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I see the soul as the reasoning element in being decisive for thinking. Our spirit being is the container of the soul, and the body is the container of the spirit. I also believe that due to the inherent sin nature (old man) from Adam is what determines the soul's decisions. Thus, in our new...

Hi SP - I agree with your general line of reasoning, esp. concerning your mention of "desire." I think many are of the concept that the believer no longer has the sinful nature (old man), but to conceive eradication of the sin nature would be to assume being sinless, and nowhere is it said in...

Even though believers are free from the guilt (Rom 8:1) and dominion (Rom 6:12, 14) of sin, there will yet remain to some degree a level of bondage in the “conscience,” until the all-sufficient expiation of sin by Christ is learned concerning the once-applied Blood (Heb 10:2, 10). The more the...

It is not the work of the Holy Spirit to purify (the Spirit during His work of rebirth applies the Blood and the life of Christ (Col 3:4—NC), but to testify to the Blood of the Lord Jesus as having purified. The Spirit comes to the saints as the witness of their cleanness, not as the producer of...

Thanks for letting me know your thoughts on this thread, and I didn't see your reply as a debate but as an elaboration on the subject of works, as you've indicated. Blessings to your Family!

Hi JAN - Thanks for your reply. The basic point I'm trying to share is that salvation does not come by works, but works demonstrate salvation. Salvation results from grace and faith, but "not by works" (Eph 3:9), and that no eventual works evinces no faith. Thanks for your site labors and God...

What parents could there be that would desire their child to earn love and favor from them in place of merely receiving it? These can never be earned since love and favor are antecedent to anything children do, and seeing that this acceptance is unattainable by any action (other than faith...

Hi KE - Me neither. When James wrote that "faith without works is dead," I believe his intention is that by the word "dead" he means no or non-existent faith. Though works are not the life of faith, the inverse is true! Faith never fails and is permanent, and will always eventually produce...

If I look at the Lord Jesus’ walk on earth, everything He did was to consummate the will of His Father; and He did it. Now what is He thinking of? Not my position before the Father, for that He has accomplished in His work on the Cross. It is my condition here He is thinking of. You may say, but...

Hi KE - True, one can make an appearance to put God and others before self (if the author means this by "unself") and not truly intend it. Appreciate your reply and God bless!

Just in mentioning I wanted to point out that my intention for posting this article is to indicate the difference between our relationship with God and our walk with Him. Our "being" in God has only to do with our union with Him. Our "doing" or walk in God has only to do with how we "draw" near...

There’s the “being” (Mary - Luk 10:42) and then the “doing” (Martha - v 41), and the more we are established in the former, the more maturity the latter will reveal. It’s an axiom that there can be no doing in Christ if there is no being in Him at all, and the significance to the doing is...

Hi Kerwin - Thanks for your reply and sorry for the late response. I believe I understand what you mean concerning the Spirit, but it's my understanding that He is our comforter and it's by Him were are reborn into the life of Christ (Col 3:4), and He teaches us what Jesus desires us to know...

I partly agree, in that we still have the sin nature, thus we still sin, but it's not willful (Heb 10:26). And because of the "old man" (sin nature) we cannot possess our own righteousness. This is why "Christ is our life" (Col 3:4) and hence His righteousness is our righteousness, for He "is...

I agree, Scripture's use of the phrase command or law of God often means His will and desire, not always the Law of Moss, esp. in the NT in the Pauline Epistles. Thanks and God bless!

I think I understand your point, but impute and impart are not synonymous. If God could impart righteousness that would mean you would have your own instead of it being imputed, and to have your own would require being without the sin nature, which only Jesus was. Thus the righteousness...

Thanks, but knew this. Blessings!

I understand your reasoning, but our impasse now is that I believe the Decalogue was part of the Law, so we cannot justify debating this issue. Thanks anyway my Brother!

Sorry for the mistake in the names and thanks! Blessings!

Hi Kerwin – Thanks for your applicable reply, which I mostly agree with. It’s God’s method of dealing with man that changes, not His motive, which is as you’ve indicated (Phl 2:13). The word “dispensation” by definition is applicable as it “divides” eras in God’s plans in dealing with man, which...