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This is exactly right. It's very strange that so few realize this.

Of course, there is no perfection possible unless the outer man is crucified and one abides in Christ. Sin can only be overcome with the full measure of grace from the Lord.

It is correct to think that no one comes into grace by accident. The sheer impossibility of such a walk in the natural sense shows us the need for the intervention of God to bring us to such a place. But being so elevated doesn't mean that the person who has been shown such favour will...

Jesus was/is the God of Israel. His Father was/is the Most High...Elyon. Other names for the Father are "Yah, (singular) and El Shaddai (the Almighty). Jesus ruled from heaven over Israel...His portion. All the other nations were ruled over by angels (called sons of God by association with...

The church that follows the Spirit of God. There is no denomination that can tie down God's Spirit. It's the other way around. It's only as people surrender to God that He takes over. God will not force Himself on man-made agendas. So then the true church of God has no name. If there is a name...

As long as you consider yourself to be an unbeliever, why wouldn't you need preaching? The gifts are for the whole body. Could it be that you have settled for less than a body of believers? How can anyone grow in Christ when there is a clergy system in place?

Preaching is I talk you listen. Teaching is a dialogue...a back and forth. Jesus taught His disciples by answering hard questions. Teaching is interactive. So then believers need to be taught not preached at. that is unless you believe that there is such thing as clergy whereby the people never...

Preaching is like turning over a cold engine with a starting motor. Once the engine is running you don't need the starter anymore. Then it becomes a question of all the cylinders individually firing in the right order. The church of God, once established, is not meant to be preached at but...

Funny question. The only way to what or where? Jesus is the only way to the Father. But how many people care about having fellowship with the living God while they are still alive in their mortal bodies? I would say most believers only want a ticket to heaven...thinking that ignoring the living...

Hello fellow granpa! :) When Adam sinned against God he lost his outer covering which was the holiness and eternal life he was living under. The part that is created in God's image ...the inner man...needed to be covered to protect its weakness in the now fallen world...now under the dominion...

Just imagine if there was a "hate" button. The forum would be untenable. The issue is where people are believing from within themselves. Religions originate from the shallow outer man where every other preference derives from. The survival mechanism of the outer man is such that it will...

There is the spiritual nature of the kingdom to consider here. "And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God comes not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of...

Praying brother! <><

The gospel can be understood at different levels. There is the power of the message and there is the message of the power. In the above verse, it is the POWER of the gospel that Paul is speaking of. The power that transforms a sinner into a saint. The power that puts sin into remission. The...

"But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof." (Rom 13:14)

As long as we abide in Christ, we don't sin. IN Him is no sin. People have not thought through many of the doctrines they have come to accept as if they were true. One of the gravest errors coming out of the Reformation is the idea that it is possible to be both holy and sinful simultaneously. A...

How is accepting denominationalism not accepting the dividing of the Body which is heresy itself?

This is almost good except you are not describing a walk that is by grace. There is no striving against sin unless one is striving to enter INTO Christ where there is no sin. When we put on Christ we put on His perfection. Otherwise, we are still walking in our own strength.

The sad shame is the invention of sinful holiness. You don't believe that there is no sin IN Christ. or else you must believe you are outside of Christ when you sin. The purpose of abiding in Christ is to bear a holy and eternal fruit...without spot or wrinkle of sin. You have fallen for a...

Although you will never admit it, most believers are trying to learn to be better people on their own. And that is just fine. Grace works as both time AND purpose. We are given time to grow in character and slowly become better people. But that standard has always existed. It is an Old Testament...