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Nope, "we have become partakers of Christ if we endure until the end" is explained by God's ability to forget righteousness--if you don't persevere, you retroactively never partook, because your righteousness of faith is "forgotten". Without availing yourself of all the tools in the Biblical...

Actually, on this side note, I think it's why Paul could describe his lost state under Law as he did BOTH in Romans 7 ("before God" the Law shows him he needs a Deliverer from his slavery to sin) AND in Philippians 3 (where he is blameless according to the Law--before men, he could boast of a...

The conversation (started in the OP) is actually about how the word "works" is apparently being misunderstood.

Yeah, God loves us, and we love Him.

I speak of "justification today and later"--that it is by being loved by God and loving God and doing what is pleasing to God--that when we do not believe in His love and do what is pleasing we are condemned (Ro 14:23), but, of course, we can be forgiven, and pick back up. Nope, the verse says...

Spurring doesn't create works, obeying does--Php 2:12,13 "obey... for it is God at work in you...". ?? Not sure how it's relevant to how you concluded justification is not by works. You haven't answered the verses I raised. I look forward to you doing so.

Romans 2:6-16 says you are justified and given life by works at the Judgment. Romans 8:12,13 say if you walk after the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you will live. Romans 14:23 says the one who does what he does not believe in is "condemned" (not justified). Not sure how you arrived...

Consider the reasoning he is using : "Jesus teaches many parables, and we are to take them seriously, but, here, the parable Jesus tells Peter--because he asked for instruction about forgiveness (instructions Christ wanted His apostles to bring to the nations, so they would observe all He...

I'm telling you, brother, nothing (except praying) is worth missing sleep. It ages you--your hair line will recede more rapidly, the lines on your face will proceed, and, internally, the corresponding aging will occur.

If I were you, I'd go to sleep. Sleep is EXTREMELY important. Missing sleep, for one, diminishes immunity--supposedly, getting only 4 hours of sleep (or missing 4 hours?) diminishes immunity by 75% for a while. I am fine if we pick this up later.

Will you please clarify how any of this proves I'm abusing Romans 14:23?

Both the brother who eats without faith and the brother who caused him to eat without faith have sinned--and, as I said, they're both condemned, but the condemnation on the one is for a different reason than the condemnation on the other. Yep. However, how is this supposed to be relevant to...

Think about your argument : "the believer can live in sin (by walking contrary to his beliefs, contrary to the law of his mind--already, this state of affairs had been the description of being enslaved, killed, by sin (Ro 7:8-24)), and his sinning will not affect his justification, nor result in...

I agree Romans 14 can encompass the issue in 1 Co 8, but Romans 14 is not 1 Co 8 (Ro 14 encompasses generalities(21It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble."), 1 Co 8 is a specific example--and the condemnation (because he "sins against...

Again, empty claims. No substance.

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Without repentance, yes, walking contrary to your own thoughts, your own convictions, doing things you have doubts about, is sin, so it leads to a state of condemnation, not justification--and living that way, without repentance, without returning to walking with a clear conscience, will not...

You have claimed this, but have not substantiated the claim.

Right, the particular examples of actions people may or may not take are not, in and of themselves, sinful or righteous, but, rather, the man who does or does not do them must be in faith, fully persuaded in his own mind. Therefore, the general concept is that the individual who does any deed...

How is my quoting of the verse "out of context"?