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Hello @rstrats, Yet it is to their Head that the members cleave, the Lord Jesus Christ. It is the Word in Colossians that I am concerned with, for it, like Ephesians and Philippians was written following the Divine revelation given to Paul concerning the Chuch which is His Body, which is the...

Hello @rstrats, The Word of God is the judge, by which we are to measure our actions. God has told us to let no man judge us about these things (Colossians 2:16). That is all that we need. In Christ Jesus. Chris

Hello @Truth, With respect, the context of Colossians 2, does not support your reasoning. Thank you. In Christ Jesus Chris

'Let no man therefore judge you In meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, Or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days.' (Colossians 2:16) Hello there, @GerhardEbersoehn, As it was I who quoted the verse above from Colossians, I feel I should respond to what you have said: For my...

' ... For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God..' ( Romans 3:23 ) Hello @ScottA, Thank you for addressing the OP. :) Yes, SIN is falling short, or of missing the mark. Your last paragraph, I do not understand, I'm afraid. However, I find that I am failing to understand much...

Hello @GerhardEbersoehn , It is not the Scripture that I have quoted that you object to I am sure: for it is the Word of God from Colossians: but it is my use of it on this occassion. So I will leave it with you and let God be the arbiter in regard to the subject of the keeping of the Sabbath...

'As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him: Rooted and built up in Him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the...

Hello again, @GerhardEbersoehn, Regarding the 'keeping' of the Sabbath day. It was incumbent upon the People of Israel to keep the day, as part of the covenant made by God with them at Sinai. The Gentile nations were never in covenant relation with God in this way, and are therefore not under...

What does that mean, Willie?

Hello @GerhardEbersoehn, Not wishing to offend you I have removed the reference to you, that opened my OP. I do apologise if I caused you offence Gerhard. * You are right, I am unaware of your writings on the subject of the Sabbath. * I am afraid I do not understand what you are saying in...

Please see, ''Keep' Thank you In Christ Jesus Chris

'Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.' (Exodus 20:8) Hello there. The word 'keep' (H6942), used in Exodus 20:8 (above) is defined as :- H6942 ( קָדַשׁ ) - qâdash A primitive root; 'to be' (causatively make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally) Scriptural usage: -...

Thank you, @GerhardEbersoehn, :) Though you have now raised the matter of the keeping of the Sabbath which, like that of water baptism, can be quite polarising, can't it? I liked what you said in your response: but question the application of that latter point. Which would require another...

'Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit' ' ... One Lord, One Faiith, One Bapism ... ' (Ephesians 4:3 & 5) Hello again, @GerhardEbersoehn, Yes, the word, 'Keep' (G5083 - terio), has the meaning of 'keeping as a trust' (as in 1 Timothy 6:20): 'holding fast' the truth which we have received...

Hello @Willie T, Of course not! o_O In Christ Jesus Chris

(Ref replies #629 & #630) Hello @GerhardEbersoehn, The word of God that comes to mind, on reading your two entries referenced above, is that spoken by the Apostle Paul in Ephesians 5:26, concerning the Church:- 'Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself...

'For God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.' Praise God!

Thank you for responding, @FH11. Within the love of Christ our Saviour Chris

'Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God ' (John 3:5) Hi @FH11, Your thread was mis-headed, was it not? Because your OP was really about the wording of John 3:5, in which you advocated that spiritual water was what...

Hello @Enoch111, Forgive this intervention between you and GerhardEbersoehn: but during the Acts period the call of Peter, made in Acts 3:19-20 to his countrymen was still being heard; and the door was still open for them to repent. So, yes, I believe that water baptism was still in place...