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Mysticism is the antithesis of faith. It requires switching off the mind in order to enter an altered state of consciousness, which naive people call communion with the holy spirit. Faith is being persuaded of GOD's mercy and faithfulness, being convinced that he is worthy of being trusted, and...

Oh LOL. With that statement I think the picture below would be a more appropriate avatar for you.

You are blessed.

It's occultic roots. Christian mysticism seeks the esoteric meanings behind written words. Emanuel Swedenborg was a Christian mystic who stated, How many times have we heard Episkopos say essentially the same thing? GOD's work is plain and means exactly what it says. The meaning is only hidden...

No, frankly I got bored.

Everything you said sounds right to me.

When faith works, it bears these fruits: The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control. Against such things [there] is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 This is how we know we have a faith with works.

Just a few: ​Therefore I exhort you, brothers, through the mercies of God, to present your bodies [as] a living sacrifice, holy [and] pleasing to God, [which is] your reasonable service. Romans 12:1 Therefore through him let us offer up a sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, the...

You've finally been outed. Your walk is based on faith in the experience of communing with a spirit of some form of Christian mysticism.

Thou shalt also make a laver [of] brass, and his foot [also of] brass, to wash [withal]: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: When they go into the...

You really don't understand anything about the cross and the gospel. You read a christian book and wear Christian clothes, but haven't yet come to a knowledge of the truth. Water made OT priests holy because that is the way GOD decided to do it. It is a shadow of the reality of being cleansed...

Your understanding of old testament shadows is very weak. That makes it easy for another spirit and gospel to deceive your mind.

I try not to use the term literal because the literal interpretation can be either spiritual, or natural (physical) depending upon GOD's intent. Literal just means real or actual, which could pertain to either spiritual or physical. So I strive to say natural instead of literal. My rule is that...

In GOD's eyes, believers' sinful flesh dies when they are baptized into Christ. And he creates in each believer a new spirit that they can serve him in holiness, and promises to raise them from the dead if they persevere in the faith. I can't make it much simpler than that.

I don't know what you mean by your questions; except for holy water, the answer of which is, no.

That's just an excuse. The old is the pattern for the new. GOD overlooked the sinfulness of the priests because they were doing his will. That is what sanctifies and makes someone holy and acceptable to GOD. The holy priests were continually defiled by sin from handling the sacrifices, and had...

Holy doesn't preclude sinfulness. The priests who attended the altar were holy, yet sinful beings. Well obviously the people to whom James was writing weren't perfect (mature), otherwise he wouldn't have directed them to persevere so that could be perfect. Are you completely mature?

The death and raising occurred at baptism. If we endure in the faith, our bodies will be resurrected at the last day.

Those verses apply to me and I don't deny them. I don't have any religious or denominational slant because I didn't learn what I know from any organization or denomination. Define sinless

The ability to not sin and endure comes out of 'my salvation'. They are not mutually exclusive... but then you weren't really clear what you meant by 'my salvation'.