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The Holy Spirit Who inspired the Word, never contradicts or leads away from the Word. Indeed, His gracious work is necessary in understanding the Word, which is centred upon Christ.

The chapter opens about having a humble attitude, of which Christ's example is perfect.

Hi @John Stefan The great tribulation of Matthew 24 and the tribulation principle of John 16.33 (which all believers face) seem to be distinct, definitely.

Hi @friend of As per your OP, when we see Christ in the Scriptures and make reading and prayerful meditation our priority, then as Helen Lemmel said: '...the things of earth will grow strangely dim / In the light of His glory and grace.'

@Johann FYI - thread I started; sorry the poll already expired...

Luther indeed wrote 'The bondage of the will', but he also widely and strongly preached justification by faith.

@Goldie75 Well, it can be a regular request / feature - in some families, and thus a topical subject, also, I guess. (It's also in the Bible, repeatedly, in various contexts.)

The equality of the Lord Jesus with God is totally Scriptural.

Hi @michaelvpardo The Acts 2.42 exercise to identify with the gathered witness of others is indeed compelling....

Re. Sola Scriptura, the final appeal should indeed be Scripture, which is what Sola Scripture basically means. Romans 4.3: "What saith the scripture?"

@Pearl The subject seems anyway to have shifted in any case from the OP to what clothing styles ppl prefer others not to wear, etc.

Hi @Johann I do appreciate A W Pink's writings; in some ways he is similar to RB Kuiper and J I Packer in pointing out the sovereignty of God in the Gospel. I do think the free offer of the Gospel is Scriptural.

@michaelvpardo So in personal, conscientious terms - if I can use that concept - do you think that small tattoos - albeit witness ones - are likely to be lived with better? (You mentioned a big tattoo recently that you didn't like.) As a long-term investment, so to speak, do you think smaller...

Simple, trusting faith in Christ - in the spirit of John 3.16 and Proverbs 3.5-6 - surely includes repentance?

Yes, keep up with the encouraging Bible verses... :)

@Goldie75 Yes, I love and use the King James in English, too...

@Goldie75 I guess that one believer might shrink from getting a tattoo. Another - maybe like the young lady that my wife and I talked with - might with a view to having a proven effective witness go to the parlor with positive relish, right? I reckon this is all inevitable up to a certain...

@Goldie75 So is this the first book by Nancy Missler that you've read so far? (I myself am not familiar with the book.)

John's First Epistle is also very searching; and the theme of assurance is strong: 'we know' seem to be keywords.

@Goldie75 Some good verses there... I guess it shows that motive is so important, right? Already I may have mentioned to you that my wife and I talked to a young lady with the whole of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area; if an evangelistic motive were hers, I reckon that her experience would...