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Well, in Romans 7, Paul defines "sin" as "slavery", but "slavery" of what? "Slavery" of the spirit. "I delight in the law of God after my inner man, but I see another law in my [flesh] taking me captive"--"sin" captures the "spirit" ("inner man") and forces it to do the will of the flesh. The...

It is also mysterious how I could become more holy without any thinking about it, only by Jesus drawing near to me. Like He is doing something to me that affects me inside of me--my thoughts and everything. It is mysterious.

The odd thing was that I had given up on "trying" to please God, and I had decided to just get married, pay my bills, and go to hell when I die, because I couldn't figure out the Bible and I was so frustrated and angry. I wasn't focusing on God at all. I started thinking about God, but I was...

Yes, I agree I am in His presence. "Not under Law but under Grace" literally means "not under the jurisdiction of Law but under the jurisdiction of Grace"--that means that Grace is the authority for how I live in righteousness before God. The Law corresponds to "sinful flesh" Romans 8:3 and...

Well, no, I don't know how it works. I really wish I did. Jesus appeared to me and was totally happy with me, and not angry, and it just seemed like the closer He got the holier I became. No intention to "become" anything or "perfect" this or that attitude, deed, belief, etc. Right, I can't...

I like this. These are the kinds of conversations we should have. As far as "His nearness increased my holiness", I don't even know how to explain how I got there. I wish I knew. That was a completely different experience than I'd ever had before or since. It seemed completely "other" than...

I know what you mean about condemnation. I had a great practice of focusing on "bringing all thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ" with respect to this issue, using the Book of Romans, but since I started going to dialysis (I had a TIA and my kidneys shut down 4+ years ago), I've not been...

There is something to "not trying", but I don't know how to make it work, it's just happened by accident. I don't really understand it, but it may have something to do with being "peaceful" whereas when you're "trying" you're likely to be disturbed or fearful like a slave. "You have not received...

2 Corinthians 3 18And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord,e are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.f For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

I'd like to know more about this. I've had "victory" over sin just by grace through faith, and I would say that that is "by the Spirit [of Grace] mortifying the deeds of the flesh", and I would now look at "trying to be good" (ie, resisting sin by the "strength" of the flesh, the will) as...

No, they didn't fall away from salvation, they just fell away from the Savior and He became of no avail to them that's all. LOL!

Wouldn't it be explained by Luke 12:47-48?

I believe I was approving of your post, but I was being sarcastic because there is an aversion to truth among some.

1) When Paul confronts Peter for his not eating with Gentile Christians when the Jewish Christians were present, for causing the Gentile Christians to live as Jews, he defines Peter's error as misleading the Gentiles into believing justification is through the works of the Law, so, no, we're not...

Exactly. You can show someone, over and over and over and over, a basic self evident truth and they may deny it to protect their theology. It's annoying when people just refuse to acknowledge what is plain.

An example of some theological discussions : "The sky is blue." "No, the sky is not blue." "Well, it's blue sometimes isn't it?" "Nope, never been blue." "Really?" "Yyyyyyup! Never been blue!" Intellectual dishonesty reigns supreme in some peoples' minds; what's odd is I guess they believe if...

It's simple : the people who hold to traditions of men detest God's Word. They know they're in error but they hate the truth and won't confess it because they think if they don't admit they're wrong they can still try to convince others that they are (worthy of praise) "correct". Some of them...

Sounds good : I'll leave it up to the readers to decide which message brought truth from Scripture. :)

The fact that the OT was a "type and shadow of things to come" does not diminish from its importance to partakers in the New Covenant--on the contrary, it establishes its eminence. The reason God gave the Old Covenant Scriptures was to foretell and explain the New Covenant. He wrote those...

So, it's the opinion of the likes of Jesus Matthew 13:52. Right. Again, Paul was exactly one of these men referred to in Mt 13:52--he was a master of the "OT" Scriptures, which Peter says are a "lamp" (give light), and most of the "NT" was written by him because the Scriptures informed him as...