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  1. Episkopos

    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    Religious certainty is as strong as any narcotic. It gets in the way of biblical faith. The Pharisees were just as certain as you are...and from exactly the same kind of outer man belief. Of course, the religious person will say that their beliefs are much better than other kinds. They ALL say...
  2. Episkopos

    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    There are two kinds of religious nuts. There are the exclusivists ("all are going to hell except you and me and I'm not so sure about you"). These are the Pharisees..the kind of fundamentalists that kills the prophets of God and put Jesus on the cross. These are enemies of righteousness. These...
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    At what age are we to condemn people of other religions to hell?

    Of course. To enter into fellowship with God we go through Christ. But this is so often mixed up with God's mercy on judgment day for salvation among the nations. I don't think people really see the difference between the Bride and the guests. I suggest for people to GO to a wedding...and then...
  4. Episkopos

    At what age are we to condemn people of other religions to hell?

    And applied by whom? Religious self-interest groups? Is it "For God so hated the world that whoever didn't claim to believe in Him would perish for ever in hell??" The superficiality of the modern churches has necessitated the casting away of mercy as it blindly condemns whatever is beyond the...
  5. Episkopos

    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    This is about the perfection in Christ.....on a purity level. On that level one has the mind of Christ...but not the maturity that goes along with withstanding all the wiles of the devil. That takes experience...and having come through trials and tribulations. There is no half-perfection of...
  6. Episkopos

    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    A logical fallacy. The perfect are called that because they have attained. Why do you twist around the bible to fit your doctrine? You are barking up the wrong tree. Don't confuse the perfection of abiding in Christ with a human maturity.
  7. Episkopos

    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    Moses, are you right? Are you not doing that very thing by diminishing Paul on the one hand with me...then raising him up as an idol to support someone who thinks Paul was always perfect? Do you see how your own logical fallacies show a motive in you that uses lies and obfuscations to prop up...
  8. Episkopos

    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    Call me Epi for short. Amen...not beyond what is written...but also not LIMITING what is written and filtering that through a carnally religious mind. Wouldn't you agree? If we are afraid to go beyond the limits of sinful flesh....then we will never arrive at abiding in Christ. Wouldn't you...
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    Always test a warm bottle on your arm before putting it to your lips. Lips are very sensitive.
  10. Episkopos

    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    You need to talk to the "Grateful" lady' She thought I had destroyed her entire religion..causing a cosmic shift in the order in the universe because I intimated that Paul was not ALWAYS in the Spirit. Find her among the cribs...if you can escape yours. She never listens to me. I think I scare her
  11. Episkopos

    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    But you forgot to move beyond having beliefs about Jesus and pointing to the cross. GO to the cross. There is ONLY ONE gospel...so you are inventing something in your own head...a very muddled head at that. I teach what the bible teaches. Righteousness is by and faith and/or works. If you...
  12. Episkopos

    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    It's not just his opinion. Paul had the maturity and authority to speak of what he knows. Do you realize that a mechanic can explain how a car works even when there is no car present????? You will ask? How can he do that? Well, he has done is before so he actually understands what's going on...
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    Amen. Follow your advice. Unless you trust God fully with your life you will not be able to trust Him to cut you in half to take away the sin nature in the outer man. God's hand is sure. He is trustworthy. Go to God and surrender your life. Go to the cross to be crucified...and walk IN Christ.
  14. Episkopos

    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    Poor you. So naive. Paul himself says sometimes...not the Spirit ...but I say. Because you only have a religious grasp of things ...that's like a child who hears for the first time their parents are just as human as they are as in ...what...my parents also get tummy aches???? :astonished:
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    You have to point people to the cross..and then go there to have your flesh dealt with. Smart enough to realize that the flesh is looking to be saved...but cannot be. It needs to be crucified on the cross of Christ. Praise the Lord! You need this constant reminder because you are still a...
  16. Episkopos

    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    The challenge of Protestantism is this: If we claim to be justified in the walk at an OT level ...that of being limited to our own strength...then we will NEVER progress into what the gospel is offering to those who receive with MEEKNESS the implanted word. Humble yourself under the mighty hand...
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    LOL! You think being an adult is from pride because you are still thinking as a child. As in...how dare you think you're grown up...there 's only us spoiled children here. How old are you? In a superficial religious world...no amount of age and experience mean anything at all.
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    You are conflating my maturity with a claim to be perfect. You can't take away from my experience and what I learned and what that has produced in me. I have not claimed to be perfect...your slander comes from defending the AM walk by your religious outer man who thrives in unbelief and...
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    You are playing a game here to satisfy your religious ego. I am professing Christ..not just saying I am as you are doing. You know nothing of what you are trying to mimic... A false religious appreciation of the true gospel can't save you from sin. You need to go to God for real...to be...
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    I am only here to know Christ and Him crucified. Don't preach another gospel and another Jesus. Go to the cross...don't just talk about it....do it.