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Since I like staying on topic, we can start on topic: how do you resolve the apparent tension between Romans 8:1 and 14:23? My solution is to just take some basic truths into account: 1. There is no condemnation for those "in Christ" Ro 8:1 2. Believers who break the rule of faith are condemned...

No, not even close: Calvin's Commentary on the Bible Verse 23 23.But he who is undecided, etc. He very fitly expresses in one word the character of that mind which vacillates and is uncertain as to what ought to be done; for he who is undecided undergoes alternate changes, and in the midst of...

@CadyandZoe You sure did go through a lot of trouble to try to skirt around the issue, downplay, suppress, all to uphold your rejection of the obvious teaching of Romans 14:23 (the one who does not do what he is fully persuaded is correct is sinning and is condemned), because it threatens your...

You've expressed your views on Scripture, and they do not cohere. (You can look through our previous discussions for details--won't get further into it here.) That you call your "understanding" of the Bible "making sense" says a lot about you.

1 Corinthians 8 10For if someone sees you, the one who has knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will his conscience, if he is weak, not be strengthened to eat things sacrificed to idols? 11For through your knowledge the one who is weak is ruined, the brother or sister for whose sake Christ...

1. I thought you said a "true believer" would never judge another believer. 2. For you, conveniently, there seems to be only one aspect of this entire text: make sure you don't do something another "true believer" will judge. That's not what it says. It says "let each man be fully convinced in...

This is the only verse I need to address to prove my point. Are you denying the explanation Paul is giving--the one who eats with doubt is committing a sin, and is condemned, because what ever does not proceed from faith is sin (ie, if the man had walked in full persuasion, he would've been...

The specific example that is being condemned is being under Law, but the general rule they are breaking is that they are not living by faith (which he later delivers them to--Paul nowhere argues, "Christ alone", he delivers them from the "slavery" of performing the works of the Law TO the...

It's your option to see it. I stand by my argument. So are you denying the Judaizers are teaching a doctrine of demons, or are you denying the idols the nations worship are demons? If you deny neither, on what basis are you disagreeing? I've already addressed this: God being Savior is not...

When you're prepared to address the topic, you may.

It is tempting to think "if I just have faith, I'll overcome sin". Paul says "If by the Spirit you mortify the deeds of the flesh you will live", and "How is boasting done away with? By a Law of works? No, by a Law of faith!"... but the example we have of him overcoming boasting "by the Spirit"...

Yep, 95% of men in Protestant Churches (tabulated by a men's ministry that visits churches) are addicted to porn--these are the guys saying "rest in the finished works of Christ". It's a shame and a blasphemy of Christ. It's powerless false doctrine. The devil has a field day with them. Then...

You can make your own thread on that topic; the topic here is that not all remain, bc there no condemnation to those who are in Christ, yet remaining is by keeping His commands, and we read that those who break His commands are condemned (so, clearly, theyre not remaining). If you're interested...

I kinda think it's both. I've experienced deliverance from sin by grace through faith. That stopped the power of the evil one, extinguishing his fiery arrows. So, my speculation is: acknowledging the good God has done is one part, and, from there, walk in love toward God and others, remaining...

I long for the Bible to make sense, to cohere with itself. People get mad about that.

I like how you strive for truth--it reminds me of me. However, I try to stay on topic. I like order. You are not staying on topic. You are chaotic. It is indicative, to me, of a personal "wild" or "worldly" streak. You like to cause chaos. You like to push buttons. You then tried using...

I think you said you'd do this before. Please do. Thank you.

Have the "decency" to stay on topic. You are always out of order. Quit making yourself into a victim. "Oh my god you're a German! Poor me!" Think about what you're doing. I've asked you not to do it for a long time. Quit it. Then you won't have to turn yourself in a little crybaby victim.

I encourage you to author a thread on these topics which are of interest to you, but which are of no interest to me in the context of this discussion. I will not be changing the topic of the thread. As I recall, disorder, chaos, attempting to crash threads with inane ignorance, has been your...

I'm glad to hear you agree with the OP, as it is the straightforward reading--not going to get in to the tangentials you raised.