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2 Corinthians 5:21 (NIV) 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. The reality of that verse hinges on those 2 words. We show we are actually in Him when we walk exactly as He walked.

Very good post!

There is nothing good unless God declares it is so. Judging from ourselves is not "good".

I would ask...who is trusting God, exactly? ;)

1Co 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

At what time?

We are to judge righteously those that are in (or claim to be in) the church. God judges those that are outside.

I'm all for beards (on men)! :)

Good points to ponder and consider. Speak the truth...in love! :)

I am specifically speaking of the bride of Christ. Many things are done in the name of Christ...through a denominational allegiance.... or whatever. But the word remains... The bride of Christ is seen when each member is inter-connected. We are members of EACH OTHER!!! Rom_12:5 So we, being...

We are enabled to obey the law by the Spirit. We aren't in the Spirit to obey the law...but this is a side product as it were. We are alive in the Spirit in order to fulfill the just requirements of God...so then obeying the law DOES lead to life (in the everlasting sense.) We are only saved...

Taken away means loss.... A dishonourable vessel is alive to show the dishonour. This saved/unsaved is too simplistic. In a great house there are both vessels of honour AND dishonour. Heaven and hell are not in the same house.

Sorry...I didn't put enough emphasis on the "and" to show a distinction between the righteous that lives in the nations and the filthy which roam in the wilderness in the darkness. The righteous are those deemed just by God...innocent. The filthy are those who hold the truth but in unrighteousness.

Let's be clear about this...the law itself does not lead to death...only putting our trust in our own ability to follow the law leads to death. Pro_7:2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Hos_4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou...

In Christ there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles. It should be noted that none of the books of the bible were written to modern believers...at least not directly. Are we Romans or Corinthians? So the word comes alive through the Holy Spirit as He directs us and teaches us. The book...

Just what are you getting at Aspen2??? ;)

Jer_31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. Heb 8:10...

Again...this is not a final judgment issue for the individual...but a corporate issue for overcoming the world.

All this is true! But God is a divine community Himself. We are not created to remain divided as separate creations but into family. We begin life in an earthly family...we are reborn into a heavenly one. The purpose of God is that we be one. A peculiar and holy people. One should never argue...

This is not the intention of the statement of Jesus. Why then would He call men away from their families? Rather a husband and wife are ONE in the flesh. A gathering of disciples of Christ are ONE in the Spirit (not the flesh). So you would have to have 2 or three families gathered together to...