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You're not wrong, but serving as a good work is not unique to Christianity. The cults frequently make serving a major issue, but abuse the concept to carnal ends.

This is part of the reason the gift of discernment is invaluable. You can tell if someone possesses the same Spirit and avoid grievous arguments over differing opinions (though arguments still happen as with Paul and Barnabus over Timothy). Furthermore, pastors and elders have greater...

Sure, Jesus is God, the Holy Spirit is God, the invisible immortal Spirit is God. We were created in His image, fell from grace through sin, and are renewed in the image of His Son through our sanctification. However, though He calls us brethren, we will never be God. We will be like Him, but...

There is a gift called discernment of spirits that God gives as a gift of the Holy Spirit. It's peculiar in its working. Generally our familiarity with scripture will allow us to recognize when someone is saying things that disagree with scripture. The Spirit of Truth, just another name for...

The Holy Spirit does not leave those who've made the great confession and submitted to His will. Under the Old Covenant of law, He came upon men and could be withdrawn. Only the prophet, priest, and King were anointed to their office. The layout of the Tabernacle and later the temple expressed...

I've heard this teaching in many cults, but Jesus is fully God and the divine nature isn't common to all men. If it were, we wouldn't need to receive His Spirit and to be born again. What you're believing and teaching is a new age blend of Eastern religions and Christianity. When people can't...

Perhaps, it just isn't relevant to me.

I feel like I'm at a revival meeting. But with this, I bid you goodnight. Have a blessed Lord's day. I hope that my voice is in good singing form, because I do love worship with the congregation.

Just teasing brother. But: When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you. Isaiah 43:2 God wants us to have this kind of faith. Whether here or...

Yes, He did it for us, so our task is really to abide in Him. Then His victory is ours.

Be careful, you might reject the pre-tribulation rapture doctrine.

Yes, and some people ignore the epistle of James, but: 2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing James1:2-4

I try to avoid temptation to sin, because I forget what the Lord taught in the Lord's prayer for the disciples. We aren't all tempted by the same things, but when God singled out things as prohibitions under the law, don't you think such things would provide temptations even if there were no...

I say patience is key, because salvation is revealed in the patience of the saints.

While God can remove you from some set of circumstances, if you're intended to learn from those circumstances, then they'll probably recurr (or something similar regarding His purpose in you.)

You notice the mention of endorphin rush? Endorphins are the body's natural narcotic. They reduce pain in high stress activity or prolonged muscle fatigue. They are the source of the so called "runner's high, " and the compounds that excite the mental state of pagan practictioners of rituals...

Jesus said whoever sins is a slave to sin. Can a slave free himself by will ?

I don't disagree, but I've heard professing Christians justify abandoning a spouse and living with someone else as "God's will." Ultimately God uses even our bad choices to accomplish His will, but He typically doesn't call us to transgress His commandments. There's a popular saying, "Be...

My former wife had tats when I met her and described her desire for more as being like an addiction. She liked the pain associated with it. That wasn't a healthy desire. She only added one while we were married, a large and masculine looking cross, but she went back to have old faded tats inked...

I'm asking to determine circumstances. I had a friend named John who had brain damage and lived with his parents because his only other options were another competent family member or an institution. He found a girlfriend, also of limited faculty, and wanted to live with her, but neither was...