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Amen, 2 Corinthians 3:18.

When we receive Jesus we receive Him not only as Saviour but as Lord; and in that He saves us by His grace: He regenerates and renews us so that we become inclined to obey Him as the result of His grace in our lives. Therefore it is not obedience that saves, but rather the attitude of...

It may come either before or after. The Holy Ghost is promised as a result of baptism if you do not have Him previous to the sacrament being fulfilled.

I think there was language barrier between us on that. I have always considered disciplines to be things like fasting or reading God's word.

What spiritual discipline is that / are those?

Baptism is useful as a point of contact for faith (Acts 19:12, 1 Peter 3:20-21); if you put your faith in the operation of God (Colossians 2:12); otherwise it is just getting wet. If there is real repentance and it is done for the remission of sins, then the Holy Ghost is absolutely promised...

That is another application of the passage that I failed to mention. If there were seven church locations that had different spirits attributed to them (i.e. the sevenfold Spirit of God), then there may indeed be that variety of churches at different locations in our day.

Yep.

My point being that the obedience of faith might translate into obedience to the law...since sin is the transgression of the law and obedience is the opposite of sinning.

I don't think it is going to work. She is pretty adamant; and I am also concerned about giving a wrong message because it could be mistaken for something else because my biological dad lives a certain questionable lifestyle.

Does obedience mean that we refrain from sinning? If so, how does 1 John 3:4 (kjv) apply?

I think that her ears are probably burning right now, and the last message I heard in church touched on how it is a sin to gossip in Leviticus 19...

She doesn't wear earrings.

This is true.

However, does it not say that the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in us who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit (Romans 8:4)? And isn't the law fulfilled by love (Romans 13:8-10, Galatians 5:14, 1 John 5:3, 2 John 1:6)? And isn't the love of Christ shed abroad in our hearts...

I sometimes cry out in tongues, Shay le de boss... Very likely translated in both of our minds as, "She lady boss."

Her older stuff is better. She developed into becoming kind of worldly later on, impaho.

Freedom 2:21.

1 John 1:8-9 is not contradicted by 1 John 3:9 and its immediate context. My answer to your objection is the fact that the Father looks down on us and sees us through Jesus' blood and righteousness: He looks at us and He sees the blood and righteousness of Christ. The Holy Spirit, on the other...

I would bring up a question for discussion, since the law is so highly exalted in this thread: how does Galatians 3:12 apply? This verse is a monkey wrench in the works of my own theology. Comments? Answers?