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That agrees with where it says, "not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit says the Lord". And it could be speaking of the cornerstone at the same time speaking of the capstone. Because the beginning of our faith was by His Spirit too. Jesus is both the Beginning and the End. In this...

I know. It was a literal death for that generation. However - they are called the "church in the wilderness", and scripture also says these things happened unto them and were written down as ensamples for our admonition (1 Cor 10:11). For us what happened to them is a picture of something...

Replying to this part of your post. Amen to this, I hear what you're saying. We all have a different measure. Although I do believe there is a full maturity in the spirit possible, according to our measure, and that we should at least be striving for nothing less. Pro 4:18 But the path of...

They entered finally after 40 years of dying to themselves in the wilderness. It was literal death for that generation, but for us it is a picture/allegory/parable of the narrow way of the Cross......if even Jesus learned obedience by the things which He suffered then we aren't exempt...He was...

That can work both ways. Maybe you need to listen to some of these words for yourself as well. May the Lord help us all.

On the subject of holiness, I think we need to consider what it means to be ready and prepared for the Lord's return. Large swaths of the church are not and will not be ready....because like Israel (our ensample), only a remnant will be saved. Each soul needs to keep following the Lord and...

Amen. There is no mercy in a meritocracy. Meritocracy is the law of the jungle....it is old covenant, which was a burden no one could bear.

How many times have you accused people of being dishonest just in the last few pages alone, Episkopos. Hmm? Come on now. :rolleyes:

Yes, not agreeing with Epi automatically means we are being dishonest, to his way of thinking. :rolleyes:

We need to understand the OT scrips are speaking on one level to the old covenant Jews, and on another level that is spiritual to the new covenant church. The meek under the old covenant is not quite the same as the meek under the new covenant who receive the engrafted word. So we must not use...

You are missing the spiritual irony in what Jesus was saying. The natural man with his carnal mind can't perceive it.....it must be spiritually discerned. Even the righteous and faithful old testament saints were not saved apart from the gospel (new covenant): Heb 11:39-40 And these all...

Yes, there are scriptures that are being seen in a certain light so as to make it fit the doctrine, rather than letting the scrips form the doctrine. A very common thing that people do.

Who are the meek in God's eyes Epi? The meek in God's eyes are those who receive the engrafted word and that is WHY they will inherit the earth, not based on their own merits. Jas 1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted...

lol to your wry humour. But unfortunately your carnal mind has separated progressive growth/sanctification from holiness. Growth is not just about character and righteous living, but is leading to holiness.

Jesus came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. The "righteous" have no need of a physician, they wrongly think they are saved through their own righteousness and don't know their true state. That is what keeps many "decent living" people from receiving Christ. It is what...

Unfortunately it seems to me that Epi is complicating and confusing things that are quite simple. If God wants anyone to be saved, who He has foreknown, He will see to it that they hear or are shown the gospel, like He did with Cornelius, in some way or other, whether through a preacher or...

Abraham Accords is the result of men of the world trying to solve problems of the world. ( Some of them might be well meaning, some might not, I dont know.) Either way we need to leave them to it, because it has ought to do with the body of Christ. We are not to be unequally yoked with...

Amen....clearly Cornelius was not yet saved before Peter went and preached the gospel and name of Christ to him. I hope Epi will reconsider this.

Amen. "Come out of her my people, lest you....." It wasn't until I left off listening to churches and men, shutting out all those voices in order to hear the Shepherd's voice that the Lord began in His word to clear things up and show me clearly, the true gospel. Kind of like a clear pane of...

Indeed. But why are so few, hardly any it seems, growing up into Him?