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I do not claim to be filled more than another, and it is not MY duty to push and prod. But as brothers, it is our duty to push each other to move forward, and as servants of the Lord, we are to preach the truth. What you believe to be truth, you openly preach, and now you would rebuke me for...

Nomad, the whole idea that faith is against obedience is an error. Faith requires obedience, rather. If we truly believe him and trust him, why would we not obey? 5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control...

If by saved you mean reconciliated, then it is for good works. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. If by saved you mean glorified, then it is because of faithfulness to the end. Revelation 2:26...

Buzzfruit is not antisemitic. He is simply saying semites are human like the rest of the world! Are they not? :)

Good post Logabe! :) It also says...6 But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel, 7 nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, “In Isaac your seed shall be called.”[b] 8 That is, those who are the children of...

I say neither nor. Let me explain! :) I do not believe we 'are saved' as a permanent status. Salvation is progressive, that is an aspect. Also, salvation is Christ, that is his name! It starts by reconciliation, then we must go on to sanctification, and then glorification. We are saved...

I agree with Insight. We are called to wage war in a different realm, not in the realm of carnality. We are to give our lives as a ransom for a lost world, we are to be as Jesus. He carried his cross and commands us to do the same. It's not the silly 'he carried his cross so we don't have to...

All who are called according to his purpose are called to run the race. We have different roles, some are the feet, some the hands, some the eyes... We have different gifts of the Spirit and operate in a different role... But we all called to operate in the same power, the power of the age to...

We are not to be God's people in name, but in deed. Nations calling themselves Christian makes them no more Christian than a pope saying he's an apostle. We are called to be as Christ, to walk in light. :)

The cross is there indeed, for us to carry. Christ commands us to carry our cross daily. Having begun in the Spirit, we must be perfected in the Spirit, by obedience to it. Paul is against striving by fleshly means, not against striving at all, otherwise he would say 'are you so foolish...

Very few believe in walking in the Spirit today. If indeed we diligently seek the kingdom first, we will walk in the light! May God bring us to such a place.

Yes, but it is not seen by the natural eye. By faith we enter, and THEN we see. Because then we walk in the Spirit, and see the things of the Spirit. Unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom! :)

Good post, Nomad. Christ is the door, but he is also the narrow way. We must enter the door, and walk the narrow way, to it's end!

Again, the issue is what kind of faith we are talking about. True faith moves mountains. But you say our faith is only able to 'hide sins', not to change us. True faith brings us in to fellowship, and fellowship changes us, if only we let it, and humbly seek to be conformed to the example...

No, it is not something that we earn, Richard. :) But true faith will bring us to it. If we have the faith that moves us into his fellowship, all of a sudden we see as Jesus, we are close to him, and we are there. If we preach a powerless faith, we have a powerless gospel. But when we have...

If it was a done deal, and all we had to do was just trust in the work of the cross, Paul would of said 'keep trusting Christ for your salvation with joy and a smile'. Rather the cross must do it's work in us, to crucify the flesh. We work out our salvation by walking by faith, seeking God...

Faith and obedience. We repent, believe, and then we must walk with him. Very simple! :) Being his righteousness comes by proximity to Christ. In other words, it is by really being with Christ that we become his righteousness, because then we do his works, and he does his works through us...

Amen! We need to be equipped. The very reason the devil had no hold on Jesus is because Christ was prepared, he was 'perfected by obedience' as it says in Hebrews. In the same way, we need to be conformed to Christ so the devil would have no hold. Our very nature is bent towards the devils...

HammerStone, it is not my intention to say that anyone is not putting Christ first. I understand that some of it is how we word things. :) I completely agree with all those analogies. We are to pay taxes, be obedient and do what is right... Amen to that! I believe you when you say we...

I'm not gonna argue with you. We agree on what matters... May the Lord sort the rest out! Blessings to you! :) Ah see, I do agree with you. We are to stand because our character is as his. But by who's strength do we stand, Vengle? It's still his. :) I understand you are saying we must...