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  1. Episkopos

    Cleansing by the Word

    Seeing that this episode is not out of reach for a believer at any stage of their development, I ask that people will first watch the video before commenting.
  2. Episkopos

    Cleansing by the Word

    Why is it so important to have our consciences cleansed by the word of God? What is the difference between having our consciences cleansed and being washed by the Blood of the Lamb into holiness?
  3. Episkopos

    What is the purpose of Grace?

    A lot of weeds growing here in my short absence. A lack of humanity is not godly. It's about loving others as oneself. It's about having mercy on those whom God shows very CLEARLY are objects of His mercy...namely the meek and pure-hearted. Because you have no room for mercy in all your...
  4. Episkopos

    What is the purpose of Grace?

    The whole idea of a gospel on two levels...for the righteous and the holy...is that it is the simplicity that is mainly, by far, attainable by all. It's just that we can't take away the higher walk from the equation to make people feel good about themselves. The higher walk is there for a...
  5. Episkopos

    What is the purpose of Grace?

    I normally describe this enslavement to word groupings without understanding as being "dogmatic." But "mechanical" works too. As in...you just "bible" know that. You don't really know it. The letter kills, the Spirit gives life.
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    What is the purpose of Grace?

    People who have believed another gospel have also received another spirit that condemns anything (and passionately warns them) that doesn't line up with their religious conditioning. For these...it is about them. They include themselves in their exclusivity. And they exclude those who know the...
  7. Episkopos

    What is the purpose of Grace?

    I actually said that they are the same thing. Holiness is not a process. And neither is sanctification. Sanctification just means "making holy". The bible could say..."your holiness" instead of "your sanctification"...although to say your holiness sounds like a title or something coming from...
  8. Episkopos

    What is the purpose of Grace?

    The bible has to be understood in context...otherwise one verse that sounds different can overthrow our understanding. Dogmatic believers allow this to happen. But God HATES a false balance. Those who are "being" sanctified...doesn't have to mean that each person is undergoing a slow...
  9. Episkopos

    What is the purpose of Grace?

    AND in the case of an anointing in power, a SUBMERSION (baptism) into grace by the spirit. This anointing DRAWS out the life that is in the inner man when we are first baptized in the Spirit. Being FILLED with the Spirit is like a river of life flowing outward from the source within us, Christ...
  10. Episkopos

    What is the purpose of Grace?

    The finished work is not grace...it is His sacrifice to win back the world from the devil and death. He defeated both through His sacrifice and resurrection. But this is a corporate work of God whereby only God deems who is saved and who is not. And to what degree. We can't read the bible and...
  11. Episkopos

    What is the purpose of Grace?

    Complicated? So, basically you haven't a clue. You combine both ignorance and arrogance in your posts. You have simply been indoctrinated by men...and that makes you think that others need to carry your lunch pail? How hypocritical. It's easy...grace is the "power of God us-ward who believe"...
  12. Episkopos

    What is the purpose of Grace?

    Well I guess there must be a whole lot of different Holy Spirits then since no 2 people can agree on anything. It's like when Jesus becomes you own personal Saviour (kind of like a rich person has a personal trainer.) The truth is that almost no one is led by the Spirit. Most people who THINK...
  13. Episkopos

    What is the purpose of Grace?

    Brother I am saddened at the state of the church today....
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    What is the purpose of Grace?

    I mean when we are UNDER GRACE meaning we are cleaved to Him as a magnet is stuck to a fridge....it is Him that keeps us there...no effort. It is by grace not works at that level. It is in holiness. What you are speaking of is what we do when we are NOT under grace. Then it is...draw near to...
  15. Episkopos

    What is the purpose of Grace?

    Grace is the POWER to walk as Jesus walked. Grace gets us translated into the kingdom to walk IN Him. IN Him is no sin. Being under grace means we are no longer walking in our own power, where sin can drag us down. Even the smallest amount of grace overcomes sin. MY grace is sufficient for you...
  16. Episkopos

    What is the purpose of Grace?

    But the blood of Christ is a LIVING blood...an eternal kind of life. Not an animal life. It is SPIRITUAL in nature. Thanksgiving is to commemorate what Jesus fulfilled both at Passover and His death and resurrection. I do believe that the communion is a special event....but it's based on the...
  17. Episkopos

    What is the purpose of Grace?

    Let go of the traditions of men...and enter into Christ. With God ALL things are possible...even to walk as Jesus walked.
  18. Episkopos

    What is the purpose of Grace?

    The Spirit is given to us to understand the depth of meaning of what we read in the bible....and also to cause us to experience an eternal kind of life in is peace. It's sad when people miss the whole purpose of the gospel. Most have a relationship with a book and not it's Creator.
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    What is the purpose of Grace?

    That's sad....you only see the physical aspect of the commemoration and not the power of the Spirit. So sad. The system sure does mess up people's minds. They don't enter the kingdom and they stop others from entering. This saddens me very much. Water baptism is NOT regeneration by the...
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    What is the purpose of Grace?

    Poor you...needing certain word combinations....instead of congruence of MEANING. That's how you know that a person is indoctrinated. They can't track meaning...just react to certain words like a pet would. If you say to a dog...SIT. The dog will sit (if He's been conditioned to that word)...