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When the church is based on appearing a certain way....rather than BEING a certain way...as in depth of character and experience...it is no wonder that the judgment would also be superficial. It is easier to condemn others than admit one's own failures. And then there is self-righteousness...

New life (of the spiritual kind) by letting go your worldly life. And this in order to find a place in God forever. Why?...because God is love,

Ah yes...reserved for "special" treatment. :eek:

I think we will all be very surprised at what is in store for us. If we are humble the surprise will be good. If we are proud...not so much! I believe we grow into different statures if we are faithful. So then the 5 talents were received one at a time and lived out so as to bring to maturity...

If the root is holy, so are the branches.

We personally don't have apostles. Apostles are sent by God....so they are His...not ours. We shouldn't seek to be particular in our obedience either. The bible is the whole counsel of God. There is no use in undermining what one apostle says in regards to another. They are to be taken as a whole.

God is Spirit....Jesus is part of God....so also Spirit. But Jesus would also come among us by taking bodily form from time to time...like the case of Melchizedek. That's a thought.

There has always existed a marked difference between the disciples and those gatherings that call themselves "Christian." Christians are not more special...unless you look at what is inside...Christ. Christ is special.

Trump temple. It's gonna be yyyuge!!

Reasonings and attitudes would be better perhaps as descriptives...

The principle of the flesh is survival (salvation) and self-advancement. Both of these run contrary to the ways of God. We are to surrender our lives to Him....letting go of our fleshly concerns and desires to follow Christ and His ways. People will be seduced into a false salvation scheme...

How is the "wet paint" principle different from the fresh snow covering the dung heap principle? The religion is in the man-made theory that tries to explain the bible but without the experience of victory. It assumes that there is no victory in Christ in this life....as you are doing. But...

That about sums up the theology of the modern church right there. However, death is more than just a physical state. We can walk in heaven and still be alive physically in this world. It requires a different kind of death. A death to the self-life that we draw our strength from. Then we are free...

The OP is false grace. I hope this has been posted to show the folly of the proposition. The Holy Spirit doesn't deny us responsibility for our actions.....the Spirit makes us MORE accountable for these. So the reasoning is backwards. This tract is written by a person stuck in Romans 7 but who...

What would you do?

I appreciate your question. It's difficult to say....as I don't always walk in the Spirit. I can't judge myself in this regard. Out of the Spirit I certainly fail at times... The closer we come to be with God the less we sin...that's for sure. I stay close to God. But there is a place whereby...

Confining the truth to what people agree on is like putting God in a box. The truth is far greater and deeper than most people can handle. If verses are posted that disagree with a person's current understanding what normally happens, because of pride, is a refusal to face the truth. Instead...

The other flock is that of the nations...called Ephraim. Out of Jews and Gentiles God is making ONE new man. One flock. Eph. 2:11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by...

This is simply not the message that fills the pews of modern churches. The message of the cross is to they that are perishing foolishness. If there is no advantage to the flesh...the people walk out the door. The gospel message begins with a free sample...but to buy the product one needs to...

If only it were carnal, then you would understand and no doubt agree. But since it is both biblical and has a spiritual understanding attached...the same understanding that went into the text to begin with...you find yourself bamboozled.