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You're not wrong but pleasure isn't sin, though sin is frequently pleasurable. God created us to experience pleasure, but restricted our pleasures through the law and for our own good. My favorite film about the Lord was produced for television, took liberties with scripture, presented some...

It's not relevant to the thread, but every time I see your Avatar, I can't help but see the character Matthew Broderick played in one of my favorite films "LadyHawke". He played a young Christian vagabond that lived by petty larceny in midievil Europe and was used by God to help lift a curse...

Love (agape) is transforming. It changes us from what we are into what we're supposed to be, but it's a process and part of our sanctification.

Yup, but don't allow the weaknesses of others to become yours. 16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, 17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ. 18 Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in...

This is a lovely fiction, but your understanding goes well beyond what scripture actually says. No one knows where the body of Moses is now unless they've received special revelation from the Lord, and such fiction does nothing to glorify Christ, which is the primary purpose of Christian...

The commandment of the Lord is broad and our liberty is constrained by our conscience. Some of the things which tempt us aren't sin at all, but just perceived that way because others have persuaded us that they are. I've met Christians who say that they don't smoke or chew tobacco, don't drink...

Way too often. The Lord gave His disciples a prayer and while I'm not inclined to simple repetition, it's good to remember that our Sovereign God is able to keep us from temptation if we only ask Him to.

I agree with you, but some people are always "right" in their own eyes and will never receive "correction." There was a lead man in my shop who was always offended by me and opposed everything that I said. After receiving Christ I found myself getting angry with him in an argument, but the...

Love isn't optional, but agape isn't natural and requires His Spirit overcoming our flesh with our choice in alignment with His will. That's why we pray for our enemies, to align our will with God's will, and leave vengeance to Him. Love overcomes evil.

I like your post and agree with it, but I look forward more to the resurrection than the kingdom, and the redemption of my body freed from sin. Christians have traditionally defined three enemies, the world, the flesh, and the devil. The Devil is defeated, the form of this world is fading, but...

In other words you're Luciferian, not Christian and a total fraud.

While I won't argue for sin and sexual immorality is sin, unnatural sexual affection is as old as man and was recognized as lawful in many ancient civilizations, including Rome, Greece, and Canaan. Some even practiced ritual sex as worship and still do to this day. 26 For this reason God gave...

Truth is not arrived at by consensus, but established by God. However, those who receive His Spirit, the Spirit of truth, have the foundation of the mind of christ. Some degree of consensus is expected among the saints that have His Spirit. But what did the Lord say Himself? And Jesus said to...

That's pretty poor reasoning. The man was a thief. He was being crucified because he was caught as a thief. He was condemned by law. The OT "saints" were either accounted as righteous for faithfully keeping the law as was Zachariah the Father of John the Baptist, or by faith looking forward to...

Yes, Ruth wasn't an Israelite. Moab was the son of "righteous" Lot and one of his daughters. Lot was a nephew to Abraham and lived before Jacob was born. Jacob was renamed Israel.

I test the Spirits and demons won't give their name.

Sorry, I think you're a fraud. I asked exactly one question and you danced around it. My post wasn't expository, but illuminated as in the fashion of the Apostles. I suppose that the Lord was a poor expositor as well. Again, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, who do you believe Lucifer is?

I'll know myself just fine. I've already seen my meeting with an old love and we knew each other. It was in a white room, but there were no black curtains and it wasn't at the station. We weren't alone either, it was a bit like a cocktail party without the drinks, and everyone was dressed...

Holy ones translated as servants is interesting, but it isn't what the text says. Scripture doesn't stand alone, but is cohesive. Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war, Heaven is not Earth, Earth is...

Oh Lord help me! This is another thing I don't favor, but there's liberty in Christ. In the years of my pilgrimage, ear rings were for women, pirates, and men of dubious sexual orientation, but piercings are a cultural thing that varies around the globe. Frequently they're associated with pagan...