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I think trying to fit your way of thinking on top of mine is a fruitless venture. I don't see salvation as a done deal...but as a race. I see our refuge is to be IN Christ. Outside of that we are open to the elements, so to speak. Judge nothing before it's time. So we do come in and out of an...

1 Cor. 10: 4 "and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ." Maybe marks could explain this ...or at least look into it and get back to us! ;)

My question is always...which word? Can we take a verse we like the sound of and say...I like this one..I'll take it, as if the bible was a verse supermarket where by you just fill your cart with whatever tickles your fancy? What I am saying is that truth is always attached to other truth. You...

I thought it just might be time to have a very positive praiseful thread about the wonders of a walk in the Spirit. :) We have this treasure in earthen vessels. We are to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. Now this a miraculous place to be...so far away from our routine...

Could it be that just as God sent Moses to take away a people for Himself...to meet and commune with Him in the wilderness...so also God sent Jesus who came to earth to take away a people for God to meet Him and commune with Him in the Spirit? Too hard to tell? :oops::rolleyes:

Divorcing your walk from the Scriptures...the bible that Jesus and Paul used...is the most unwise thing of all. Crossing the Red sea is indeed a picture of being saved from the world and into an encounter with God (at Sinai). Entering the Promised land is akin to walking in the Spirit. But this...

The kind of faith that God receives comes from the heart...not the mind. Unless you see no difference of course. But the NT is based on a new heart. It is NOT a belief system. So then many will be led astray by taking certain verses that seem to be an easy in...only to fool themselves. And...

This is universal. One does not measure up to God by claiming a self-righteousness by beliefs. Who is measuring the belief? And Jesus is not a minister of sin. If we abide in Him we don't sin. So you would attempt at a way to on the one hand avoid the law...and on the other hand deny the power...

The race of faith is open to all who believe. No one is born a saint. And even a born again person is "called" to be a saint. It is a high calling. But it is God who enables us to fly to the heavens by His grace. It is His work, the work of God, that we can believe INTO Christ. So we can keep...

Will you be needing a blindfold for the executioner? The racoon comes with a natural looking blindfold...so you should be ok! :) 'Executioner"...such an ominous sounding name! ;)

But these should not be understated. Love is the fulfillment of the law. Love covers a multitude of sins. So then people from all over the world who do this are considered acceptable to God. No need to hold to any kind of religious belief system. The good Samaritan parable is a good example of...

LOL... :) We will all be judged by what we have done with what we have been given. It's a churchy type doctrinal thing that makes beliefs a salvation requirement. I don't hold to the traditions of men. The bible is very clear that we are to build our houses on the rock of DOING the commandments...

The thing is..I don't derive my happiness by thinking I'm more saved than anyone else. To me that's an unnecessary ego thing. I can rest in God and HIS judgments (not my own). I fear God because I don't know how I will end up...as no one really knows (unless they make-believe they do). I think...

And if they who say they love the Lord would just pay more attention to His words of warning...they would depart from iniquity by the fear of the Lord...and move into glory. But seeing that so few count themselves as worthy of such a high calling...claiming to not need to lift a finger for...

Yes...God sees to the infinite detail. God wants to see what we will do with our freedom. With His words. Will we use them for ourselves...or will we seek Him about them? The kingdom of God must be a safe place for the innocent. If a person is self-seeking he will hurt the weak and defenseless...

Word! :)

The true saints of God. Not to be confused with "saved churchgoers". People have set up a counterfeit system that claims Christ as their "saviour"...as if He was not already the saviour of all men. Organizations and religious businesses try to market Jesus as if He was THEIR product to...

I think that people make a religion out of Christianity because they think that believing in Jesus...or His works...gives them salvation. They don't see that obedience to the gospel is what saves them. They think just accepting Jesus and taking His sacrifice unto themselves makes them saved. But...

This reasoning is itself a strawman. You are offering a false choice. The initiative never rests with us...but with God. One must go to God to receive the gift....not just believe you already have them. So then IF you believe that God has these gifts waiting for you...seek the Lord for them.

The walk with God is about relationship. And there are two kinds of ships in that relationship. One is by sail and the other by engine power. On a sailboat a person learns how to trim the sails to catch the wind and how to move forward even when the winds are contrary. That is based on good...