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It would be good not to stop half way through the passage, lest we lose the real meaning ;) 24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law...

I would say that the comparison would be more accurate if we said that the whole church is offered grace, but only a remnant truly goes by it. Israel was a peculiar nation in the world, and in that nation, a remnant was faithful. The church is a peculiar people in the world, and in this people...

Amen! Which makes the Americans...? :lol:

Amen sister! :) Now, there are two ways we share in his sufferings. 8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ First, the loss of...

Oh! I live on the south shore of Montreal... Yeah, that's not too far... For two people who meet on a forum :lol: ;)

Hi all! :) Something hit me today about sharing in the sufferings of the Lord... So I looked it up, and I thought I might as well share. Christ in us is the hope of glory. That this hope might be fulfilled, we must first share in this sufferings. We must go through many trials and tribulations...

I was talking about Jesus, and answering BibleScribes answer to my post.... Sorry about the confusion :)

I dont believe that he was speaking literally, BibleScribe :) To fight by the sword is contrary to everything that happens in the New Testament and to the rest of what Jesus tells us. Dont answer evil with evil... Love those who persecute you... Paul was stoned, beat, etc, Peter was crucified...

We both love and fear God. We approach him with faith because we know he loves and is merciful, but we fear his judgment because we know he is a king, and we must be faithful, and he judges, not us! I do think it's good to come to him with joy and faith, that is how we find him, but there is a...

I just wanted clarify, by genealogies, I mean arguing over things like, for example, what a plane can and can't do... :lol: Jake, BibleScribe, sorry, couldn't resist, too funny. Of course, I don't mean it... I know you used it as an analogy. Analogy and genealogy might sound very similar...

If our kingdom was of this world, and we are to 'drive out the workers of iniquity' from a political entity, Jesus wouldn't of told Peter to put away his sword, and that those who live by it die by it. It would take an amazing amount of delusion to think that America is Christian. America...

Don't fear him, just revere him... After all, he can't do much more than destroy both body and soul in hell, no big deal, he's only God... :blink: Psalm 119:120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. Men don't tremble out of reverence, guys! ;)

In Christ dwelt the fulness of God (Col. 2:9), and we are exhorted to be such that the fullness of God would dwell in us (yes, fleshly body) (Eph 3:19) Your Spirit is in your body, and the Spirit of God is meant to dwell in earthly temples (the body!). To think otherwise is to postpone the...

It wasn't meant in an offensive way, Rach, just saying what I see very directly. What I've been telling you doesn't disagree with the verses you tell me. Yes, we are not first received because we worked for it, but because we repent and turn to God by faith. BUT we are grafted in so that we...

Is that you, Benaiah? ^_^ :lol:

I am a gentile alright :lol: Maybe 0,1 % Jewish :lol: Even if I were a pure blood Jew, it would only be one more thing to leave behind that I might move on to attain Christ. Christ, by paying with his life, has broken down the middle wall of partition between Jew and Gentile. We are part of...

Persecution surprises us? We want to eliminate it and make peace with the world? Then we must have forgotten those who went before us! Persecution is simply a chance to shine the light bright! We are to embrace our death (not only literal) that we might embrace his life. If we fear...

Well, then, don't mind if I drop it. I've said what I had to say on the subject :) The Bible simply states we have a race to run, if we don't continue in his goodness, we will be cut off, the unfaithful servant is cast out, work out your salvation with fear and trembling, to he who...