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Gal. 5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. A crucial verse.....with an ambiguity. The translation of this verse implies that WE are to do the crucifying. But that's not how the Greek goes....which says...They that are Christ's the flesh...

Amen. The cares of this world? Take no care for the morrow... Mat. 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. The spiritual life is always moment by moment. Eternal life is always NOW.

I think that the purpose of engaging in Christian conversation and debate is that we might one day say this... Is. 50:4 The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine...

My debates are short. I'm always looking for a new angle to the truth....and responses can provide that. Or else a person with a skewed view will get belligerent and start forcing a poor understanding. I will point out the imbalance once then bow out of the debate. It's no use arguing with a...

There are conditions to God's intervention....besides faith. Those conditions are a pure heart (shalem) and clean hands (tamim). (Ps. 24:3,4) In the OT this did not lead to a sacrificial life nor a resurrection life...since Jesus was not yet glorified and so His gift of grace was not yet...

It's usually the people who have a hard time loving others that advocate an end to the laws of God. Trying to make God conform to the wishes of men is one of the oldest professions on earth. The others are....:rolleyes:

It's not stated. But things are repeated elsewhere in the bible. So we see how the sacrifices of Elijah were accepted and how the sacrifices of Baal were not. Otherwise how would anyone know whose were accepted by God or not? It is the same thing with strange fire. Temple fires had to be lit...

Only God is perfect. But Adam was created in God's image...without sin of any kind. He had no experience of sin...and therefore didn't have the understand or wisdom to resist sin...unless through a simple trust in obedience to God. Because of free will the risk of sin was always there...

And that law is fulfilled in us who walk in the Spirit by abiding in Him. So then we overcome as He overcame.

That's not exactly right. The holiness laws have changed (not abolished) because of a new priesthood...from the Levitical priesthood temple holiness to walking IN Christ who is our high priest. Otherwise the 2nd tablet to love others as ourselves just got harder...we are to love others as Jesus...

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Such pride and baloney! You would have Ananias begging in salvation. You would ignore every account to please the minuscule view you have from watching a video. I hope no one is taking anything you say seriously. That would a real loss to them.

That..will be saved. God has mercy on whom He wills. He doesn't even consult us about it. :rolleyes: He is more merciful than we are. We will only be judged according to what we have been given. If more was given then more will be required. Ananias the beggar is a good example of this.

There were many good monks...with a whole lot of determination and discipline. Like the man who lived on top of a pole for many years. (Simeon Stylites lived atop a pole for 37 years) He was seen as a saint by many who would flock to see him...if perhaps they would get a glimpse or hear a few...

I'm actually partial to pumpkin pie! :)

Paul said in me....that is my flesh...dwells no good thing. So through self-awareness and the level of maturity he had attained he was careful of what he said and did. I don't believe a person who has entered into the perfect walk can remain there unless also being mature in THAT walk. So we...

First motions? First impulse? This sounds like a person who has learned self-control more than someone who walks in the crucified life. Dead to sin means that sin has no first impulse...actually NO impulse...because dead is dead. But to have such self-control is a very good thing. The Christian...

This is so good! We get distracted by other people and their flesh. But so much of the way of life in Christ is between us and God personally. Can we do things as unto the Lord...and not directly to the person who is troubling us? Can we do things to please the Lord leaving ourselves out of the...

Here is a hymn that speaks of a time where more people believed in sanctification as a way of life...even an entire sanctification! :) 1 All to Jesus I surrender, All to Him I freely give; I will ever love and trust Him, In His presence daily live. I surrender all, I surrender all. All to...

So this is a spin-off thread from "Maturity in Christ"... We can't speak about any kind of spiritual maturity without speaking of the narrow gateway of being crucified with Christ. The narrow path that follows in this now resurrected life of abiding in Jesus is as we remain a living sacrifice...