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1Th 5:23, And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1Th 5:24, Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. Heb 10:14, For by one offering he hath perfected for ever...

What in the context of Matthew 5-7 makes you believe that it is primarily intended for the millennial kingdom?

It is indeed a Calvinist thing. An unsaved man can be enabled to believe in Jesus Christ through the drawing power of the Holy Spirit. He does not get born again until after he repents and gives his heart to Christ.

Did you or did you not say that the Sermon on the Mount is intended as a doctrine for the millennial kingdom only? (You at least implied that if you did not say it outright.) If that is the case then it is not for today; and that is what you seem to me to have implied. If you really did not...

From the perspective of eternity God knows who will receive Him and sees them as sheep from the moment of their conversion as concerning time. From eternity's perspective they are redeemed; but time cannot be excluded from the equation because all who are redeemed were once unsaved. Your idea...

It would appear that all of the dissenters have fallen off of the thread.

If I did that, I would not any longer be a candidate for perfection (Philippians 3:12-15). Yes, that is what I was doing. I was not intending necessarily to label you as a heretic. I was merely saying that the doctrine of the inevitability of sin is false doctrine and heresy. I think a case...

They are distinct not separate. If they are separate than that is three Gods; and you have Tritheism as your theology. Even the Trinitarian creeds identify Father, Son, and Holy Ghost as distinct rather than separate.

edited post #102 (Are Christians Sinners?).

The idea that a man is born again by the choice of God before he makes a choice for God is also conducive to the idea that God arbitrarily chooses some people out for heaven and by default chooses the rest for hell. That certain people are going to hell and that they have no say in the matter...

I am not "sinlessly" perfect (1 John 1:8); though I may be perfect (Hebrews 10:14 (kjv)). As many as have been perfected have the attitude that they have room to grow (Philippians 3:12-15). So I will never claim to be perfect, lest I cease to be a candidate for having been perfected. But the...

True, for no one but Christ has done this from the moment of conception into eternity. But I will say that once we receive the Holy Spirit, it becomes possible to live this kind of life from that point forward.

You do have sin; but that does not preclude that you must inevitably commit sin in the future. For the element of sin, dwelling within you, can be rendered dead (Romans 6:6, Galatians 5:24, Romans 7:8) so that it no longer has any say over your behaviour (Romans 6:14). Paul said (1 Timothy...

John 8:24 is the scriptural support for his statement.

The doctrine of the inevitability of sin is a false doctrine and heresy; though it seems that it is taught in many churches today.

There is a midway point wherein the unregenerated man is enabled to make a decision for or against Christ. I contend that he does not become truly born again until after he has made a decision for Christ.

So, who is Jesus by your estimation? is He the Lord? or is He a lord? I await your answer. Jesus is the Son of God, in that He is come in the flesh. The Spirit that dwells in Jesus, and Jesus in Him, is the Father (John 4:23-24, John 14:7-11).

If you are still a sinner then the law was made for you (1 Timothy 1:9) and therefore you ought to consider that you just might still be under it. In my flesh, I am utterly sinful (Romans 7:18) and am the chief of sinners (1 Timothy 1:15). However, that I can walk consistently, not after the...

Actually, the brethren of the Lord are sheep rather than goats; And it is not beyond the realm of possibility that those who are helped would also help others at some point.

You really think so? What scripture denies the fact that we are made righteous through faith in Jesus Christ? Righteousness is indeed imputed...it is also imparted to the born again believer (1 John 3:7, Romans 5:19, Matthew 5:6). I would be interested in seeing chapter and verse on the...