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God gives grace to people who deserve nothing of the kind. But you have a spoiled attitude of thinking you have that priviledge of owning God's favour. God is FREE to do as He wants. He can withhold a new pouring of grace until we stop being so self-centered and spoiled about it...for example...

So you are saying that a person can flip between being righteous and unrighteous all day? THAT is not biblical. Is a proud person humble in between his outbursts of pride? God's laws don't change. So you have it backwards. Grace is the power that fulfills the law. As we abide in...

That's not how grace works. You are confusing grace with law. Do you think God rescinds law in favour of grace? Not a chance. Grace doesn't need to be rescinded for it to be dissipated. Do we own grace? Do we own God's Spirit and presence. When we act foolishly, are we still being wise? When...

Speaking of respect... The other day my wife calls me and says to me, hey there's nobody home, why don't you drop in. So I did and there was nobody home. I get no respect... Couldn't help that... ;)

Good points. Not very many are cut out to be saints. But there are many saved nevertheless.

You are getting some things mixed up here. There are 2 biblical standards....one is holiness and the other is righteousness. I'll stop there and let you do the study. The calling of saints in glory is to holiness. The calling of the saved (but not saints)...the minimum standard....is...

Well, for a proper understanding of one verse or idea it needs to be seen in the context of the whole counsel of God. Cut-off: This is a common reference to God's people being cut off from His presence. If you do a study on this you will find many references to this. Paul feared being a...

The fact is that people will forever squabble over how God does things...until they mature a little...since God has more than one way of doing things with people. God knows how to tailor His approach to each one of us as individuals. There is really zero point in arguing over it. It is quite...

Amen. Grace is the power of God us-ward...and the connection between us and the Lord.

The proviso to going into all the world to preach the gospel was to tarry in Jerusalem until the grace to do so was received from heaven. The same applies today. we are not to go out half-baked in our own strength but be imbued with spiritual power to truly be ambassadors of the kingdom. One...

Apparently everyone has it. :)

Phil. 1:7 "Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace." In Greek there is no..."with me" ...as has been added in. In fact, but for a faulty...

As such you are not a Christ follower but rather a Paul follower....as in....we are of Paul. Carnal of course...and wrong. Paul says so himself. So when Paul says that we are "all partakers of my grace." (Phil. 1:7) That means that you are under Paul's grace.

I don't think God "tries" to do anything. His purpose is always achieved. God does...He does not try. But God has a certain standard that no respect of person's can obviate. No, it isn't works...it's faith.

Jesus preached the true gospel. He came to set the captives free. Jesus was at work...and IS at work doing the same task. Setting captives free by the Spirit. Even though Jesus is physically absent, yet He is here in Spirit through His brethren. So the SAME gospel is going forth...among they...

Humans could never do something that was so vast for seemingly no purpose. But it is human reasoning that looks at the universe as waste of space. God is not like us. He does things very deeply and thoroughly. So we ought to present ourselves with that same depth and thoroughness. Remember how...

Jesus said...I am the vine, you are the branches. If the root is holy so are the branches. Being grafted into Christ makes us true Israel...Israel according to the Spirit by the will of God.

And this is the word...the unpronounceable...יהוה

You're just repeating what it says in a book. To become the president of the US you have to be sworn in. Now if you just repeat the words for swearing in a president....does that make you a president? You have underestimated God to a colossal extent.

Salvation is not by formula. Faith has to actually work...not just in one's own mind. God has to intervene.