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Most definitely. Of course, I also am not sure what to do with 1 Timothy 1:15 in light of them.

Now you're showing your true colors. Because you're wearing filthy rags :D.

Would you care to tell us which one? That depends. Are you trusting in your works to save you? Those kinds of things are indeed filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6). Are you putting your trust in Christ and what He did for you on the Cross, and are you abiding in Him? Those kinds of things are fine...

Nope. It isn't misapplication. It is in direct topical context of how we perceive the Father. Mal 2:10, Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? To be seen in light of: Heb...

Amen, it is written in Isaiah 53:10 that Jesus gave up His soul as an offering for sin. I'd like to hear more of what the author has to say about the intricacies of how these things pan out in his mind. I think that it should be clear also that the Father is a Spirit (John 4:23-24, Ephesians...

They are the same Spirit, the same Lord, and the same God (1 Corinthians 12:4-6).

I'm more in agreement with this diagram than with some of the others I've seen. I think, however, that everything must be interpreted in light of the fact that the name of the son that was given shall be called among other things the everlasting Father. Isaiah 9:6.

My identity in Christ is that I am righteous in Him, regardless of whether I blow it; and this identity is something that I seek to live by. Paradoxically, it is a trustworthy saying and worthy of all acceptation that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. If we...

The Father is a Spirit according to John 4:23-24, Ephesians 4:6. The Holy Ghost is also a Spirit according to John 7:39. Jesus is a Spirit according to Colossians 1:27, 1 John 5:12. These are one Spirit (Ephesians 4:4); for the scripture cannot be broken.

I'll be waiting...

That would be found in Romans 5:2...we have access into this grace wherein we stand by faith.

Right. There is one Spirit dwelling within me: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. The three amount to being one Person/Spirit/Lord/God.

So, God is one Person in your estimation (with different relationships to different people)?

Scripture? John 1:1 doesn't work. I contend that Jesus rose to fill all things, and therefore in His resurrection He inhabited eternity once again. Notice also that I gave scripture to back up my statement; which you must deal with if you are going to say that my statement is false.

However, each and every one of us continues to be "the chief of sinners" (1 Timothy 1:15).

As long as it doesn't turn into gnosticism in your thinking. The concept that our flesh can sin while our born again self remains innocent, is highly gnostic in its perpetration.

Yes, of course. However the devil was behind it, and intended it for evil. The proximity of the posts might have been conducive to misunderstanding; not only by me but by other readers as well.

I think that the second benefit can be rendered to people even apart from something like a second visit by Paul... What it would take is surrender to the Lordship of Jesus Christ; whether that comes about as the result of ministry from a minister or whether it comes about from direct ministry...

My ministry is approved and ordained by Jesus (see John 15:16)...for He has promised it to me and I have obtained that promise by faith (Hebrews 11:33, 2 Peter 1:2-4, Romans 4:20-22, 1 Corinthians 1:20). And the Holy Spirit doesn't have any problem with what I teach because I rely on Him for...

Hi @GodsGrace, That we are forgiven of sins in no way means that we have to continue to walk in them. You asked for a reconciliation of the verses that you mentioned with 1 John 3:9 and 2 Corinthians 3:12....and the simple statement above reconciles them adequately for me.