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Hello @bbyrd009. The saved, are those who have been made alive to God in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2:1-5). They are those who have acknowledged their need of a Saviour, and believed what God has said concerning His Son, The Lord Jesus Christ; and are trusting in the all-sufficiency of His...

Hello @Truth, Thank you for this. I love the phrase you quote, "It is written!!" It sounds so authoritative, doesn't it? Sets the seal upon what is being referred to. * I also love the words, 'God the same then, now, and forever!' (quote) In Malachi God say 'I am the Lord, I change Not,' and...

Hello @BreadOfLife, Thank you for giving so many Scriptures as confirmation. Though I must respectfully disagree with your interpretation of 1 Tim. 3:15-16. 'But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living...

Hello @bbyrd009, I agree that the quotation of Eph. 1:22-23, 'the church which is His body', is inadequate to describe the wider application of the word, Church. However, I do believe that it is this definition which describes the church which is being called out today. A study of the use of...

Hello @"By Grace", Thank you for your response. * I like your words, "I think I agree", B.G., and understand why you would introduce that element of doubt, for you are not entirely sure what I mean by quoting that particular verse out of all the others I may have used. * I agree that the...

In a thread I have been reading through today, the subject of what constitutes the Church came up, and there appears to be differing views concerning this. For my own part, I believe that the church being called out in this present time is that of (Eph 1:22-23) 'And hath put all things under...

By, 'We', I include all that have been saved by God's grace @bbyrd009. :)

Fair pointl @bbyrd009! I guess they are not always so. For there are the more refined desires of the mind (Eph. 2:3), which are not as obvious as the more carnal desires of the flesh. I was thinking of such a list as that of (Gal 5:19-21). 'Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are...

Hello @ScottA Your words reminded me of the words of Paul in 2 Corinthians 11:2-4. 'For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through...

@Truth @"ByGrace" @Job @Angelina @bbyrd009 @DPMartin @ScottA @BreadOfLife @Stranger @FHII @kepha31 @tabletalk @Richard_oti @Marymog @aspen @mjrhealth @Frank Lee @liafailrock @EndTimeWine * Some time ago, on a forum, I read the experience of someone who had married a woman...

'In whom (Christ) also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of Him Who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will: that we should be to the praise of His glory, who first trusted (prior-hoped) in Christ.' (Eph 1:11-12) 'That we should be...

' ... ... in all wisdom and prudence; Having made known unto us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He hath purposed in Himself: That in the dispensation of the fulness of times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which...

'In Whom (The Beloved) we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace; Wherein He hath abounded toward us ... ; (Eph 1:7-8a) What wondrous grace, 'wherein He hath abounded toward us'. There are no half-measures, only abundance of grace...

'According as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, To the praise of the glory of...

'Blessed (Happy) be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:' (Eph. 1:3) Praise God!

@Hello again, @EndTimeWine, I have not heard of a universal law of marriage: but my mind turns to Gen 2:24:- 'Therefore, a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife and they shall become one flesh.' This is the only verse that comes close to being a law of...

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.' (1 Cor 7:13-14) @EndTimeWine I agree that Paul was the Apostle to the Gentiles, but during the period covered by the Acts...

@ByGrace Hello there, You have raised a good point, B.G. Paul's chief concern for those under his care was that they should have, ' ... the full assurance of understanding ... ' (Col. 2:2). The knowledge of the fulness of God that is in Christ Jesus, made known in the prison epistles of...

@EndTimeWine Thank you for your input, E.T.M. but through my reading concerning 1 Corinthians, the Corinthian assembly was made up largely of Jews. To whom the matter of ceremonial cleanliness was a requirement of the law. Respectfully In Christ Jesus. Chris