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Hey soul man. :) I see you as a very committed brother with a good heart. I agree with much you say...and where I seek to correct you I do so with love for a brother. Keep fighting the good fight of faith! Peace to you <><

Or how about..."If I had a nickle for every time something was said that I didn't understand I would be asking...where are all these nickles coming from?"

Heaven or Hell/Saved or Not? Both of these ideas are not part of the biblical dialectic. They are a misunderstanding of the biblical message. Heaven's counterpart is Earth...not hell. As in..."On earth as it is in heaven. (Heaven and Hell was a Black Sabbath album I think) Saved or not...

If we as believers overstep ourselves and allow our own actions to overshadow the actions of the Spirit of Christ that is a potential in every believer to follow because of His seed in us...rejection from the beloved yet still saved into the nations to be ruled over by the saints...and in...

For the record...after all the confusion being sown on this thread...we are to go from the power of the flesh (for the Jews this meant the law of Moses and for Gentiles pagan idolatry)...to the power of the Spirit. We go from the law of sin and death (walking in our own strength) to the law of...

Such pride and arrogance...encouraging error...grievous error. You want to stop people from actually understanding what you scoff at...the truth.

This is so subversive to the truth. Paul is speaking of the power of the gospel. So you are rejecting what is meant to save you. Linguistics? Paul uses words to describe the truth. And you call it linguistics? You don't yet understand the gospel.

Amen! Usually the teachings of Jesus are relegated to the Jews or anyone else rather than they who claim to be followers of Jesus. People are looking for a quick fix religion. Jesus is just there to die for us. Not to be listened to. And if one misunderstands Paul...it is possible to whip up a...

Should I be rebaptised? If you look in your "featured threads" you will find any of your threads that have more than 20 posts...usually. I think the mods have a say in it.

There is another thread where we are discussing the dialectic. People tend to see the bible on the same surface level as any other book. But one can't read the bible that way. There is more depth to it. Being saved by grace through faith means that we walk in the Spirit (something impossible...

Rom. 11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: Highminded? In the Greek it's a big long word that means arrogant or having a high opinion of one's ideas. I see it as taking oneself too seriously. There are as many ways to do this...

True...although not very common. I had no idea that walking with God was possible growing up Catholic. of course never say never! :)

That is not so. Not everybody passes the training. In the NT there is a 50% failure rate... at least in the parables. But the people who left Egypt had children. These were trained in the wilderness to trust in God so as to possess the land. But in your haste to spout an errant opinion...you...

They were BOTH Jew and Gentile. There is no distinction in Christ. Where does Paul say...to the Gentiles that are living in Corinth??? It is to the saints and the faithful brethren. This includes all who are following Christ. Paul always first went to the synagogue in any given city. Read your...

Another picture of being led by the Spirit was in the Israelites being in the intermediate zone between being saved from Egypt and saved TO Canaan land. The forty years in the desert were training. A lifetime of training. Or seemingly so. The people were led by God by the cloud by day and the...

Think consistently. Never does any biblical writer write to Gentiles in any general sense. Paul never addressed a letter "to the Gentiles." Paul wrote to believers in Corinth, Ephesus, Galatia etc...but never to we modern people...never any modern cities. Can we take these letters for ourselves...

:) I see that it is quite necessary that we spend time...a lot of time really, seeking to be led by the Spirit. I can only imagine not having to learn the deeper lessons of surrender and humility so as to never depart from the Lord's presence. I liken the sparks of periodic encounter to...

OK So here's a dialectical joke from Yogi Berra. "When you come to a fork in the road, take it." :rolleyes:

The bible as a whole is dialectical...seemingly contradictory because there is more than one thing going on. When both seemingly contradictory poles are both held up together the truth is revealed. So the biblical dialectic is that there is the natural realm...that we can perceive with our...

It is interesting to note that Jacob was also Tam...as it says in the Genesis. He wrestled with the angel and came out Shalem...having an intimate acquaintance with God. But he had to struggle with his tamim to get there. So then for him the struggle was successful. But for many it isn't. Jacob...