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The Israelites were saved out of Egypt. But how many pleased God afterwards? So God reserves the right to judge His own people. We must continue to lead a pleasing life to the Lord otherwise we will be cut off...just as they were. This truth maintains the proper fear to remain in obedience even...

sanctification is not optional. Without holiness no one shall see God. Sanctification is the process that redemption started. A cake must be baked..but without sanctification we are only half-baked. ;) Salvation is a process that must be maintained in order to be lawful.

What does this have to do with crop-dusting? We are talking about voting and exercising the carnal rights of men.

The way out of an individual judgment is a corporate surrender. Jesus talks of a church being judged ...together...read Rev. 2 & 3.

There is a tendency to see things of the kingdom as personal and individual...and then go with the flow of the world for everything else. But this is a great error indeed. We are to usher in the rule of the kingdom by being subject to the Holy Spirit as a body...rather than get authority to...

LOL It actually means overseer... I chose the episkopos handle because of the "visitation" meaning. It also means inspector.....as in one who has been inspected by God is now able to inspect others. But the deeper meaning is in the visitation from God that all ministry is to be based on. As to...

Desire comes from the carnal man. Fortunately we are not called on to vote or voice our own opinions...we are to pray!

Christ is permanent...we are only so permanent by abiding in Christ. Grace is the power that transforms our lives so as to be equipped to please God. The grace remains God's...not ours. I'm quite tired of trying to explain the race to people who wish to have a fairy tale ending of their own...

The church has been largely sidetracked into a human-appeasing salvation scheme rather than presenting the kingdom of God in power.

We are to walk in resurrection life according to the Spirit. We are dead to sin who are alive to Christ. The test of faith is that we still have mortal bodies. Does this fact rule our lives...or does faith in Christ? We have this treasure of a divine life in earthen vessels. Being BORN again...

You are talking about the beginning of a race as if it were the end. We are saved away from the world and sin so as to run for God and attain to Christ. Salvation in it's eternal state must be walked through to the end of the race...after which we will be judged on HOW we ran....that is if we...

The psalm (22) records...Eli Eli lama azavthani! (My God My God why have you forsaken Me) Jesus rather says..Eli Eli lama sabachthani (My God My God why have you entangled Me) There is more to this statement than a mere repetition of the psalm. Jesus is alluding to the sacrifice promised to...

Why didn't the early Christians just vote Caesar out of office? ;) When you mix something holy with the world...you get more of the world. LIke mixing something pure with something impure. Nothing becomes pure by mixing.

This is a wrong reading of the verse. The logic is saying that one who is glorified goes through all the necessary steps. To make an acceptance of Christ as a guaranteed glorification is way out there. The logic goes like this...the little league player becomes a pro, then plays the world...

We are of Joseph...which means increase...and of Ephraim which means double fruit (fruit of obedience AND the fruit of the Spirit.)

A Christian should vote with his feet. No one engaged in heavenly things gets entangled in the affairs of this world.

Jesus Christ is a Saviour that can actually save us from the power of the flesh. When Paul says it is no longer he that lives but Christ....he is showing that power over the law of sin and death. Those who are in Christ are under a new power and law...the law of the Spirit of life in Christ...

To what porpoise? ;)

I think what Jake is saying is that walking in the Spirit IS that state of not sinning!

Salvation is the grace working through us to do good works.