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And whatsoever is not of FAITH is SIN, so I don't see how our own human righteousness can please God. It couldn't, and this is why the new covenant was given.

Christ in us, amen. But the fruit we have been given is immature in the beginning.....we need to be bringing our fruit to perfection. It needs to both increase and be ripened. We learn obedience through suffering, as Jesus went before us in that, our forerunner, setting the example and making...

Well, yes and no. We pay a price too. Jesus said to count the cost. There are a lot of "yes and no's" in the bible :)

We wouldn't have any works (fruit of the SPIRIT) without Christ, would we? So to Him be the glory.

No, the opposite. If those who know the Lord and therefore under the law of liberty (believers) fall into sin and condemnation, they will be judged more strictly than someone who had never known the Lord.....sorer punishment, beaten with more stripes.

By their fruits you will know them. And James goes so far as to say that we are not justified by faith alone. If there is genuine faith there will be fruit of some kind, even if not perfect yet. Even when we first come to faith ....our first work after believing with our heart is to confess...

I believe His righteousness has been imputed to us, especially as babes and children, but we need to be on the narrow path of learning/endeavouring/reaching/seeking to actually live up to what has been imputed. By works is faith made perfect.

This is hot off the press for me today brother, thanks be to God, because I never used to understand what James meant by the law of liberty. All things are lawful as concerns the law of Moses.........but James said we will be judged by the law of liberty.........which means if we go back under...

This is why we want to "go on to perfection".....running the race striving to reach the full stature of Christ, so that we will become as He is in the world. Until then the fear/terror of the Lord keeps nipping at our heals as we need it, to keep driving us forward.

If something (sinning) is not expedient/helpful to our faith, there is the very real danger of it causing us to fall from grace. And therefore we would be under the law again, so to speak,, with the wrath of God abiding on us once again as a lost soul. Or even if, by a careless attitude...

I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed with this subject still. But maybe if we tackle it a bit a time. We need to look at the whole counsel of God, taking all the scriptures in balance with one another, rather than isolating one verse. Where it says All things are lawful, but not all things are...

Well I'm glad we sorted that out. Sometimes we just need to take a break and then come back to look at something with fresh eyes as it were. I know I need to do that at times. The bible says to test all things, and that is what I try to do. It just happens that I don't like loose ends for...

Ahhh, ok sister, glad we cleared up the confusion, no worries.

I'll try to come back to this, probably tomorrow unless I get a second wind later today. Getting tired and I'm apt to ramble and make a mess of things when I'm tired.

Wow, why are you shouting? And copying Epi's belittling ways. If there is something you want to point out you are free to do so, but I'm not conversing with someone who is talking to me like this. Have a nice afternoon.

The natural man can't perceive the things of the spirit because they are spiritually discerned. His word is lamp unto our feet and light unto our path. Does that address your question, I'm not sure I understood. Epi doesn't seem to see how imputed righteousness as a free gift by FAITH not by...

There are some souls for whom conceding even the tiniest thing is a fate worse than death. We are not in our sins as long as we have faith in Christ. But brother, I want to say.........the bible says blessed are you who mourn, for you will be comforted (at some future point)......there are...

That has been one of my favourite scriptures from the beginning. We are all growing in that respect I hope, and need to. You are of course free to have an opinion about me. At least we agree in principle.

I think we better not go off topic here. But think I'll just point out one scripture since it is pertinent to the thread: in Hebrews 6 where it says we are to leave the first principles and go on to perfection FOR it is impossible that those who were enlightened and made partakers of the...

I think I'll leave off talking to you for a bit. You ruin your own counsel with all your demeaning and belittling sarcasm and I can see you're on a roll again today. Sometimes I have thought you would have had a good word if only you hadn't added your flesh to it. Leaning on our own...