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In your dreams that is. ;) Your arrogance is such that you equate your own behaviour with anything biblical.. besides the religious hypocrites who ASSUMED they had a ministry of guarding the truth...like the Pharisees. A dog in sheep's clothing. Where is your sheepdog reference?...in the real...

According to the NT ALL have a say...all participate in the meetings. I think the problem is due to a misunderstanding of what ministry is. We are to help empower others...not ourselves. So we see the difference between self-promotion and the promotion of others. Big difference! :) Glad you...

A nice try...:) A residue? No...a crucified person is dead to sin. No twitching...no action at all. Please consider that you are trying to do a doctrinal fix...leaving some wiggle room for the flesh to still operate in your post, by adding in your word residue.;) Have you experienced being...

Jesus put it this way... John 5:39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, What is the point in thumping on a bible in the ways of the flesh? Jesus showed us that religion is vain..self-centered. If I speak of...

Such a fitting comment. You can go back to your kennel. This thread is sound. You are simply overreacting from the flesh...which began when one dog started barking...which sets off the other dogs. You are free to bark of course. Show from the bible you think you know...how it doesn't point to...

So which is it? Does Jesus point to the bible for salvation...or does the bible point to Jesus for salvation? And which does the sanctifying? Is it the altar of God or the gift on the altar? Which is the truth...the bible? Or the Person of Jesus? We have exactly the same problems today that...

The opposite is true. You are elevating a book to being a divinity in it's own right. But the bible only points the way. Your position is therefore idolatrous. The devil uses the bible as much as God does. So you will be fooled in this way. And it's the bible that reveals this. So then the...

Yes. Are we seeking to live at God's level...or trying to bring down God to our level? Are we discerning the body of Christ...or do we see everyone as equally carnal...like the world does? How can we say we love Jesus whom we don't see yet not love the brethren in whom Christ dwells... who we...

In the OT. It is translated as Lord or Jehovah. The Jews say "Hashem"...or, "the Name". But we could also say "the Word". Proverbs 25:2 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, (Word) But the glory of kings is to search out a matter. (Word)

I don't think many realize that blasphemy of the Spirit happens all the time...even on this forum. How we treat the brethren is how we treat the Holy Spirit. We are to discern the body of Christ...or we may get sick or die...as Paul said. If not now...then surely judgment is coming. Do we fear...

We are not to condemn others. The example from 2 Peter was that the corrupt believers are NOT afraid to treat the brethren of Jesus in a way that blasphemes the Spirit in them. We see this all the time on this forum...a lot of accusations. But the accusers are bringing their proud flesh into a...

Is Jesus like any man-made God whom we receive benefits from because of our praises? Jesus said... John 5:41 "I am not looking for human praise." So how can we own Jesus or manipulate Him so as to win favour for ourselves? How can we take advantage of believing in Him as an assurance of...

So if Jesus died for the sins of the whole world...and not just those of Christians...why be a Christian? Being a Christian is about knowing God in intimacy so as to enter into His life and glory. The irony is that no one goes to Him by trying to save their own lives. So this is not about a...

I think that when people see the OP statement they are thinking...Jesus is the only religion that saves. As if Jesus was offering Himself as a religion of men. As if we could claim Jesus for ourselves to the exclusion of others based on OUR say so. But that's where people stumble over Jesus...

Jesus is seen as a commodity in our time. Something that is OURS to market and profit from as we see fit. We may consult others about how this Commodity is utilized (in a elder's meeting) but it seems we never get around to consulting God Himself. That's seen as impossible. What is Jesus the...

Greetings to all...even those who by seeing the OP title are already spoiling for a fight! ;) The title of the OP is vague in that it brings in an already determined...even set in stone...religious response that tends to be jumped on without a second thought. So then the OP can mean various...

Welcome here JP. Sometimes things need to fall apart before the Lord can build them back up in a more solid way!

That's not the point of a tutor. I don't use training wheels on my bike either. Will I be condemned for it? Don't bring your religious condemnation here. All your judgments will fall back on you.

You are fully confused my friend. You are living in a world where it is supposed that grace is not available. You have the tail wagging the dog. The law was a tutor until Christ...then we enter into Christ. Galatians 3:24 New King James Version (NKJV) 24 Therefore the law was our tutor to...

Grace fulfills the righteousness of the torah....not the works of the Torah. It is the Spirit that gives life not the letter of the T You are doing the works of the Torah in your own strength thinking there is justification there. But these all point o walking with Jesus in the Spirit. So you...