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Think Phinehas did what he did without faith? Some might say he was obeying the Law to put the fornicators to death, but we know that the Law by itself could not save. Scripture says no one is justified before God by the deeds of the Law. Lots of Israelites were law keepers but without faith...

I agree brother.....I think checking into the original language can be helpful, but too much splitting of hairs results in losing the picture as a whole. Have to be careful of the carnal mind, it is enmity with God and so easily leads into mazes of man's thinking. Especially where self-serving...

Salvation is based on being in the Lamb's book of life is it not?........beyond that there are rewards and loss of rewards depending on our works, good or bad, which we will give an account for. To my understanding.

I can't speak to the finer points of Greek, but I believe that verse is speaking of faith (a living faith as opposed perhaps to a mere mental assent). The kind of faith that produces a changed life...fruit of righteousness. By works is faith made perfect.

I agree...but was this meant for me, or were you responding to another post?

I just corrected my typo. Maybe you would like to correct yours too, lol. It's bible theology. Christ in us, the hope of glory. His Spirit, His righteousness within. Indescribable gift, thanks be to His name!

The only thing I am "claiming", based on God's word, is that Christ in us is equal to Jesus in our new man. And that is what sanctifies us.

Yes, he keeps moving the goal posts. I truly hate to think of someone doing that deliberately and knowingly while claiming to know Christ, it won't bode well for them.

ok, I will try to look at it again....fulfill might have more than one sense, maybe.

I'm not keeping up with everything, so someone might have already posted this. Quite sure it needs to be taken into account: Jhn 6:28-29 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe...

For the fourth or fifth time Epi........is our new man made in the image of He who created it. or not?. Is His Spirit and nature in us righteous and holy or not? Why do you keep avoiding discussing this?

I just posted where you said what you said. So I hope my honesty will now be well noted.. And you first said we were not "made" the righteousness of God, but now you are admitting it is not wrong. I of course never said or implied that He crucified Himself.....you have a great skill at...

Since you are calling me a "bald-faced liar" I thought I better post the proof to back up what I said: post #712, page 36 Lizbeth quoted this: Isa 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. Episkopos...

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More gaslighting and contradicting yourself here. Just like you argued that God didn't make Jesus to be sin, but Jesus made Himself to be sin, and then afterward you argued that sinful men made Him to be sin. Come on now. Kind of a pattern with you.

The definition of a hypocrite might be someone who rebukes people for not doing what they themselves are not doing. Come on now.

We have BECOME new creatures, no? But I don't disagree that it means to fulfill as well as become. And now as scripture admonishes, we want to fulfill/manifest what we have become. Which is a new man made in the image of He who created him. Righteous and holy. The answer isn't a choice of...

But how does Epi know this verse has been correctly translated? Simply because it doesn't disagree with his theology, so it must be correct.

I think a good definition of a pretender might be someone who thinks of himself more highly than he ought.

I wonder that there is anyone who would presume to unilaterally re-translate the Bible. Even if he were a Greek scholar, which I don't think is even the case here.