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Those "mansions" are abiding places in Zion for right now...not for a future afterlife. The Greek for "mansions" is the same as abiding. Jesus said "abide in Me"....was that for a future time? We are to bear fruit now...not later. Only those who occupy the "mansions" at this present time bear...

Good thread. Only those who remain in Christ do not sin. Our problem is one of depth. We are born again into God's purity...no sin. If we are truly born in Zion (New Jerusalem) then our calling is that of a saint. In Zion there is no sin. But we are converted at different depths....most only...

Congrats John! We are only at 35. :) Hope all is well.

What is so little understood is that the power of the cross is what crucifies our outer man with its sinful nature in order to free us from the power of sin...to walk as Jesus walked. Paul gloried in the cross...the power that crucified the world to him and he to the world. Jesus went...

Yes. And that's why there doesn't need to be a separate person called the Holy Spirit. Are God's fingers different persons? Does His presence require another more powerful Spirit than He Himself in order to be everywhere?

These are good thought Fuddy. :) I think that to be righteous before God we have to see the scale of our own inadequacy....and yet... remain open to the endless possibilities that are in Christ. We can't stop others from experiencing more than us. God gives grace to the humble...and the meek...

"Did our hearts not burn within us?" A person's spirit is the minority part of the heart. 1/3 actually. Just like the tabernacle in the wilderness...the holiest place was in 1/3 of the space within the tabernacle (the other 2/3rds are the holy place). When the parochet curtain was torn between...

It could be...although there's this... Jude 12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 13...

Salvation is on 2 levels. The first level is according to righteousness and the second according to holiness. The righteous are saved from the condemnation of this world. Likewise believers in Christ are also saved from the condemnation of this world. Whoever believes will be saved. However...

The second death is the annihilation of the wicked...those souls deemed not worthy of eternal life. But there is another aspect to this. Death also means separation. The unrighteous among God's people will be separated from God's presence forever in outer darkness. Then there are the...

The easy walk is hard to get into...and the hard walk is easy to get into (actually this is the default condition). We are dealing with 2 dimensions of reality. There is the eternal reality of the Kingdom of Heaven AND the temporal simulation of reality that we are in to test us and equip us to...

The Spirit of God is the extension of God Himself. God is Spirit. Nobody believes the Holy Spirit to be a created being. A part of God is not a separate person. A man's spirit is not another person within them. Paul compares a man's spirit to God's Spirit. If Paul wanted to show the Holy...

Jesus said....i have come in My Father's name. Have you ever heard of a commercial enterprise that has something like...Smith and Son? If you ask for Mr. Smith, they ask you, the father or the son? Although they have the same name they are separate persons. They get equal billing but the...

Good works? To preserve the world and witness to the love of God.

The Holy Spirit is God's Spirit transcending all things. There is only One Holy Spirit...and it is shared between the Father and the Son. We are called into that fellowship. God's Spirit is what brings His presence and power into the world. God is Spirit. (and not Holy Spirit is God...which is a...

You are not, for some reason, seeing the logic of a divine ranking. God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself. So much time is spent thinking about Jesus that the purpose of His coming is lost. Jesus came to reconcile us with God (His Father). Being reconciled to the Most High God in...

Great OP. But I beg to differ with the conclusion....which is being forced into a Trinitarian outlook. One has to approach these things with an open mind. I find that the only real option we have from the whole counsel of God is one that reflects "Subordinationism". It was good enough for...

Happy father's AND grand-fathers day to all members who are such! And happy Father in heaven day! :) He is the Father of all. <><

Are most believers OWNED by Christ? No, God has allowed for our weakness and gives us a choice. Jesus told us how difficult it is to enter into the narrow way and walk in it. Once we count the cost we can petition God for entrance INTO Him. Have we tasted the goodness of the Lord? Good. Now we...

I posted this elsewhere but I thought it needed it's own thread (as you can tell by this! :) ) "And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me." Matt. 11:6 People are not offended by the cross if it's seen for Jesus only and not for ourselves. In any group of believers there are at...