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Overcome evil with good? Love your enemies? Do good to those who hate you? Pray for those who despitefully use you? Turn the other cheek? Etc etc. You are confusing the church with kingdoms/governments of this world. Jesus' kingdom is NOT of this world.......if it were, then would His...

Amen, I agree. God is still ruling & reigning, raising and lowering kings and kingdoms in this world, but that is His business, not the church's, except to pray.

But couldn't these same things also be speaking in a parable to the church today? Comparing spiritual with spiritual in scripture. Spiritual lessons. Roman empire (like Babylon) was a unity of many nations. They were allowed to keep their idols/religions as long as they ALSO worshipped...

I agree that these things were fulfilled in the first century, God dealing with Israel first, fulfilling prophecy and wrapping up the old covenant. The way into the holiest of holies was not really made manifest while as the first tabernacle was yet standing (Heb. 9). But could it all also be...

I'm surmising that "Pax Romana" had to do with being at peace with Rome.....? Those nations who submitted to Rome would be at peace with her. Rome representing the world, its dominant ruling empire. The world is not generally at war with churches and people of God (or who claim to be) who are...

Isa 53:1-4 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised...

One thing if I may mention is that I doubt Jesus was relying on natural talents.....I would say He was a great teacher because He preached and taught truth in the power of the Holy Spirit, which the bible says He had without measure. People marvelled at His authority, which came from God. God...

With me, it is scripture that the Lord opens to my understanding. There has never been any contradiction with fundamental doctrine of Christ and Him crucified etc. However He has changed my understanding of certain things........for example regarding the Lord's coming and the "thousand year...

May I suggest that you seek clarification of what he means. Does God exist in time? Does His kingdom exist in time (wherein we are supposed to walk)? It's not an easy thing to get our little heads around. I seem to have noticed that God's word sometimes is talking from an earthly point of...

And just to say, oh dear, why would I call Paul a liar? Rest assured I do not. But I think you probably assume we have to wait to physically die to see the Lord face to face...? I question that. Didn't Job see Him face to face, and Moses, and Jacob? I take it to mean being one with Him...

Christian cults/sects/false ministries also quote scriptures.....does that mean we are to regard the bible (or their favourite verses) with suspicion? The devil loves to discredit the things of God so that we'll be tempted to throw the baby out with the bathwater. It just depends on what the...

There is the matter of growth too, I believe, which does require humility in order to grow and be willing to be corrected and change course when necessary. The bible says if we think we know, we do not yet know as we ought (1 Cor 8:2). That should give us pause to consider. God gives grace to...

Aren't we supposed to compare spiritual with spiritual? (1 Cor 2). And Col 1:9 says to be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. God's ways and thoughts are higher than ours. There is so much we don't yet know or understand. Just think of when Paul...

Weren't these "antichrists" that John was talking about, who didn't believe in the Son?.....if ye have not the Son ye have not the Father either. All kinds of people might hang around the church for a while, like they did Jesus, for any number of reasons......out of curiosity, to see what the...

Oy vey brother....I hardly know where to start and I haven't even read your entire post.. Faith without works is dead, no? It's kind of a two sided coin, we need to balance all one side against the other side, so to speak. There needs to be some fruit, else the barren and fruitless tree is in...

I'm not there yet either. But there do seem to be some good witnesses. I've been reading some of Oswald Chambers' and Andrew Murray's writings, in case you would like to check them out. And the bible seems to point to it all over the place once we start to see it. Being one with...

Well then you have probably missed feeding on some richer fare than just what is on the surface. Last I read we need the Holy Spirit to lead us into all truth.....because truth IS spiritual.

We've tussled over this many times before, but there is no point in arguing with someone ad nauseum. We are warned and admonished throughout the entire bible. What do you think falling away even means, brother? Do you think apostates are going to inherit eternal life? And please don't try to...

Look past the superficial meaning. Like when Jesus was talking about leaven, was He really talking about bread? He admonished the disciples for taking Him too literally. As for certainty........even Paul had these things to say: Phl 3:11-12 if by any means I might attain unto the...

People always have to overthink and twist things to justify their OSAS belief, unfortunately.