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I strive (and fail sometimes) to keep His commandments because I love Him, not because of any shackles, just as I love to do things that my wife asks me to do because I love her. "Legalism" generally is defined as "salvation by obedience", which the Bible says is impossible. It is not the issue...

Paul wasn't humbled by any faults, he was burdened by circumstances, some say a harassing demon, but I say that's ridiculous and that it was his dimmed eyesight. God certainly doesn't mean for us to be daily humbled by willfully continuing in sin, but rather that we would boldly strive against...

If you love Jesus, you will not "forsake the gathering" on the only day in the seven that God has ever sanctioned and blessed as the day of rest. The penalty for failing to love Jesus and thy neighbor, which is evidenced by lawlessness, is disqualification for eternal heavenly citizenship. In...

What evidence suggests that Jesus didn't rise on the first day of the week? Remember, the first day began at sunset on what we would refer to as "Saturday night", so that means He had from then to almost all the way to the dawn of what we would call "Sunday morning" - the entire span of time...

No, there was no church collection on the first day of the week because there was no church service the first day of the week. The text says "lay by him in store", which means "lay it aside in storage (at HOME)", not in the collection plate. The custom of the Jews was to receive wages on the...

When will those who profess to love Jesus but choose their cherished sins over obeying Him ever learn? Just as the weight lifter who uses a spotter cannot brag about what he was unable to lift without the help of the spotter, so too Christians cannot brag when they overcome sin because it is...

There are many today who are victims of the false idea that salvation is a license to continue in sin because their continuance in sin is the unwelcome evidence that they are not converted, as told to us by John in 1 John 2:3-4 KJV. All we can do is pity them, pray for them, and continue to...

What do you notice about the following verses? "Hereby we do know that we know Him if we keep His commandments. He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments is a liar and the truth is not in him." But whoso keepeth His word, in Him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby...

Once again you willfully take verses out of context. Paul is speaking of such works as a means to salvation, not the fruit borne out of a love for Jesus Who is our Savior from sin and our Lord to be obeyed. When will you turn from your rebellion to Christ and recognize that He did not say...

Nothing could be further from the truth than the idea that in the end God will "flip a switch" and instantly cause all of our sinful desires to evaporate. If that were His method, why not do that to us NOW as soon as He is accepted in the heart? We are repeatedly told to "resist the devil"...

If I am lying, then Paul also lied because he says in 1 Corinthians 10:4 KJV that Christ was the Rock with the Israelites in the wilderness. A Pharisee can't obey God - he lacks the indwelling power of Christ to do that. A Christian "can do all things through Christ Who strengthens him" so...

"Therefore, if any man shall do and teach these commandments, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."

1) God disagrees with you about commandment keepers not having His love in them: "By this we know we love the children of God when we love God and keep His commandments." 1 John 5:2 KJV 2) Saying Christ Himself wrote the Ten Commandments and is the God of the OT is not manipulation or...

This is a false interpretation of "end of the Law". James says "you have heard of the patience of Job and seen the END OF THE LORD". Should we conclude that this means the Lord has come to an end? The only dead end road is the one with the name "Iniquity Boulevard", on which those who travel it...

Amen, bro. The "devils believe and tremble" because it is not enough to believe, but to allow Jesus to do through us that which we without Jesus cannot do ourselves in our own strength.

OK, Upp, you're busted. I know that is you by your extremely long posts, brother! :) You know how I feel about them, but I will answer it just this time: Acts 5:32 KJV says God gives the Holy Ghost to "them that obey Him", so if you have a problem with obedience to the Ten Commandments, you...

Brother, I have to address two points: 1) Where do you get the idea that God blessed the Mosaic Law? To the contrary, the Mosaic Law is referred to as "against us" and "bondage", not a "blessing". Therefore, since no where do we read that God "blessed the Mosaic Law", you cannot use this as a...

Please refer me to which post I claimed to believe that keeping the Sabbath obtains for us righteousness and salvation. As far as I know, I've only said what I say to you now: Jesus asked us to keep the seventh day Sabbath holy because we love Him (John 14:15 KJV), not to obtain salvation. Luke...

The Sabbath was not a shadow of anything because it was created in Eden when all was light, unlike the Law of Moses which began at Sinai and ended at the Cross, so we can't suppose that the Ten Commandments ended at the Cross as did the Mosaic Law of ceremonies and sacrifices. But, the Ten...

Here's a gem from the writings of John: "Little children, keep yourselves from idols." This is directly derived from the Second of the Ten Commandments, so we are certain that 1 John 2:3-4 KJV includes the continued prohibition against idolatry and that those who engage in idolatry but profess...