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We all can obey the commandments to the limits of our own abilities...otherwise they would not be called commandments...more like observations. We can't do this perfectly...but we can align ourselves with God's will by repenting of any attitude that is not submitted to His will. If that was not...

We each follow Christ at whatever distance we find reasonable and comfortable. The deeper blessings come from the Lord when we are no longer measuring our devotion to what we think is reasonable....but allowing our devotion to Him to get us swept up into His presence. Remember Mary who poured...

We were created to be dependent on divine love. People search for something to replace that in the temporal world...but to no avail. We were created for His purpose. Once we shift the focus away from our purpose onto His...we find our "center." Too much "ego drama" and not enough "God drama" is...

OK Maybe a Nordic Jesus.....but the idea gets across.

This post is confusing righteousness and holiness. There is NO relationship between holiness and sin. But there are no righteous people in the world who don't sin. Look it up in Eccl.

Without those three we'd be pretty badly off. ;) But yes, worrying is a lack of faith in God...or the level of one's own reliance on God. I think people also worry about the coming judgment...which is actually a healthy thing....the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Of course...

A few things here. Heaven is for right now...seek first the kingdom doesn't mean try to die physically. The righteous are the humble, meek, and honest ones. You may be confusing the righteous with the saints. The saints rule with Christ in the next age. The righteous inhabit the nations in...

God's ways are interesting. What is also interesting is how people don't receive instruction in His ways. It's like we are playing two different games based on a different set of rules. We have been trying to fit God into our way of thinking for millennia. The solution is as easy as it is not...

People seem to always gravitate towards one aspect of salvation to the detriment of the other. It's a human thing. Trying to make a formula about something that is alive. But we can break it down into 2 spheres...righteousness and holiness. 1) Can we choose to come to God unless he first calls...

Hey brother. I'm frankly surprised at your openness. Thanks my friend. I hope all goes well for you. Blessings <><

Hear, O Israel: Our God YHWH—YHWH [is] one! And you have loved your God YHWH with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.(Deuteronomy 6:4-5) (LSV) What makes sense to me and something that includes Jesus in the divine Godhead...is this. By simply adding in a straight...

If we can see the bible as a ticket to an audience with God....it then depends on when you think when that audience needs to take place. I think most believe that an actual divine encounter will only happen after we die. But my testimony...and that of the bible as I perceive it...is that we...

Paul was writing to encourage people in the faith and at times correct people's behaviour. But I don't think he was trying to formulate a creedal statement that we simply agree with and then claim as our own. Paul experienced what he testified about. It wasn't by a declaration of a doctrinal...

Agreed. We are to forgive 70X7. If we are also to not keep an account of the wrongs against us that number becomes incalculable. Basically we are to love others as ourselves...and if we judge a person, we are judging ourselves in another given situation. I think it's important to treat people...

Johann, I never thought I was unapproachable. I thought to engage ideas...but I see now that that approach still gets perceived as being harsh. So yes, I will endeavour to be more "lifelike" and not treat the forum like there weren't real people involved. I guess the anonymity thing....in...

I hope that as many as possible realize my purpose has not been to hurt anyone but to help...to team up with a person's own inner man..to help people break free from whatever bondage. That approach has not worked. I have tried to be light-hearted...but even that was perceived by some as being...

The true gospel, as you put it, would seem to be a subjective thing when taken up by human beings...as no one is the final authority on earth on the things of God. God works in a deeper way that what any human can grasp. Do you agree that His ways are far above our own ways? When someone is...

Yes, He gives grace to the humble. I have a very different understanding of things compared to some here. But we are not here to try changing each other. We have to allow for differences in perceptions. We are each individually responsible to the Lord for what we do. It is the Holy Spirit that...

I don't see anyone here as my enemy. Yes, the devil is at work in uncrucified flesh. But if people can't see what they are doing...then I will take the responsibility trying something less "insulting". I grieve for some people here. But I am responsible to act in a wise and timely way. It's...

I know that rebuke is hard to hear at times...or all the time. The way of Christ is about being hard on ourselves but easy on others (forgive them Father for they know not what they do) A liberal will go easy on himself AND others. A Conservative will be hard on himself AND others. A...