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That is well stated. There is a difference between our serving God in our own strength, which is good, it is obedience (when it flows from the heart), and being crucified with Christ, that he would live through us. :)

Well said, Vengle. Romans 5:2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Grace is the power to make us stand, to make us strong for the Lord, or rather his strength being strong in us. By his grace all things are...

The mystery which was hidden is the NOT a gospel of lasciviousness, that God will save us but leave us as we are. 24 I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church, 25 of which I became...

Do you say I have lifted myself up above others because I do not agree with you, and oppose your message? Am I wrong in saying we should exhort each other, and be iron sharpening iron? God calls his followers to discipleship, to be learners of him, and leave all behind to follow him, and be...

Glad you are doing a little better brother... May the Lord strengthen you in his ways!

That is a silly argument of your own imagination. "Since you do not preach the gospel I believe to believe the gospel, you do not preach the gospel, and therefore do not preach the gospel". It's all your saying! And yet what you claim a gospel that says we have no run to race, we do not have...

Yes. There is much depth to the words of the Lord, the more we know him in communion, the more he opens up it's mysteries to us. :)

Yes, once again we see that everything is a shadow. I hadn't given thought to what they might specifically represent, though I realized they represented what actually happens in us. Could you explain 'offering the young bulls of our lips as sacrifice'? And do you know of others? I'm...

Okay, here's how I understand it! :) Firstly, I absolutely agree that God will not hold you accountable for something you cannot do. Now, there are two standards, because there are two strengths we may walk by. One was always there, the other was partially there, but is revealed fully in...

It is good to have to restate it, I have found the forums very useful for this; you have to explain and explain again what you mean, what you understand, what is said, etc. It is iron sharpening iron! It's a wise way of doing things! :)

He is the saviour, He gives grace, by Him we are reconciled, by His power we walk. But we walk. The danger is when we look at what God does and say 'I don't have to do anything'. Colossians 1:24 I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions...

:) It is what it was supposed to be, communion with God, yes. But what I'm saying is that there are two levels, the first being that we do what is right in our capacity, and then when we fail, we offer a sacrifice, that is, repentance. I'm making the link with the Old Testament here. From...

I leave you with this. :) (For now!) 12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things...

40 A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher. If we succeed in training and have our character conformed to Christ, then we will walk as he walked, standing by the power of God through faith. :)

How then do we put on his character? The crucifying of the deeds of the flesh; by obedience Christ was perfected, and so it is with us. 5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control...

Sanctification then is the process that comes AFTER we have been made alive in the Spirit. We have tasted of the power of the age to come. We have been reconciled to God and cleansed from our old sins. Now we must move onto perfection. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace...

Rather, we learn the opposite. Hebrews 5 continues with... 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 if they fall away...

We should desire to be emptied of ourselves to be filled with Christ. Anything less would not qualify us to be his disciples. Of course, it is of no merit to us, as we are to seek no glory. But our part is to be dead, crucified, that he might live through us. It is not about a literal death...

Thank you for your contribution, Selene :) Sanctification 1 Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on...

Romans 5:2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. All that is required to have access to the grace of God is faith. To the degree that we enter by faith, God empowers us. But that is only the beginning. After...