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Both Jews AND Gentiles are qualified to receive grace...there is no difference. All must cease from the works of the old nature and be regenerated by the Spirit. The heart must be circumcised. The flesh profits nothing!

How does this compare with the head knowledge that seminaries have replaced actual experience with Christ with? No one gets a salary for knowing Christ. But if you attend a seminary and get a man made diploma...then men who are carnal will pay them since they appear to be more qualified than the...

You are espousing gnosticism. We are truly made sinless by grace...so that the world declares us righteous and holy. Yes the world!!!! What we are is seen by every day people. Deluded people have an opinion of themselves that others do not share. So it is with deluded "believers". We actually...

The apostles were supported in their needs. That IS biblical. Salaries are for mercenaries. Even the word soldier comes from solde...which means salary. So no one should get a salary for God's work. A workman of God is supported by giving the basic necessities in life. A worker of God is to be...

A spiritual man works in a spiritual capacity. Time in the Spirit has no meter on it. Godliness is not for profit...at least not monetary. Mammon is not at all compatible with God.

If there are so few real prophets, why would you surmise there would be more true pastors? Where does this reasoning come from? There are as many woe verses directed at pastors as there are towards prophets! Why the bias?

How is a prophet's salary to be calculated? How about an evangelist's salary? So much per head?

Yes! The "twist" has been a popular dance for a long time! ;)

Do we just receive and believe in a radical statement like Jesus dying for us...or do we believe the radical message of the gospel to a point where we believe through Christ we can do anything...like overcome sin? Is God looking to be believed or is He looking for an active faith that believes...

Well kind of! God is forbearing and patient in order to let His grace do it's work. We can grow in grace. Grace is not just the period of time we are allotted to do what no man can do anyway. No, rather grace is the means by which we accomplish the will of God. Confusing patience and mercy for...

Very good! Grace keeps sin out of reach when we walk in it. No, grace is not forgiveness or acquittal. Mercy and forgiveness are just that. Grace is what fills the void left by sin. It is the power to remain holy as He is holy.

What about expense account, travelling bonuses, recruitment bonuses, car allowance, pension plan, sales perks and housing supplement? If we only knew the pay rate for an apostle in Jesus' day we could pro-rate that into today's moolah!!! How much did Paul get..what were his wages? Should...

Our "own" death not we put ourselves to death. We surrender ourselves to God so that HE might do away with the power of the olf man through the power of the cross.

Sounds like whatever consulting adults agree on, that's ok! Mic 3:9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. Mic 3:10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. Mic 3:11 The heads...

It depends who the "our" in "our stead" is, doesn't it? As I have said, we are made PARTAKERS with Christ through our own conforming to His death. THEN the blood of Christ covers us from all sin. Otherwise we are left with a multitude of sinners who all claim to have a special sacrificial lamb...

This is simplistic and universalist. Not all men will be saved. And very few indeed will ever overcome. The way is narrow and the doorway difficult indeed to penetrate. Grace is the power from heaven that the dead in Christ walk in miraculously. It is not a general amnesty that saves sinners...

Grace is the keeping power of God. It can be "passive" or "active". Passive grace means God is watching out for us...protecting us from harm and leading us in the right way. Active grace is the walk in resurrection power where we are actually abiding in Christ. No sin is found there. We are...

The requirements for salvation in the OT and the NT are identical...clean hands and a pure heart...love for others and for God/.. What has changed is the means. Rather than digging with shovels we have been given bulldozers.

Christianity is not to be attempted as a lone ranger. We are born again into a Body or else we are a cancer cell. So unless we join in a Christian community, we will never become what the new birth has set us on a course for. The religious part is a part-time commitment to attending services...

He could be accused of being a disciple of Christ for this! Also if the power to raise the dead is no longer in existence than we are all doomed to rot in our tombs!