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  1. Episkopos

    By Love Serve One Another

    LOL. I am simply a mirror into your argument. You claim to do your best whereas grace is not about your best...but God's perfection. And you condemn others for doing their best. That's actually what human strength does...regardless of religious affiliation. So you are admitting to have a...
  2. Episkopos

    By Love Serve One Another

    Funny how you claim to be born of incorruptible seed yet stand by human opinions. I speak the truth...not opinions. The fact that I can use words to express the truth that don't parrot the bible exactly means that one has to actually UNDERSTAND what the bible is saying.
  3. Episkopos

    By Love Serve One Another

    You argue against yourself. Do you realize you are talking about an Old Testament standard of doing our best? Not a New Covenant standard at all. The New Covenant is about Christ doing the works through people. A perfect and holy standard NOT available in the OT times. Now, argue against...
  4. Episkopos

    By Love Serve One Another

    The Gospel Level 1: The gospel on the most basic human level is about God's mercy on those who love Him. So these turn from their wickedness, and stop doing evil, lying, swearing, being dishonest...and take responsibility for their actions, becoming accountable before God and a good example...
  5. Episkopos

    By Love Serve One Another

    Do you resist God's Spirit in your own strength? Or do you agree with God? Are you supernaturally empowered to get out of bed in the morning? Are ALL people thus empowered? So unless you want to use reason, you will obfuscate and confuse the bible...as you do. The mind is a terrible thing to...
  6. Episkopos

    By Love Serve One Another

    Have you read the bible? Everything I say comes from the bible. Have you read about the good Samaritan? Are you trying to avoid the bible? Or just its teachings?
  7. Episkopos

    By Love Serve One Another

    Jesus said...without Me you can do nothing. When religious types read that, they think that there is NOTHING that can be done that has any merit outside the religious organization called "church." But Jesus is speaking from an eternal perspective...something that doesn't enter the mind of...
  8. Episkopos

    By Love Serve One Another

    We can do nothing ETERNAL in our own strength. But we can do the will of the Father for humanity in our own strength...otherwise no one could be judged let alone condemned. All will be judged based on their love for others. God will have mercy on the merciful. He will give an inheritance to the...
  9. Episkopos

    By Love Serve One Another

    Then pray that God allows you to see with different eyes. Stop justifying yourself. Can a person correct their own bent? Pray to God for humility. No one said that we can. But we can love as we are commanded to...the royal law...to care for others as we do ourselves. Go visit the poor. The...
  10. Episkopos

    By Love Serve One Another

    Taking on a religious bent doesn't save anyone. It just puffs up a religious ego...so that a person feels they are justified in their own eyes, and they are now qualified to condemn others. But that is the way of death. There is a way that seems right to the ego driven mind... But we are saved...
  11. Episkopos

    By Love Serve One Another

    A religious Pharisee only sees in black and white. The good..that's them, and the evil, everyone else. And these religious types love to judge others...others who so often are so much closer to the truth..obeying the commandments that the religious ones see as vain works. O, the wisdom of God...
  12. Episkopos

    By Love Serve One Another

    We can love people naturally. We can love others as ourselves...as poor people do in third world countries. Sure. We love as Jesus loves through the Spirit.
  13. Episkopos

    By Love Serve One Another

    Perhaps for rich people and the wicked. But there are many in poor countries who will give you the shirt off their back. Like the woman who give all she had...the widow's two mites. We can be SO indoctrinated as to think all people are as selfish as we are or were. For love on that level yes...
  14. Episkopos

    By Love Serve One Another

    How are we to go about fulfilling the commandment of Jesus to love as He does? Jesus said that the greatest of all is the servant of all. When we bear the burdens of others, we fulfill the law of Christ.
  15. Episkopos

    (Mis)understanding Salvation

    it is. I go to a LOT of trouble to present my message to rich spoiled Westerners who, for the most part are not serious about God's word at all. NO fear of the Lord, no wisdom, no understanding and very little knowledge. These put their trust in man-made churches and human interpretations and...
  16. Episkopos

    (Mis)understanding Salvation

    For those who want to engage in an actual discussion instead of more ad-hominen fluff...please listen to the video and comment on what is actually said...using time stamps if the point needs clarification. Please provide more than religious opinions...but use the word to back up any claims...
  17. Episkopos

    (Mis)understanding Salvation

    You have it exactly backward. I'm dealing with spoiled and defiant sinners...the outer man ego...that are unable to read the bible and hear any kind of logic...even plain words...if they clash with their dogmatic beliefs. Lizbeth is a case in point...as hard headed as can be...even when faced...
  18. Episkopos

    (Mis)understanding Salvation

    Do you realize that the NT was written in Greek? There is a book called the "concordance" that shows what the original Greek word was that was translated into various other languages...English included. I'm hoping you know that the bible was not written in English. Paul didn't know English. This...
  19. Episkopos

    (Mis)understanding Salvation

    For those who have been taught error and think the cross is about forgiveness and have not yet understood the difference between righteousness and holiness...check out a podcast I did on that very subject. Don't forget to like and subscribe ;)
  20. Episkopos

    (Mis)understanding Salvation

    from the lake of fire yes...but not from condemnation. MANY who are born again will be rejected...into outer darkness, there will be weeping and anger. Yes...but we are also to fear God and depart from iniquity. That seal has 2 sides. (2 Tim. 2:19) Don't just look at God's goodness...realize...