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What we are born with is a life that is alienated from God. All that is not of faith is sin. Anything that comes from our own view of good and evil IS sin. So an independent life and judgment away from God IS the sin nature since ALL that is outside of God's presence is in NATURE sinful. Sinners...

You are here confusing the heart with the mind. The mind can be the tool of Satan unless it is brought into submission by the will of the one having the mind. The thoughts that defile weak consciences don't originate with the believer in Christ...they are an assault...a temptation...the same as...

First...the sin nature and the human body are different things...like a computer and an operating system aren't the same. The old sin nature is like an old operating system that has been corrupted. Being born again in the Spirit gives one a new operating system....but the old one must first be...

You are speaking of a man that has not yet died in Christ. A man who is in Christ must first die or be separated from what once empowered him. You cannot walk in a dual nature of sin and no sin. A little leaven leavens the whole batch. Amen! Taken from the OP. This is patently false...it is...

This is the Armstrong church view and it is wrong... 1Pe 1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: 1Pe 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of...

Amen! To discern the body of Christ is to see Christ as He chooses to manifest Himself...in His people!

Very well said...and a good starting point towards a meaningful discussion. God has an intention..a will...and this is found IN Him. So Jesus Christ is an extension of God's will and intention. As such He IS the word of God. And this Word dwelt among us. God willed that as many as possible...

The standard of God has never changed. He who will be first among the brethren must be their servant. The modern church follows the modern corporate model...a business model...and certainly has no real connection to the church that Christ is building. To grow in Christ the brethren have ALWAYS...

It's actually believe INTO Him...we must be found in Christ having lost our own independent life in order to be able to enter into Christ and remain (abide) there. G1519 εἰς eis ice A primary preposition; to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively)...

Following the letter of the law is a human effort that leads to complete failure AS WELL AS condemnation for the ensuing pride in thinking one is actually doing something good. The law is an indicator that shows whether spiritual life is present or not. It is a gauge...like a voltmeter. To see...

Theology is a man -made approach to the concept of God....Can God be studied? Perhaps to a degree...but the point of the purpose of the word will be missed. Since we are not to have a human (private) interpretation...that kind of speaks for what God thinks of theology. 2Pe_1:20 Knowing this...

You're on the right track except that the holiness in the NT is no longer ceremonial to be equated with inanimate objects. Holiness is where God dwells...we are made holy by being the vessel or container of His holiness. We are indeed made holy by abiding in Christ...but only as we remain in...

Circumcision or no circumcision (in the flesh) profits nothing. But circumcision of the heart according to the Spirit does... Taking a breather on a certain day has fleshly benefits but profits nothing in eternity. But ceasing from dead works to walking in Sabbath rest in the Spirit...does!

Those who have no spiritual experience and have never walked in Christ in the power of the Spirit have nothing to contribute to the understanding of the divinity of Jesus Christ. Gathering these ignorant ones into one church does not signify anything except that these have chosen a common...

Sacraments are Catholic rites that are not supported in the bible text. Original sin is the state we are born in due to alienation to God. We have an animal type of nature as a default operating system, so to speak. We are of Adam and likewise fallen before we die to this nature in Christ to be...

Arian denied that Jesus is divine. Other modern Arians include the Jehovah's Witnesses. This is a very old heresy to be sure. Welcome Adam! BYW...a follower of Arian cannot have brothers IN Christ because you cannot abide IN another created person. So you should say...brothers with Christ or...

Is Dave Barry Catholic?

It's real as in it's temporal. Do you think spiritual things are fantasy? Or are they eternal? Does something eternal make it less "real" than something temporal? Temporal reality is based on facts...eternal reality is based on truth.

Dispensationalism is a clever ruse to avoid the cross...but in doing so, it also avoids the resurrection life that follows.

There is no such thing as a Christian nation. If Israel of old could not be faithful to keep God's commandments even in a visible way how can a modern nation keep the spiritually much more difficult commandments of Christ? A nation is ruled by human power, money and force. Does this sound like...