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ok....so what is the point he is making here? Looks to me as though Peter was humbling those Jews who thought they were saved by the exclusivity of having the Law and Torah. Those from other nations who feared God and worked righteousness were just as accepted as Jews under the Law were who...

Don't forget that people dont' always have choices in how to spend their time. They have on their plate what they have on their plate and it is glorifying to God if we "do everything as unto the Lord." (And just to say, I still remember how disillusioned and disappointed I felt coming to...

Seems to me from scripture that He is keeping us saved as long as we remain in Him. It doesn't mean He is "keeping" in the sense of preventing souls from falling away. He doesn't force anyone to follow and remain in Him. It just means that He has power to save and keep us in a state of grace...

Well, we have had a disagreement about OSAS for a long time, though I don't think I've argued about it much since coming to this site, and won't get into it on this thread. However being fully consecrated to the Lord...as in entering and walking fully in the kingdom, walking fully in the...

Amen. The law of love fulfills the Law in a better and higher way than under the old covenant. I think someone pointed out already, or maybe on another thread, where it says in Hebrews 7 that a change of the priesthood (no longer of Aaron) necessitated a change of the law. And this as well...

Not at all....just that it is fulfilled in the new way of the spirit now, not in the old way of the letter and 'beggardly' elements of this world and flesh. If believers were commanded to keep the Sabbath physically, Paul would have simply said so instead of judging that Gentiles are not to be...

I believe we are to understand "Babylon" as being the spirit or prince of the world that tries to take the people of God captive. And if we grieve Him enough He would even give us over to it, like He did with Israel of old. It is a harlot, spiritually adulterous spirit.....Mystery Babylon...

I don't think being fully consecrated and "entirely sanctified" necessarily means not having a job or other regular responsibilities...that isn't what it means.

Yes...BUT...how many believers are actually really truly dong that? Offering ourselves as living sacrifices in 100% consecration? We may have thought we are doing that, but are we really? The vast majority of us (including myself) are still on the throne of our lives ruling and serving God as...

Even so, God may send us helpers to our faith from time to time, true? Witnesses to the truth. Because as Hepzibah rightly said, to let the truth be established on the strength of two or three witnesses. It doesn't mean we have to "follow" those witnesses or agree with everything they say...

Hope I'm not rambling too much, it is a lot to discuss and put in writing. Yes I admit to being a stickler for words at times, deification and theosis seem like they might be overstating the case somewhat. I agree that Christ's transfiguration is also something we are to get hold of. I had...

No worries......and I sure do know the feeling sister, lol. ;) ok, but I believe we should keep in mind that even the teachings of the early church, after the apostles died, need to be tested.....because Paul said after he departed wolves would come in not sparing the flock. Even in his day...

That is what I glean from the scriptures overall. Especially Romans 4, and balancing that out with other scriptures like where it says if we keep on willfully sinning there is no more sacrifice for sins, and where it says the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God. James acknowledged...

Amen, and I believe that word quickly can mean suddenly too. At at time when we do not expect, as the scripture says. Yep, last time I checked anyway, lol. Amen...we would have to ignore so many scriptures or consider that they no longer apply. (Maybe Matthew is a cessationist too..?) The...

My mind is not at all set on those things, and I do not entertain such things at all. I don't think about or dwell on the subject, other than that I have prayed off and on for the Lord to raise up people to do deliverance because of seeing the need for it. It just happened that I saw those...

I'm a dudette, lol. And an old one at that. Death is overcome when there has been a resurrection....so yes a spiritual resurrection, but also the resurrection and redemption of our bodies after physical death. You misunderstood me....I was talking about some who don't approach deliverance...

I'm glad we are in agreement on most of this. :) We are saved from wrath as well, the bible says. He will not count our unwitting and inadvertent sins against us, as long our heart attitude is right and we're running the race in sincerity the best we know how....judgment begins with the house...

I do believe it is true, as I have said. Just that apparently there is still an ongoing battle to enforce that truth. And the last enemy to be defeated will be death. I do get that and totally agree with it. We are the ones who are responsible for any access the devil has to our life and...

Have you considered that the Lord speaks on more than one level in His word....that there can be more than one layer to the truth? It says in one of the Psalms, "one thing have I heard, two things God has said." That maybe everything was to the Jew first, then the Gentile? He judged Israel...

Completely agree the devil has been defeated and Jesus took back his rule from him. Just that the devil didn't get the memo, and neither did most of the world. The devil is acting illegally, as I think of it. The truth is only manifested in those who believe/receive it. There is so often a...