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What causes "the state of mind?"

I've already explained this, but let's go through it again. The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Christ, is God's voice in the world and becomes God's voice within us. The Holy Spirit commonly works through believers, because if they've asked for Him through the prayer of faith, then God gives Him in...

More sin and pride, false bravado and ignorance. You really need to start believing the scriptures, and I mean all of them, not just those that justify your sinful behavior and contempt for those God has called and chosen for His work. None of my statements about doctrine are sin. None of my...

You reveal that you are judging your brothers and remain under the condemnation of the law. Don't worry though, God is going to fix that, but it might be through great tribulation and the fires of affliction (not something I would ever choose for myself.)

True repentance is the work of the Holy Spirit and He doesn't start working on us at the moment of our salvation, but uses everything in our lives to bring us to Him. He doesn't have to indwell us to be present with us. The Holy Spirit convinces us of the truth, we don't convince ourselves. The...

Good luck with that. If I didn't love you, I wouldn't give you the time of day, much less minister the word to you, but carnal sees as carnal thinks. Sorry that you would consider sound doctrine, ministry, and encouragement "negativity", but with that attitude you'll never grow in Christ.

The Lord just gave me a sudden insight from my youth. As a child I wanted to be a Jew instead of a Catholic, so I could be an inheritor of the promises to Abraham and to Israel. I had a child's carnal mind that got in the way of my understanding and no spiritual life at all. I never knew what to...

You do know that Paul was speaking to the church, right? You do know that Paul was specifically addressing the idea that the law condemns humanity and confines all under sin, right? You do know that the beginning of the passage, the context of the teaching, was a rebuke against those who judge...

When someone can't win an argument against the truth, they usually stop real argument and sink to personal attack. We can be drawn into this base kind of deception or just keep standing in the truth. The flesh tends to rise up when attacked, it's a carnal self defense mechanism, but His Spirit...

Actually, while gentiles, "strangers", were granted to live in the land, under the customs and law of Moses, they didn't enter the covenant of Abraham nor the covenant of Moses, but were only accountable to the Law. The temple had an outer court, the court of the gentiles, where they could enter...

I've read it at least a few dozen times and preached through it back when I lead small worship services in a few nursing homes as part of our Church ministry. My understanding is not the problem, or I wouldn't have been chosen for the works I must do in Him. (And for clarity, those works that I...

You're way off the reservation now, my friend, and you were doing so well. The field in the parable is not the church, but the world and you're confusing two kingdoms, one of light and one of darkness. Perhaps you should go back and read those passages at least a solid 7 times and ask the Lord...

Almost, they never were a disciple of Christ. You must be born again. Jesus is the last Adam, God will not allow us to do what the first Son of God did and He is with us to instruct us, and in us to keep us. Put away doubts and trust His voice. Do not blaspheme His Spirit when He speaks, but...

Misses the mark, misses Christ.

Ooh, I can answer that one. Jesus is the dividing line. All things done in Him are through Him, to the glory of His name, forever and forever. Amen and Hallelujah!

That is what awesome is all about.

According to the rules of Christianity board, posts should be limited to one thread, so if you're in God's choir I welcome you to the praise forum and a short post about tuning God's choir, and what the choir can do in God's economy, empowered by His Spirit. It's an awesome thing, really...

The piano is tuned to the "A" above "middle C", the guitar is tuned to the same though the range is from E to E. How are the voices of God's choir tuned? How do they sing in unison? How do they sing in harmony? The Spirit of God is God's voice within us, and the voice of God is as many waters...

This argument is ongoing for 2000 years and the answer remains what the scripture says. What is the source of faith? What is the power of God to salvation? Who teaches us the word? Who empowers us to God's works? Who works in us to will and to do? Who compels us by His love? You know these...

Close, but just off a bit. The building of God is the church and Paul's admonition was about being careful how you build the church. Yet, the church stands because the stones are not cut with human hands, but each is a tabernacle of the living God. The church stands to confront the antichrist...