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Yes. "...dead in the trespasses and sins in which we once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience⁠ ~ among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires...

(3 of 3) I agree, here, but a key word used by Paul is 'reckoning.' We should reckon ourselves ~ consider ourselves (ESV) ~ dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. That very word, 'reckon' or 'consider,' strongly implies that we are not yet absolutely dead to sin and alive to God in...

Hmmmm... well it's not a "get out of hell free card," for sure... <chuckles> It's an assurance ~ given to us by God, actually, through John here ~ that because we are born again and in Christ, when we do confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all...

We did inherit the sin nature from Adam, right; this is the natural human condition. Naturally, we are actually children of the devil (John 8:44). That’s terrible, right? However… <smile> …Yes, thanks be to God, in being born again of God, we are cleansed by the blood of Jesus, sure, so we are...

Hmmmm... So this is not an issue where the Catholic-Protestant "divide" has any relevance; there is a Biblical concept that we have to get regarding what we call the now and the not yet, and it applies to so many things. In other words, the following things are true now, but they are not yet...

Martin Luther was in no way advocating sin. But if God has set His affection on you... and caused you to be born again by the Spirit, and thus made you of Himself... you cannot do anything to make yourself unacceptable to God. Now can you still do unacceptable things? Certainly, and there are...

Well, here's the English Standard Version: "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death." Yes. there absolutely is a period, in the English Standard Version... and...

The problem is that some... many, I guess... just cannot separate this guarantee of our inheritance from some sort of license to sin. But Paul addresses this very thing in Romans 6, saying: "Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not present your...

Then you... reject, I guess )... what Paul says in Romans 8... "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus... we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to...

Zechariah 14 depicts the end-times siege of Jerusalem, the Messiah’s victorious return, and the establishment of God’s holy kingdom. It should be viewed as the same event depicted in both Revelation 19:11-21 and Revelation 20:7-10. So the setting is after the millennium of Revelation 20:1-6...

Yes, but... and this is a bit nit-picky... I prefer the term Nunc-mill. The 'a' prefix means 'none,' or that there is no millennium (so it's a misnomer), whereas the 'nunc' prefix means 'now.' God's millennium is present. Since Pentecost and until God's Israel is completed (fullness of the...

Hmmm, Scripture is clear that He will be on earth to execute the final Judgment. His return will be shortly prior. Right. That kind of thinking is... not good. <smile> Right, but the final Judgment will not be... somewhere else, either. <smile> How else would He then bring heaven down to...

Yes, as far as I know... <chuckles> ...Jesus never says anything about leaving, and returning, and then leaving again and returning again. <smile> Just the thought of that is... well, fanciful... <smile> He never says nor insinuates that He will return twice. He says: "the Son of Man is...

Hmmmm. Okay, thanks. But... well, James, in talking about trials in the first chapter of his epistle, says "count it all joy, brothers..." Yes, the text in Revelation 13 (ESV) says, "calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man," for sure, but might this be a "counting" or...

<chuckles> Ah, well, so, to your question here, Anchorite, I would question what you mean by "buying" and "selling"...? <smile> That's really rhetorical; I know... I understand... what you're saying. But to what you say here, and in answer to my question, here, actually... in a certain way...

Yeah, I agree with your "oh boy." <smile> Yeah, so, I'm not necessarily agreeing or disagreeing with what you say here, but why do you say this, Rob? Grace and peace to you.

Hmmmmm... I'm a little curious. I mean just a bit... <smile> Grace and peace to you, Rob.

Not responding to anyone in particular, here, but here are some of my thoughts on what has been discussed... We talk about athletes having the mark of greatness, or the mark of a champion, right? Is that because they have certain scars, or tattoos, or even brands... visible imprints of some...

Well, to the hour and day of his second return. So yes, two absurdities. <chuckles> Absolutely. Grace and peace to you, David.

Think of all those in Christ who have died up until now, CrowCross. So how big is this literal house that God lives in? Who keeps is clean? Does someone have to go to some big grocery store in the sky and buy everyone food? These are all... rhetorical questions, by the way... in case you...