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  1. Episkopos

    Impediments to Spiritual Growth in Christ.

    I preach and teach the truth, and I get cat-callers who respond with theories and platitudes. I write, not for the doubters...but for a potential truth-seeker that is ready to humble himself/herself, and be ready to fear the Lord. But wisdom is in very short supply these days. Religious hubris...
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    Impediments to Spiritual Growth in Christ.

    A strawman and utterly self-aggrandizing. You are arguing that a puddle is wetter than a lake. As usual your content is laughable and with evil intent. Such shallowness can only come from a deceiver. The devil believes Jesus is the Christ too..the demons called out to Him. Your spirit is...
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    Impediments to Spiritual Growth in Christ.

    You are holding the statement from the wrong end. If you had faith the size of a mustard seed you would move mountains. So will you claim to move mountains too? All because you figure you have the same kind of faith as provides the eternal rest of God? The truth sets us free...from sin...fully...
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    Impediments to Spiritual Growth in Christ.

    That comes from the doctrines of men...to name and claim "positionally" what no one actually experiences or that God notices. Jesus said that many claim Him as Lord but Jesus says "I never knew you:...and that should strike fear in the hearts of shallow religionists. But a shallow religionist is...
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    Impediments to Spiritual Growth in Christ.

    While facts are good....they can make someone think they have grasped more than they actually have. Facts don't set people free. The power of God (grace) does that...and only the truth has that power...the power IS of the truth. It is what we experience OF the truth...that we are transported to...
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    Impediments to Spiritual Growth in Christ.

    The bible is not written as a news report. Facts are involved...but people confuse facts as truth. Jesus said I am the truth. Jesus is not the facts. There is no relationship to facts beyond a mental assent. Hence the superficiality of much of Christendom. God indeed reveals facts about...
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    Impediments to Spiritual Growth in Christ.

    The biggest impediment to growth in Christ is the flesh, and people's attachment to it. Any deeper teaching about God's way in Christ will be deeply unpopular since the Spirit wars against the flesh. We are not to side with the flesh against the Spirit. We are to have no...
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    Impediments to Spiritual Growth in Christ.

    Hi Shep! :) Thanks for watching. I think it's a question of depth. Believing with the mind (as mere facts) vs believing with or from the heart (into truth). God is the one who translates the believer into the kingdom realm...and the New Covenant is with the heart. So He decides how deep we...
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    Impediments to Spiritual Growth in Christ.

    This is the time to take the "red pill" if you dare: There have never been so many impediments to a spiritual growth in Christ as in our time. The solution to this predicament is both too easy and too hard for us to wrap our minds around. This is by God's design. Pride stops us from discovering...
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    Is Jesus the Saviour of the whole World?

    Yes. Elohim is plural meaning 2 (unless another number is specified). In this case both Father and Son share a name....Jehovah (Yahweh)....the greater and the lesser. (Hashem ha katon) Other instances that show that the plural means 2....is Ephraim (double fruit) Machanayim (2 camps) Mayim...
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    Is Jesus the Saviour of the whole World?

    That doctrine is from a human understanding of spiritual things. Jesus said...My Father and I are ONE. One what? One Spirit. The Father sent His Spirit and whoever doesn't have the Spirit of Christ is not His. So then both Father and Son have a Spirit (actually these SHARE One Holy...
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    Is Jesus the Saviour of the whole World?

    Actually the bible teaches Two Persons in ONE Spirit...Father and Son. There are not 5 separate persons....or 3... just 2 (Elohim) There is only ONE Holy Spirit....not a separate Spirit person apart from God who is God. God IS Spirit. And the Spirit of God, and the Spirit of Christ are not...
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    Is Jesus the Saviour of the whole World?

    Gnosticism posits that there is such a thing as saving knowledge......that people are saved by the accuracy of beliefs...and NOT by obedience to God. And that takes us to the limits or extents of God's mercy. If one is paying attention Jesus will judge the world by how they treated His...
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    Is Jesus the Saviour of the whole World?

    Hi Beebster. While it is certain that salvation goes beyond the church....since God so loved the world...and not just the church, the criteria for salvation hasn't changed to love one neighbour as oneself, to fear the Lord, remain humble, and be merciful (something that a hypocrite cannot do)...
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    Is Jesus the Saviour of the whole World?

    Amen Shep. Another great post. Could this be an indicator of what we can expect for 2026? Hope all have a blessed year in Christ. :) <><
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    Is Jesus the Saviour of the whole World?

    I use the term "fundamentalist" in this context to differentiate these people from the "universalists" that are ever increasing in church circles....and this in reaction to the hypocrites among the "over-spiritualized" as you put it. The bible calls out those who take away righteousness from...
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    The Great Falling Away.

    What of all the churches set up by men?? But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. Matt 15:13
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    Is Jesus the Saviour of the whole World?

    This is one of the better posts I have read in response to my positions. It also reveals how difficult it is to speak with people who justify themselves based on their beliefs. Fundamentalists are like a flock of turkeys who disdain the pigs going to slaughter...not realizing that thanksgiving...
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    Is Jesus the Saviour of the whole World?

    This is typical of an unbalanced thinking. More unbalanced thinking. You need to try understanding God's ways without the self-interest.
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    Is Jesus the Saviour of the whole World?

    And in your opinion how would God assess your own attempt at Christ-following?