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But you think others are less righteous than you...think about it....How did the pharisees view others who weren't as "religious" as they were. Try to be honest.

When a person has a suspicious character...it is because there is nothing pure in that person. Such a person is unable to esteem others as pure...precisely because purity is unknown to that person. This explains Calvinism in a nutshell.

At this point I see your righteousness as a precise match to the religious Pharisees...since they also judged by their own views. Jesus saw righteousness everywhere. He saw Nathaniel as a man without guile...something you think is impossible....just like the Pharisees. He saw a Roman...

You don't understand the statement. Jesus said "without Me you can do NOTHING". Nothing ETERNAL that is. The same goes for righteousness. A human being cannot do anything eternal ...without spiritual life. But anybody can love others as themselves. it just takes a little compassion. maybe you...

That is a lie... a depraved lie at that. Not found in the bible. Jesus marveled at the faith of a centurion who killed people for a living. He pleased God with his unconverted faith...a faith built around military authority.

Total depravity is that NO one can do anything good or pleasing to God unless God does it through them ...just like you believe. EVERYTHING is evil....except what happens in church? Only Christians can smile and mean it??? That doesn't come from the bible...but the depraved mind of certain...

The idea of total depravity is....well itself depraved. That's a dark view that colours everything as evil. So if a person smiles at me...I'm supposed to assume an evil intent? Utter depravity. So then often it is the people themselves who are so depraved that they think others are all like...

Here is another example... וְצַדִּיק בֶּאֱמוּנָתוֹ יִחְיֶה "The just in his (HIS) faith (faithfulness) shall live." Hab. 2:4 How to say it...and memorize it "(ve) Tsadik Bé-émounato Yechéyéh" the vav is that letter that looks like a line (in this font).....or...ו ....at the end (or the...

On the subject of "and" I thought to put a little more meat on the bone, so to speak. Concerning Eliakim and Shebna...and the vav....or peg. This is prophetic according to the name Shebna...who had a "vav" removed from his name. Difficult to understand unless you think in Hebrew... ;) Is. 22...

Hebrew is a very different language that can be basically impossible to translate one way. There are too many possible meanings....all of which have a point to make. Because God knows no time limitations....the beginning vav is to honour God's viewpoint. Remember that God is often speaking...

Although today's sacrificing is not religious per se....unless we are talking about the goddess "liberty" that adorns your NY harbour.

The "vav" at the beginning of a sentence is a tense inverter. Taking a future to the past or past to the future. For example. "Love your neighbour as yourself" or...ve-ahavtah lereacha kamocha" ...in Hebrew begins with an "and". So it would read..."AND loved your neighbour as yourself."...

What do you think of republicans?

In the next age...the humble will rule over the proud...and the saints will rule over both of these.

This is false. A born again Christian can also sin by being a Republican. Christians sin in many ways...you can't limit sin to your own agenda.

Can a Christian get entangled in the political affairs of this world? Of course....but we shouldn't. Who cares what political affiliation a person is erring in.

Few will understand this...but to be weak and sin....therefore a sinner....is NOT a sin against righteousness. As long a a person recognizes that they are sinners and tries to make amends...there is no everlasting sin there. it is a sin that does not lead to death. BUT...to claim salvation and...

For us....to learn in...and then to rule over.

That's a good start! ;)

The sermon on the mount is not about overcomers and saints....but about the kind of people called "the righteous." This is a kind of person found all over the world.....regardless of religious affiliation. As difficult as it is for the religiously biased person to accept...God has a bigger...