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The Christian life is about a focus on Christ, not ourselves. When we look only to ourselves we tend to get bitter....and complaining as you say. We are insufficient of ourselves to do anything but receive what confronts us. When we do that without the comfort of God's presence, we will find...

The righteous are scarcely saved. The saints are abundantly saved. But nobody today is taught the difference. :rolleyes:

See this is what gives holiness movements a bad name. Next thread is about how to dress...what shoes to wear...hair styles etc... None of these things has to do with whether a person is walking in holiness or not. The OP is trying to create a disturbance by mixing and mashing things...

You are so far out of balance. Paul warned new believers to refrain from becoming Jews...committing to the law of Moses with "works" like circumcision. Kosher eating etc. THOSE are the works of the law. The law of Moses. But you are so hell bent on destroying any effort whatsoever that bible...

I always found that the outer man ego is always the elephant in the room in religious circles.

The entire bible is a minefield to your form of doctrine. You have to cut out so many verses...even entire books... so that your religious ego can remain in the puffed up position. New believers need to learn the truth...in balance. The goodness AND severity of God. Any Pauline reader can see...

Finally some discernment around here.

Calvin was confused by the existence of holiness....to the extent that he had no understanding at all of righteousness. The apostles preached both.

Do you agree with Ananias and Sapphira being killed by the Spirit at the command of Peter in Acts? I think that Zahnd, and by extension, you, don't appreciate God's holiness or the laws that are based on holiness. You can't compare righteousness and holiness. Was it right that Uzzah died...

We know with all the silly rhetoric of condemning a person in an entirety...like...you have a fake Jesus or false gospel....that usually this means a person is going too far in the other direction. What people generally lack is a proper balance. Zahnd is right about God's mercy, but wrong in...

Follow his advice. Don't assume you know more than everyone else. Judge with honesty and a right appraisal...ready to cede points if they are valid.

If a need help doing a shtick on religious hyperbole, you're my first call.

Forget your religious dogmatism and think of the cross as the power to crucify your outer man to liberate you into an intimate walk with the risen Lord...in ZION...where He is. In the Father's house are many resting places...abiding places. Forego your vain religion and embrace the...

This is the problem with arm-chair dabblers in Christianity. Their judgment will be more severe. is it really worth the temporal ego boost. Well, Pharisees think so.

If you loved God instead of yourself, you wouldn't see having to go to God for the full measure of grace as legalism. Imagine a little self-denial...too difficult for you. Just call it "legalism" and remain in your iniquity.

That's what your ego is telling you you are doing. There is no risk for you to espouse a Messiah that was put to death. You are just spewing out a dogmatic indoctrination in order to justify yourself. Paul paid for His declarations by being stoned and whipped. The difference between you cannot...

That's odd, because I uphold the truth of the OT as the foundation of righteousness that Jesus builds His holiness upon. My detractors can't agree with what is wrong with the sound doctrine I teach...because it isn't a one dimensional understanding as those who seek to critique me espouse. The...

Is your "For God so hated the world" any better?

I don't prefer these modern preachers that seek to denigrate God's word as found in the OT. What they don't realize is that Jesus is Yahweh. (Not the Most High Yahweh) Yes, the Father and Son BOTH share the name "Yahweh." The Lord of Hosts is the Father. But when there is just the name...