who called himself a "Christian atheist". There are many who call themselves Christian but live very worldly lives...

I would agree. The reason why I agree is that I know that there are real Christians and then there are "christians". I once knew a guy who called himself a "Christian atheist". I asked him why he called himself that and he said that he thought that Christianity was a force for good in the...

p.s. I remain blissfully unaware of any posts by "Bread of Life" (I put him back on "ignore"). He is apparently "spoiling for a fight" but, if we don't fight with him, it will deprive him of fuel for his ire. I read a book by Fr. John Powell. He said that he was a priest for (I think) ten...

Yes--it is like Saul/Paul going around persecuting Christians. He thought he was serving God--until the scales came off his eyes.

Translation, please.

Did I pose a question? I made a statement. I looked at post #9 and I did not see anything that applies to what I said.

Probably because they don't care about us.

Mostly, I have you on "ignore" because of your abusive posts, "Bread of Life". But, in seeking to be helpful to others here (as well as to you), I will attempt to answer your question. 1) I said that we hold to the PRIMACY of Scripture. You can look that up in the dictionary. 2) The Holy...

Don't you wonder how they got so far from the truth? They have always had the Scriptures to guide them, but then, men took over and countermanded what the Holy Spirit taught through the word that He inspired. Very sad. One billion people being led astray. But the RCC is not content with just...

Yes, those manifestations show the true ugliness of Satan. He is, however, a master of illusion and can even appear as "an angel of light" according to the Scriptures.

One Bible teacher has likened the manifestations of the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit to the gift of a Swiss Army knife. There is ONE gift--the Swiss Army knife--BUT the manifestations of that gift can be seen as a small screwdriver, a large screwdriver, a bottle opener, a toothpick, etc.

1 Corinthians 14 also recommends prophecy over tongues. There is only ONE gift--it is the granting of the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. But there are different manifestations that show His presence. Tongues is wrongly termed "the gift of tongues". The ability of prophesying is also...