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I don't think people are getting that outer darkness is itself an eternal destiny...quite apart from the lake of fire. "...to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever" When religion is ramped up...reading skills diminish very quickly.

There is nothing WE can do to be holy. The ONLY way to be holy is to enter into Christ. Any other effort in this regard is mixture. However we ARE to learn righteousness. This is about character...not religious observance. So that is the one thing we are to do as much as WE can. But mixing up...

"Stranger, post: 435871, member: 7282"]The Gospel of Matthew is the Gospel of the Kingdom. It presents Jesus Christ as King of the Jews, Messiah, King of Israel. In (Matt. 5-7) The King has come and is laying down the laws of that Kingdom as promised to Israel in the Old Testament. This is...

There is no such thing as a Hebrew any more. Any more than there are Vikings. We must be careful to take ourselves too seriously in our estimations of ourselves. Watch out for pride. As they say....ego is not your amigo.

Under Christ ALL have been deemed sinners who walk according to the flesh. But you are espousing a further performance in the flesh based on law...and ignoring grace...the power that causes us to permanentlty cease from our carnal works...which is the original purpose of the Sabbath. So then you...

Many Christians get confused about how righteousness works. We have a free gift of God's righteousness when we abide in Christ. But to remain in Christ is very difficult...kind of like walking on water. But we are to learn righteousness as well....apart from the gift of God's righteousness...

Yes. That connection has different levels...from hearing to perceiving to seeing. All by faith. That is the high calling in Christ...so that we can learn to be as we are in the Spirit...but all the time. We learn to walk in His love. This is holiness. If this is too difficult for us...then we...

Also...the great condition of the NC is faithfulness. If we are not faithful to Him...then He will reject us.

The New Covenant is based on the law of faith. A faith that enters into grace...which is the power over sin, the world and the devi;. So then the law of sin is based on actual connection to God. With that connection comes the knowledge of God leading to character...and the full stature of...

Our concern is with the NC. And that covenant is conditional.

All covenants require a two-way agreement and performance. God's part is done....but we need to come into the full provision of Jesus in order to do as we are commanded to do. The New Covenant is a harder covenant to keep...in the natural strength...but we have access to the power that...

All of these attributes are ours when we put on Christ. I'm not talking about the initial grace as most of us need to go to God for the fulness of the power found when we abide in Him.

Yes.

Yes but we didn't have access to the new divine nature until Christ.

...or for you... (Not instead of us)...but as an example.

The Lord is waiting for us to get it together. He has provided us with all the requirements for unity...but we are not looking to Him. Jesus is coming back for a Bride that is without spot or wrinkle. We need to attract Jesus back to Earth. When we become a functioning Body...the Head will...

Of course. We can walk in the power that raised Jesus from the dead. We can walk in the righteousness of a holy God. We are a new creation where ALL things are possible. We can walk in the Spirit...

A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. I like this statement... a reflection of their own prejudices. This is truth.

The bible compares us to God. Compared to God, no one has any strength...no one seeks...no one is righteous. IOW even righteous people will sin. There is no one so righteous that they don't sin (that is until we put on the righteousness of God.) We need to look for balance in the bible. We...

That's the 1st resurrection...the Bema seat judgment.