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Well said Shirley. The flesh, we put to death, the devil, we resist. The devil will tempt us through our flesh, but that doesn't make them one.

Interesting thoughts! By our faith, we are imputed righteousness. That is faith then that requires obedience. And by this faith, grace (the power to do his will) is made available to us! We must grow in faith. The thing is true faith, trust in God, requires that we obey. If you trust in God...

Your questions are beside the point. The verse is true, yes, but to claim that all the depth of all this is contained into one verse is not true. For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. (James 3:16) We have a selfishness about us, in our old nature...

Once we have overcome the flesh, our lusts, and the world, social pressure, the devil will attack us very personaly, I believe. As long as we resist him he flees, that is spiritually. But there is also a time he is given power to overcome us, carnally. He is behind the martyrdom of the saints...

Hi all! :) I wish to start this thread with some thoughts I had. May it work to the edification and learning of all involved, and may we grow by it! First I want to say this is in no way an attack, but rather a questioning of what we think is Christianity. I do not think positive thinking is...

Christianity is not about a delusion, that 'every day is a friday', but rather about a reality, 'that God is in control', and that he works all for our best! In this we put our hope, because with eyes of faith, we see that it is true!

Hey vengle! Welcome here. I think you make some good points, brother. The Bible is very clear that we can fall away. A brother once explained it this way to me: 'The Bible has two types of verse, some speak of God's faithfulness, and some of ours.' God's is certain, ours is conditional, thus...

The devil is not to be mistaken with the flesh. The flesh is simply our fallen nature. The lusts are our very own, but not ours in Christ. They are those of our old nature. The devil is a different enemy, he opposes us in the spirit when we walk in the spirit. The flesh perverts us away from...

Amen. I was reading a booklet tonight, and the man basically said that the devil has no fear of people who call themselves Christians, but do not follow Christ. As a matter of fact, it is his greatest tool! By our lack of Christlikeness, we have given, for example, the Jews every reason to...

In today's 'civilized' society, we very rarely talk about 'burning someone at the stake' for believing differently... And so we assume we've grown up and are better. But to reject the truth and not want to hear it, and simply not cause 'physical harm' because of our 'civility' is only...

When we obey, he empowers! :) The Lord bless you all!

Hey Butch, you probably know me as 'Neanias' from BibleForums! Nice to see you here... Lord bless!

Don't talk about works, Jake, don't talk about doing, we're gonna have to excommunicate you if you don't stop! :lol: A dear brother of mine once did a study about works, and found 4 kinds. I can't quite remember all four, but of course there are dead works, by which man may try in vain to...

Yes! Belief is to have knowledge, faith is to enter the reality, and be conformed to his death and his life. :)

Good word Jake! :) It is by sharing the divine nature that we escape the corruption, because we walk by his life, not ours.

Once again, to claim two gospels is false. Paul says in acts 20 that he has preached the gospel of grace, the kingdom of God. They are one and the same gospel. To think that grace is a free pass to heaven is to have no understanding of the will of God. He wishes us to be conformed to him, to...

What you say amounts to Jesus coming to destroy the law and the prophets, but he came to fulfill them. In doing so, he has given us new life and the power to be as he is, spiritual. 17 From Miletus he (Paul) sent to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church. 18 And when they had come to...

No, not me. I claim God is capable of so filling a man and so working in the man, by the power of the cross and the power of the ressurection. God's imputed righteousness is that he gives us to walk in his righteousness, not because it is of us, but it is made available to us through his son...

You fail to preach the gospel of the new creation, by which we really are dead and have Christ living through us. It says 'walk as he walked'. God, by grace, which is the power of God in us, has enabled us to be as he is. It is nothing of ourselves, only that we follow him, and he gives the grace.

I am surprised these kinds of beliefs, clearly against the teaching of Christ, survive for any time on a chirstian forum. The sons of God are those born of God, born of above, so that cannot refer to the 'birth' of Adam and Eve. It would be foolish to claim God's people are the Adamic people...