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  1. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    How so? Are you saying that I'm diverting from my own thread? Aren't you on a bent or tangent that is fixated on the very first step of a race? over and over and over. You are deaf. You only have an historical regeneration to fall back on...and you can't advance even one step because you are...
  2. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    If you have actually read my posts without seeing through a haze of faux ego outrage o_O ...you would see that I'm against naming and claiming and assuming and presuming...that identifies modern evangelicalism (and state of the art Phariseeism). With the humble and meek I have no issue...as I...
  3. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    Could you try posting without being so repetitive for no reason...without using the term "born again" in every sentence, let alone twice in the same sentence. That would be appreciated by me and probably a few others here. :)
  4. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    I both obey and understand them. A rarity is our time. Theoretically. But we are living in a time where people can't endure sound doctrine. Read the bible. We are living in a pretend time of imaginations. The Laodicean age of the church. So you think it's business as usual...comparing what the...
  5. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    Believe what? That is by an imagination...one that thinks that grace is about an amnesty from prosecution for sins. Of course that is false. The same imaginers think that they don't have to obey God. Maybe better than being a reformist. But why not seek God for yourself? Outside man-made...
  6. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    Are you asking if I believe in Jesus Christ? Do you believe that Jesus was sinful? Imperfect? He gives us HIS perfection when we enter INTO Him. In Him is no sin. Are you a believer IN Christ? (not just about Christ)
  7. Episkopos

    When are God's Elect Justified?

    The bible interprets the bible. And false doctrines..based on faulty translations...can easily be refuted by comparison with other verses that weren't similarly tampered with. In keeping with the topic of this thread I offer a better translation of a verse that was used previously to explain a...
  8. Episkopos

    When are God's Elect Justified?

    That's how discussions begin. Of course I denied it...because you are not understanding the bible narrative. I could help you with it...or we could compare notes...and then we and maybe others could learn ...either to be more sure of what we believe, or else question those beliefs that are not...
  9. Episkopos

    When are God's Elect Justified?

    Good discussion..I guess that is as much as you can stoop to ...in conversation rather than judge.
  10. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    Well, when men get a hold of eternal ideas they tend to compromise in order to appeal to the majority. Only puffed up egos hate the idea that somebody knows more or is more advanced than they are. Jesus was hated by the religious establishment as in...hey...WE never approved of this rabbi, so...
  11. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    Holiness under the law of Moses: simply set apart for temple use. Holiness under grace: To be where He is, walking in His power and presence and life. So you can see which one people prefer...although the temple is now gone...so being set apart has no more use UNLESS we come OUT from Babylon...
  12. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    I only trust the bible to define the terms of the bible. So we might have a divergence of understanding based on popular culture. Are we to have a different KIND of holiness than God? Is God only "set apart" ?? Or is holiness something eternal..something relating ONLY to God? Sure we can be...
  13. Episkopos

    When are God's Elect Justified?

    Very wrong and muddled thinking. God can only impute something that He sees as real. The justification of the elect is that they walk in the resurrection life of Christ...without sin. Totally false. No sin was ever imputed to Christ...who knew NO SIN. So you are barking up the wrong tree...
  14. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    Not at all. If that was the case then ONLY the holy could be judged. But God holds us all responsible for our actions. We can all at least love others as ourselves. The presence of God. God is holy. For us to be holy as He is holy we need to go to Him and be where He is. Even the holy angels...
  15. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    Kind of. The bible can be read on more than one level. But as soon as person reads the bible to justify themselves they fall into trap. At its deeper level the bible is more a book of questions than of answers. People will be tempted to think they have found the answers without any experience of...
  16. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    Where does unkindness lead...do you think? A "mob" mentality, perhaps? :contemplate:
  17. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    This is a difficult line of questioning. It's hard to know who has been planted by the enemy....tares among the wheat...and those who are just deceived and immature. I struggle with that as it can be very hard to tell. I expose a LOT of error here. But I can't explore the end of it without being...
  18. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    The first cut..yes. But those who persecute the saints ARE the religious ones. So the mob in the church persecutes the servants of God WITHIN the church. It has always been this way. There is war with the outside...but Jesus was crucified by His own people. But you had a good comment. :)
  19. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    which is NOT the gospel. You are definitely not like the lady who rejoiced at finding the lost coin You would have to admit, in the analogy, that the baby is not yours. There is in the carnal representation...just not in the spiritual brotherhood. Jesus came to bring a sword and fire.
  20. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    There's not much that can happen when there is a willful ignorance and hostility towards any effort at trying to dispel the vagueness that allows the enemy to steal away the truth from people. People don't realize who they are really working for. Forgive them Father they know not what they do...