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God might not tell a person directly because he also wants to teach that person humility, that they need the others in the body of Christ. The preaching of the gospel is as much about shining the light to the world as it is about it being a test of the faithfulness and love of those who preach...

Well said. I think, to be honest, that the very fact we try to turn the need of understanding that nothing is ours into owning nothing is part of our mistake of trying to 'own' something. When we do that, we are trying to take the fact we should count nothing as our own, and make it literal...

Yes. Jesus is THE way, THE truth, and THE life. One.

Welcome Obhasi! That's really cool about your name, by the way! :) May the Lord make you a pillar in his house... And may your fellowship here be edifying to all! God bless you

The issues are NOT issues of social justice. The issues we deal with are deeper than what any man would dig to. We battle with the powers of the air, dominions and kingdoms of darkness. Does it touch social justice? Sure, in the sense that when the enemy is unthroned, love reigns and people...

I echo Jake's amen on that! It is the devil himself who deceives us into thinking we can change the world, if only we could get power in it. The reality is that it will change us, as it has the church whenever it allied itself with it.

I agree with Jake. It's a question sobriety. Peter tells us to be sober of mind. This, you'll say, is not a direct advocation against these things. Agreed. But who can be sober in his mind, walk in the fear of the Lord, while being drunk or high? Aspen, I am sure you will agree there is a...

All glory does belong to Jesus, yes. That is because only THROUGH HIM can we be made like him. So even if we are like him, we are simply sharing HIS glory, because it is by his grace, his power.

Hi 888! Welcome here :) The Lord bless you!

Yes! :) Like Laodicea, our outer circumstances make us think that somehow we are rich, even spiritually. But we are actually blind, wretched, naked and poor. Unless we separate ourselves from the perversion of the world, to which the church has closely attached itself, we will not see...

For Christians, the only true freedom is in Christ, where one is free to serve God without being under the power of sin and death. I fear many christians today, in this generation, have stopped short of entering this freedom (his rest), and been fooled into thinking that freedom is to be able to...

I agree with what Jake says. If we present ourselves to God as a living sacrifice, ready to do his good will and pleasure, why would we then turn and so such a thing? There is life in Christ, energize, and we must walk according to that life, following him in all things and seeking his will...

I preach that in Christ, there is power and life. You preach that there is none. You preach a Christ that hides who we are from God. I preach a Christ with who we are to be crucified and freed therefore from the power of sin and the flesh. I preach that we are a new creation, can be conformed...

It's been my pleasure Canuck... And I completely understand, if it wasn't that I'm not working right now, I wouldn't have time either! God bless you, Canuck ;) ... And have a good weekend too :)

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The revelation of Christ is incompatible with human understanding. Only when we are given the mind of Christ can we grasp it, and walk in it, as opposed to talk about it. All humand understanding does is talk of the revelation, without actually understanding it. Sadly, christendom, the...

Then let me do some explaining! ;) First of all, I would say this; maybe we dont mean exactly the same thing by capital 'C'. And notice I put 'maintream Church'. Now here's for the explaining. I do not condemn the people in those churches, they are not mine to judge, and I do believe that...

Amen aspen! It was true of the Pharisees. They said they could say, and for that very reason, Christ told them their sins remained, because they were blind. The same is true of Christianity today. We think all our head knowledge and all these things make us God's people somehow. We think we...

Yes. We've somehow forgotten that it is the devil, not God, that offers the kingdom of this world to men, as a temptation. :)

Honestly, just knowing the bible in our heads doesn't do much, and sadly the Bible is often used to indoctrinate people with doctrines of men. Again, don't get me wrong, the Bible is a great tool, but not when we try and discern it. IT discerns us. Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living...