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Actually... It's not just about how we do our services. It goes deeper than that... The core of the functioning of the mainstream church is corrupt because it (1) works with the government, is led by (2) men trained by men, rather than men trained of God who have the anointing of God. (3) It...

Yes, I think we were saying alot of the same stuff! :) Thank you for the kind words brother... The Lord bless you!

Well said, sister. We respect the government, but when it tries directly to go against the faith, we just remain faithfull to God. Like Peter and John when they were told to stop preaching, they answered 'We obey God, not me'. They did it in love, and did nothing against the government, but...

We don't cast away Israel, we are grafted into it! That's what it's all about. The servants of God are now the servants of God according to the Spirit, they form Israel.

Yes, like the word says; "He who has gone to my seminary, he shall lord it over you and prepare sermons in advance' Not! The Apostles taught that we must be led by the Spirit, and yet we've got a church full of man made doctrines, and we're going to call that operating in the Spirit? It...

Yes. Only grace might first be received as an umerited favor, one has to become worthy of it. The servant must either be or become worthy of the talent by the time of the judgment, or it will be taken away from him.

Indeed, it is true. One of the greatest mistakes is to think that 'somehow we are different' and not prone to the same mistakes. It's the very attitude that stops us from learning of their mistakes, making it a waste.

:lol: Let the Spirit teach you, his insight and discernment will allow you to understand the situation even as it's changing ;) The Lord bless you brother! :)

Brother, I'm saying the same thing you said about the Pharisees, they had the truth, in the OT, but didn't understand it. You think we are somehow beyond that? Nobody's going to fool us about what the NT means, right? We are human just like them, and we can fall into the same trap. They spoke...

Hey Canuck! I thought I would add this... It's not from me, but rather it's something that Jake posted on another forum (forgive me Jake :lol: ) and he explains it better than I do! Might help you understand some of the things I was saying. "God has no beginning and no end, He is limitless, if...

I agree. To think that, as a church, we can ally ourselves with the government and yet not be corrupted by it is to fool ourselves. :) Lord bless you Pegg

I think you touch on a very good point here, that holds alot, but that most wont want anything to do with :) No guys, I'm not Catholic! :lol:

Of course, if we sin, and claim not to, we are unwise, and if we reject a brother because he has not attained, the love of God is not in us. We are to love all the brothers, you are correct. But that doesn't mean we lessen the goal or the standard. We all are to come together in humility...

So when it says 'by grace you have been saved through faith', it means that we receive grace, each the measure that God decides, and are judged according to our faith and faithfulness WITH the grace we have received. We are then justified by being faithfull with the grace we have received...

Firstly, to the general argument that grace is meant as simply and only un merited favor, here is why it cannot be so. Grace cannot be merely unmerited favor, otherwise, unmerited favor labors, does that make any sense? 1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace...

Hi all! :) I was discussing what grace is on another forum and thought it would be interesting to bring the topic here. Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, This verse is often used to say that grace is 'unmerited...

Brother, I just meant that you misunderstood what I meant by 'it doesnt apply'. I meant it doesnt apply to the question of the poll itself, not that its no good to be discussed. I wasnt discrediting your post, just saying why I hadnt put it in the options. I was thinking specifically of...

Exactly. Only think of this, the Pharisees had a book full of truth, and yet they did not speak the truth. We can all fall into the same trap. If we teach one aspect of the truth, but use it to deny another, then it is not THE truth anymore, but a truth, mixed with a lie. Also, there is such a...

Amen Shirley! Indeed, if a body is to operate in the Spirit of the Lord, it most likely won't be recognized by the world. The Spirit comes and goes as he wishes, and he does what he wishes. Man has systemized the work of God, giving a semblance of it, but without the actual work of God. I...

Yes. :) But are we doing it in love and according to the Spirit so that it would edify the body?