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Tweeking? Maybe at some point. But many need more than that. We have access to the full measure of grace right now. But the cost is high. So costly, in fact, that the rich (like us) have the most terrible time to attain it. We have too much to lose, it seems. Paul say...always learning...

Of course. As long as you keep in mind that Paul was human as we are...and he was speaking of HIS experiences with the Lord...which informed his understanding of the scriptures. Paul didn't just invent religious formulas that are unattached to what's available to us even now by faith. I get...

We are speaking about truth, here. Maybe you are more used to coming up with something that your creative mind can engage in. Do I have to give up my testimony and all the Lord has guided me into to be your friend? Using a musical analogy, do I have to pretend I can't play my instrument to not...

Aha! At last someone who admits that light covers up darkness. We can always count on @Enoch111 to make outrageous and irrational claims based on religious misreadings of the bible! ;) No one is as righteous as God. That's not the purpose of the anointing of Christ. It is a silly notion and...

This has to do with the way the bible has been translated. A little word here and there can change the meaning. Those who are Christ's have the flesh crucified (Or...have been crucified in the flesh). It doesn't say that we crucify ourselves. No one can crucify themselves. Did Jesus crucify...

? An "aravon" is indeed a downpayment of sorts. The rest is only given when the appropriate conditions are met. Who is doing the purchasing? God purchases the free sample for us and MAKES AVAILABLE THE FULL MEASURE...but we must be the ones who pay to receive that full measure. We have to let...

Amen! We can put on the perfection of Christ to walk as He walked. In Him is no sin. Col. 2:10 And you are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: 11 In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the...

I was planning a podcast on that very chapter....called "Paul's manifesto!" Good call! Peace <><

Not at all. I see the Old Man as one that is "undisturbed" by the light of God at regeneration. We go from darkness to light in an INITIAL grace. We go from Romans 6 to Romans 7 in this way. Yet there is still the sin factory to deal with. To go from Romans 7 to 8 requires the operation of God...

I have said this a few times already. :) The Old Man is dead...as we cross over from bondage into the wilderness walk. But the outer man is only crucified as we cross over Jordan. God "vets" His people through trials and tribulations in the wilderness. Because of a lack of knowledge, most never...

2 Cor. 4: 15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. [16] For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. The outer man (outward man) is the seat of...

A warning to the outer man to be sure. The religious sensibilities of people wants to be uplifted...molly-coddled. We are to speak the truth in love. But people hate the truth. Most will see the truth as being against love...well self-love anyway. The forum is a place where anyone with a...

The lack of boasting is by power from heaven to walk as Jesus walked. If we walk as mere humans...there is nothing to boast of. Of course if we compare ourselves with the wicked...then we might boast. But such a comparison doesn't take into consideration that God expects more from us who have...

And that's great. But a change in direction is not the same as the perfection that is in Christ. This is about scale. And this is about receiving with meekness the ingrafted word. We are not to esteem ourselves higher than we ought. By leaving room at the top we allow for advancement in the...

God does the reckoning upwardly ...we are only to reckon downwardly...we are dead. If we reckon ourselves upwardly that is self-righteousness. We NEVER reckon ourselves to be righteous...only dead. And the flesh hates the idea of death. But there is a secret here. We embrace our death so that...

But children are also very good at pretending. We don't need to appropriate righteousness for ourselves to feel secure. God watches over us all. To go by what the scriptures are saying is good...I do that very thing. What I won't do, however, is to appropriate the verses I like and reject the...

When the rich young ruler asked Jesus what he must do to INHERIT salvation...Jesus answered him...obey the commandments. I think there is a great confusion between being saved from our sins NOW (by faith OF Jesus Christ)...and inheriting eternal life with the meek and poor of this world.

And yet Peter says... But in every nation he that fears him, and works righteousness, is accepted with him. Acts 10:35 Is Peter talking about our accepting Christ or God accepting us?

Can a decent person inherit eternal life? Of course. God is merciful. No one can say who will be forgiven and who is condemned. We should never make assumptions one way or another. A righteous person doesn't consider themselves to be righteous. So then humility is key. But someone who rejects...

Amen. And as long as we subordinate everything to the truth, in all humility...we may arrive at least at something beneficial to us as individuals. We tend to see things according to our experiences. Faith demands that we take things beyond what we have seen or experienced...but how can we be...