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We tend to go the path of least resistance...that is....unless we are convinced that it is necessary to take a harder road. But if given the choice....if all is equal...we will always choose the easier way. The devil knows our nature...well the old nature anyway...very intimately. He is the...

What does it mean to be Christian? There are definitely some very dedicated Christians in the RCC. All the sects have Christians among them. However I don't believe you can make a denomination "Christian? Did Jesus die for an organization? A country can't be Christian either. One is a...

I think what gets lost in the mix is the baptism in the Holy Spirit. A revival is when the essence of power from heaven becomes a necessity. Jesus told His disciples to "tarry until you receive power from above". So then the church vitally needs the baptism in the Spirit. I'm not speaking here...

A church is known for it's authority. Spiritual authority. Of course there are bible studies and prayer groups, which are both helpful and edifying. But until there is spiritual authority, there is no "church" per se. In a real church everyone has the opportunity to speak and to minister. The...

A very good response. :) It can be scary how people with the Hebrew inclination also take on the Jewish inclination in it. We are indeed free to observe as we see fit....without looking down on others who don't do as we do. We are free indeed. God loves for His people to be free and creative...

But there is a keeping power of God one enters into immediately when we put on Christ. This is not a maturity issue...which also exists of course....but a PURITY issue. Holiness IOW. There is an event when God visits us...just like in the book of Acts. Whereby we are clothed with HIS...

The problem is that the church of today doesn't believe that sin leads to death. They believe that grace is assurance against condemnation...like God is so powerless He cannot equip us to walk like Jesus...so He rubber stamps those who give Him lip service? Only man can come up with a scheme...

The Christianity of our time lies in theories and beliefs...which are based on opinion. So that if someone comes with something from the Lord...it is assumed that that person is coming in the same theoretical and shallow way as they. As the angel said...even if a man was raised from the dead...

So you are saying that Christ lives a sinful life through us. But Christ is not a minister of sin. You have ignored my statements based on there being no sin IN Him. You have to ignore a lot of scripture to agree with the gnostic notion that you can be sinful and without sin at the same time. A...

This is unfortunate. But unfortunate experiences help to make us who we are...they form character. As to the subject of spiritual experiences...of course there are real and deep things happening all over the world. But the mistake is to look for outward things. Outward miracles affect the...

Always the same errors over and over again... Man can kill the body...but only God can kill the soul in hell fire. We are a soul. The spirit returns to God from whence it came. The salvation of the soul is the process of sanctification by maturity in Christ. We are trying to walk by faith to...

Men and women are blind in different ways. Men look at themselves and see something better than what they really are. A woman sees herself and esteems herself less than she actually is. Of course there are exceptions....but mainly so.

I think we all need to be sober minded on how easily we can be deceived into thinking we are more advanced than we actually are.

Much confusion comes from a lack of clarity concerning references to law in the bible. More confusion is added to the initial confusion when the subject of grace comes in. Here is a list of laws as described in the bible. I count 7 of them. God's law: God is love. As such His commands reflect...

Welcome Stephen! :) Are you interested in the deeper meanings hidden in the Hebrew text, I wonder?

We aren't to have any confidence in ourselves (the flesh). Too much self-confidence just looks bad. But all self-confidence makes for a carnal power in our lives. We are to have confidence ONLY in the Lord. So then as usual a popular teacher is just speaking of shallow things...what things...

Of course this is blatantly false. You live on a human level of doctrines and opinions so then it is "natural" for you to see the battle on that level. The devil doesn't care what you believe....only you do. There is no power in your beliefs. No threat. You think your opinions and beliefs are...

I agree with the OP in principle but for a few important points. When a person is born anew by the Spirit...OLD things are passed away. That means that everything is different...including the passing of the old man. Who we once were....the old man...is no longer a historic reality. So then from...

We HAVE a body...but we ARE a soul. You need to look for more than one verse to make a proper assessment. Anybody can misunderstand by making too much out of one verse. It's like trying to figure out a language by knowing only one sentence.

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