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Matthew 5:48 48 "Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. No, to your first question, here. Yes, God understands we undergo a "learning curve" in walking with Him. But God is only willing to give His adopted children the freedom to mature because they have, in...

I see you are of "Other Faith." I didn't pay attention to this fact and so I wrote to you as if you were already a spiritually born-again person. Sorry about that. Most of what I wrote to you can't make much sense to you if you aren't a Spirit-indwelt Christian. This is because it is the Holy...

The unavoidable implication of what you've written here is that you, the "saved" person, is a co-Savior with Jesus. But this is impossible. You would have to be as Christ is, perfect and infinite, in order to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with him as a co-Savior. But you have to be saved by Jesus...

Why do Christians who are "dead indeed unto sin and alive unto God through Jesus Christ" (Ro. 6:11) still live by the flesh (or sin)? This is a great question! In answer to it, check out the following: https://jonathanhay.substack.com/p/the-homeless-millionaire Not living according to the...

@rocktopva, You seem to be saying that doctrine alone can't produce spiritual life and growth. Is this what you're saying? I agree with the idea that doctrine alone can't produce spiritual life and growth. I've encountered atheists and Muslims who knew Christian doctrine better than many...

I'm afraid this doesn't really answer my question. Instead, it just creates more questions like, "What do you mean by 'good people and a good church,' exactly?" and "How is God's revival of a community of His children dependent upon the character of their generation?" Anyway, here's my original...

The "secret" to the best marriage you can have is to simply be filled with the Spirit of Christ, the Holy Spirit, all day, every day. But this requires constant, conscious, explicit submission to Him throughout each day and standing by faith on the truths of God's word (Ja. 4:6-10; 1 Pe. 5:6...

Job 23:10 (NASB) 10 "But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold. Psalm 66:10-12 (NASB) 10 For You have tried us, O God; You have refined us as silver is refined. 11 You brought us into the net; You laid an oppressive burden upon our loins. 12 You made men...

Can you explain what you think the difference is between knowing doctrine and being spiritual? What frame of mind do you mean, exactly?

I see. Okay. Um... what does this all have to do with the quotations that you posted? I'm not seeing the connection...

Romans 8:9 9 However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. Seems pretty black-and-white to me... See post #3.

But I wasn't originally commenting on people fighting on this thread (or on any other). I was addressing the idea that one person can force another person to take up a belief they had no intention, or desire, to adopt. Fighting about ideas and forcing a belief upon another person aren't the same...

And this response demonstrates why I've urged you to read more carefully. Which is, actually, another way of giving you your own advice. By the way, what in my responses gives you the impression I don't understand how the devil deceives people? It seems you're jumping to conclusions again...

I'm sorry to have to say this, but, though these statements sound clever, in reality, they're actually pretty foolish. How much, or what kind of, knowledge is sufficient to allow one to be confident one is right? Tyson doesn't say. Well, how does Tyson know that his statement isn't susceptible...

Well, I do think. A lot. Every day. How about you read. Carefully. And address those things they actually say not what you imagine they're saying.

This is what is called a false dichotomy. It isn't one or the other; it can be both. Read the Bible, of course; but doing so doesn't preclude reading the allegory, too. And, obviously, an allegory isn't real. This is why its called an allegory. In any case, the allegory has its basis in...

Yes, the devil is a liar and deceiver. Not sure what this has to do with folks on this thread controlling what other people posting on the thread believe... Uh huh. Uh huh. What I meant by "control what others believe" was "exert a direct constraining and shaping authority and power over...

The rejection of the sin-nature may happen as a consequence of repentance, yes. But simply rejecting the sin nature doesn't make it go away. For the Christian person, the sin-nature cannot be dealt with effectively simply by rejecting it (whatever this means), but by faith "reckoning yourself...

Being saved doesn't mean "no more sin," but it does mean that sin can (and should), in time, become the rare exception rather than the rule in your life. This is certainly what Paul thought and expressed to the Christians at Rome: Romans 6:1-2 1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in...

Give the following a read. It may help clarify some things for you about what it is to be a disciple of Jesus. https://jonathanhay.substack.com/p/the-twig-and-the-tree