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The way you are trying to see things is conflicted. Look outside at a tree. Now you can see the tree superimposed on the sky. These are not against each other. They are part of the same scenery..one on the other....but together. The sky isn't fighting against the tree....and the tree isn't...

I'm a history guy. So I read of ancient battles and especially the Greek way of fighting. It comes in handy to understand the spiritual warfare references in the bible. So these are my own findings. If you are interested in such things compare Col.2:15...a triumph for Jesus over the armour of...

Agreed. Courage and valour embody arete. And good find by the way. The ancients understood the need for honour and courage to maintain civilization and order. Chaos was never far away. But spiritually speaking we are in the same boat. But people prefer to think we are at peace...whereas chaos...

You know that the very first thing we are to add to our faith (for maturity) according to Peter (2 Pet. 1) is virtue. The Greek word is "arete" which means MANLINESS or fighting spirit. The Greeks honoured arete as a man having a warrior spirit in such men as King Leonidas (the 300 Spartans at...

The problem with anything relating to God and His words is that we tend to take things too far...to draw the wrong conclusions. Intellectualism is not wrong in itself. We don't want to be anti-intellectual. God's words can stand up very well to an intellectual scrutiny.

While there is a danger in spiritual experiences...God is still connecting with His people. So you are way off here. You are speaking from your hurts and disappointments...which do not at all convey the message of the gospel which is indeed to be translated into the higher walk and experience in...

When a high wire walker or trapeze artist learn the ropes....they practice with a net. So there is a learning curve. The point is to be able to do what God wants us to. Practice makes perfect.

This is very important! Good post!

Maybe you're not wanting to understand. Grace is a gift that we will be judged against. It's free. But we are still judged by what we do with it. If you inherit money...for free (you seem obsessed with this free stuff) are you not still responsible for what you spend your money on? But in...

Which books have you read from the bible? (Don't say all of them) 2 Timothy 2:20-21 20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be...

You have much to learn grasshopper. Of course grace is a test. This life is a test and a school. Judgment follows. Remember what school was like? Well there are exams to pass.

Where did you get your bible degree? ;) There is a previous judgment....face to face...at the Bema seat. Judgment begins at the house of God. 1,000 years later is the GWT judgment for the nations. At that time anyone who is NOT written in the book of life is exterminated in the lake of fire.

Jesus walked without sin...and when we walk IN Him we walk the same way...in the same power. THAT is the NT standard. His perfection...His holiness...His life. No longer I but Christ. So we are to walk in that same victory....by faith.

The stakes are much higher now...if you want me to lead you through a bible study about this...let me know. The calling is higher...and the standard is WAY higher. It is perfection IN Christ. But we have been equipped to our scale by grace as they were to theirs in their own strength. Like a...

People don't walk as Jesus over the power of sin by that same UNBELIEF. THAT is what Jesus came to do...give us the grace to overcome as He overcame.

You are still not getting it. They were promised a physical land...Canaan land. So you are being dishonest....as so many modern believers are. But we have been saved into a race of faith....many who are saved...yes born again...will fail the grace of God. We are not better than the Jews who...

Everyone that died in the wilderness (Exodus) was saved. But they didn't please God. So then you have to get away from yourself and look to God and realize that salvation isn't what you think it is. At least you are not getting what God is looking for. Get your eyes onto the Lord and off...

What do you mean by saved? Saved to what? All Christians are saved FROM death. But many are saved TO shame and dishonour. You need to get away from the indoctrination of the pews and read the bible more carefully.

The only way to KNOW without presumption is to walk in the Spirit as we read about in the bible. Walking in His power and life in holiness. When you walk as Jesus walked...in that kind of love, joy and peace...then you KNOW it isn't you doing the works...they are from heaven. :) But a man's...

Zechariah 6 6 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. 2 In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; 3 And in the third chariot white...