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  1. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    I know where the gospel has been deviated and why it happened. It is the very resistance of the flesh to the truth witnessed here that is in the way of restoring the gospel of power and life.
  2. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    I marvel at God's wisdom. To expose darkness by bringing in light where people don't expect it. To expose self-interest in those claim to know Him when they do everything opposite to His commandments. God is fearsome in His judgments. But only the meek will fear and escape that judgment. Can I...
  3. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    Your gang chases the meek off of forums...because you bully them as you and your gang are doing to me. You have no understanding at all. And you continue to justify yourself for doing wrong all the time. The meek are quiet...a quiet and gentle spirit that God loves. But your group are railers...
  4. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    You are confusing Jesus with Buddha. If you knew Hebrew better you would know that the prophecies about God dwelling AMONG His people (OT)...as well as in them(NT saints). In the case of Jesus speaking to the Pharisees (NOT NT saints), Jesus was saying that the kingdom of God was in their...
  5. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    False as can be. Maybe you can't receive instruction or correction....and maybe you try stopping others from advancing beyond what you have limited God to? For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
  6. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    You are doing the same or worse, are you not? You believe the bible saves you. Being religious makes you right with God? Without any say so from God Himself? Why? Because others do the same? The Pharisees also hung out with each other. They voted as a majority against Christ and His disciples...
  7. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    Exactly what you do. You called it...you do it. Try NOT deflecting for a moment.
  8. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    It's funny that you don't question the self-interest gang. That's natural. What isn't natural are people with actual spiritual discernment. For you these are aberrations. For that you cry foul. Do I complain when birds of a feather flock together against me? You betray your true motive in...
  9. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    LOL I affirm that the foundation is found in Christ. The foundation is Jesus Christ. It's not in people as you suggest. Otherwise it is the Buddhist notion of finding the truth within yourself...having spiritual experiences with yourself. No, the foundation is Christ. The location of our...
  10. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    It's not my dollar to give. It is the Lord who brings the increase. People want affirmation. I will only affirm what is eternal in nature and value...or else is honest and righteously sincere.
  11. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    That is something you can talk to God about.
  12. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    Is there any hope for those who choose Barabbas (those who choose amnesty and forgiveness over sacrifice and holiness)? In my estimation...no. Is there any hope for those who want to choose both Barabbas AND Jesus? Both amnesty/forgiveness AND sacrifice/holiness? (At least in theory) Like a...
  13. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    But are we not to seek holiness the SAME WAY we seek for forgiveness? Is there forgiveness WITHOUT holiness? Think about it. Which do you prefer? Barabbas or Jesus? That's the choice that God is giving us. It's not my invention. People will say that I'm making up a holiness standard...because...
  14. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    You want to choose both Barabbas and Jesus? Of course...you want to compromise the truth. You want an assurance of amnesty... you want Jesus to die in your place...any human would. But you also don't disagree with the idea, the concept, the premise of sacrifice and holiness. That's what...
  15. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    People love free stuff. Did Jesus pay for ALL your sins. Well, the bible doesn't say that. For you splitting hairs could be the difference between life and death. Not many understand spiritual things. When the Pharisees claimed to see...Jesus condemned them. Was He not splitting hairs? I ask...
  16. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    A part of that mystery is why the people chose Barabbas rather than Jesus. People prefer amnesty and forgiveness to sacrifice and holiness. That's how God selects His people. We reveal ourselves by our choices.
  17. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    If people love the truth, they listen to me.
  18. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    Why do I sound so stern at times? Well, a poster here has suggested that I'm confronting immaturity and that I should go easy on people for their sake. But I disagree. The immature are still on the path of life....they maybe lag behind a little in understanding. But Jesus said "My sheep HEAR My...
  19. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    You are unwilling to be hurt by the truth in your quest to be comforted by a lie. What sounds condescending to you is meant to snap you out of a flesh spiral. You are identifying with the wrong part of you. The outer man...who defends himself and has....guess what? ...self-interest. Instead...
  20. Episkopos

    The social gospel?

    Re: discernment The only way one self-interested person is going to correct another self-interested person is if that one breaks ranks and threatens their own self-interest. Of course my posts obliterate self-interest just like the bible does when properly read...and properly understood. So I...