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I don't think being defensive does anything to solve a person's opinion. One could ask, why they feel that this is so. Depending on the circles they frequent...it could be true.. I would not get personal about it. The mistake can stop right there without adding to it.

"By HIS stripes we are healed." This is speaking of the cross of Christ and it's power of separation and death on us....so that our inner man is freed to walk with Jesus. Until then we are in bondage to the flesh....and live in the power of the outer natural man. Paul gloried in the cross of...

...or it is an authority...but just not of Christ.

It is the part of us that needs Jesus....the inner man. So then we exchange one master...the natural outer man....for another. We detach ourselves from ourselves to follow Christ.

To fulfill anything of the Lord one must live out these things through Him. Other religions and philosophies center around man doing his best to be able to live in a world with other people...and not destroy each other. But Christianity is living a life IN the Lord. IOW....everything is to pass...

It is about faith, hope and love...at varying depths and authenticity. What stands against the true faith and it's earthly representation is arrayed the world with the devil behind it. But the worst enemy of all is our own selfish way of preserving that which God condemns. We, so often, are...

First...Jesus died for the sins of the whole world...not just Christians. 1 John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. A Christian believer is called...

All who are born from above are the Israel of God.

...and losses. Many believers will be exposed as lax in their duties and be cast out of God's presence...a place they were very at home with in this life. We tend to keep God where we want Him. It is very possible to be cast into outer darkness as a believer in Christ. The onus is on us to grow...

I think all believers clean up their act regarding big sins in the early hours of their walk in the Lord. But it is the little foxes that spoil the vineyard...the more refined sins of self-interest and selfishness....these will soon learn to hide from the light of truth. If we were wise we would...

How many people seek to live a crucified life....a life surrendered to God in simplicity? I think the focus has shifted to people and their wants, needs and aspirations,...as opposed to Christ and the will of God.

Do tell....;)

God's people are invited into the bosom of Christ. The remnant have entered in. God doesn't reject...people reject Him. So then this has nothing to do with God making a people His own who reject Christ.

You must get with reality...God is very patient and saves us with no strings attached. BUT, after a time in the boat, while Jesus is still helping others...the once saved person does nothing to help others over many years but thinks only of himself. I would say that EVENTUALLY God would give his...

Sinners are not bad people needing punishment, they are slaves in need of an exodus.

If you believe that then you don't believe we are each responsible for our own actions. A righteous person does righteous things. A person who is deceived does works of iniquity...not righteousness. There is no pretend/positional righteousness given to a person who doesn't behave righteously...

This kind of statement indeed dishonours God. The accepting and rejecting of Jesus happens every moment of every day. There is no empirical moment whereby an eternity rests on a verbal honouring of God. We will be judged by our works....not a religious decision or posturing. That is indeed...

The preaching of the cross is not about the free goodies for spoiled children that many put their belief to....it is the giving up of one's life to be lived through Christ. No one these days wants to lose their lives for Christ....they want more and they want it for free. Galatians 6:14 May I...

Salvation is conditional...not unconditional. There is a whole lot of if's in the bible. Do you deny that Paul said that just as the first people were called and rejected....so can we be? This calls for a serious and sober look at what we are doing with what we have been given. We will all be...

By your own declaration that we do nothing....Jesus has done everything for us. You see, you expose your thinking in this way.