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I do like that quote by Moody :) We should not try to make our gospel attractive, when we do, we compromise and bring in a crowd that is there for the wrong reasons. That is why the church can never be an institution; it cannot work according to numbers, good arguments, etc... It can only work...

Well you've proved me RIGHT! I said I would NOT be the winner... :lol: :D

Yes, which makes me think, the same letter that contains these words starts with... 1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the...

It's never a good idea to give your address away on the internet, BibleScribe :lol:

NOT! :P My guess is it won't be me! ;) I challenge everyone to prove me wrong :lol:

Praying for you, calbhach. :) May the Lord shape you to be as he is in character and spirit!

I agree the devil is not within us, if indeed we are of Christ. But the traces of our fall remain. First God quickens our spirit, but then remains the need to break down everything that is as the devil in us. Our character is fallen and flawed and needs to be changed. The devil was lifted...

If by grace, you mean a free pass, then there is no grace of this kind in what I tell you, if by grace you mean the power of God unto salvation, then that is found in God. Notice, 'You who make your BOAST in the law'. By this very boasting one betrays himself, and shows his true colors. Do you...

What do you mean by 'His (Christ) and my faith is different?' And could you explain in plain words the message you are bringing here. :)

The disobedience in the name of 'faith' is an afront to his commands. ;) Richard, the error is to justify one self by the law. But it also says 'it is the doers of the law who are justified'. The mistake is not to think one is justified by obedience, but to count one's obedience and justify...

Whenever we follow any movement of this world, we will end up being part of the world. The world makes a 'false revolution'. From one system, to another, it reforms, but does not transform. We are to be agents of transformation, new life, not modification of life. The only true revolution is...

Shirley said it best! :) "Christianity" will let us down if we expect the wide spread religion to show us the way. We must grow beyond this, and follow when none other does. In my understanding, most of the time, the majority is not walking in the ways of the Lord, dividing according to...

I agree this is a 'funny' question... Ambivalent. Is driving in itself wrong? I would say no more than eating pork, which apparently is harmful for the body, because it is so full of toxins. I think there is a sense in which the christian fits right in, and yet is different. I mean that when...

Welcome here, happyinChrist! :)

I completely agree with you. :) We should neglect neither one, nor the other.

There is only one Christian nation, that is Israel (not according to the flesh, but the call of God). It's members are scattered among the earthly nations, which are all just that, earthly!

There is no meaning apart from God's glory, life, and love, of which we are called to become partakers. :) Welcome here, BaiCan

If we are in Christ, we are grafted into Israel. God doesn't have 2 brides! We are all one in Christ, and form Israel in the Spirit. As it says, not all who are Israel according to the flesh are of Israel, which also opens the possibility for those who are not of Israel according to the flesh...

The falling away, I think, has to do with falling from true faith to a false form of faith. It is not that almost none will 'believe in Jesus' when he comes back'. The question is 'will Christ find anyone walking by faith?' We are to walk in this faith, and the falling away is a falling away...

It's like when Abraham says 'For the sake of fifty righteous men, would you spare Sodom and Gomora, Lord? For the sake of fourty five?' and so on. :) The righteous preserve the earth.