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Yes I agree we are just to do all we know to do the best we can and don't try to think too much about it. Some of it may be from Him and some of it is of ourselves. But as we go along we find the Lord will start to teach and show us how our own strength falls short. It is not to condemn, but...

Yes, but also, it says take heed who thinks he stands, lest he fall. It is not ourselves we are to rely on, but God, that all glory be to Him. And He will test and try and may even allow us to stumble to keep us humble. "That we might know" our Help comes from Him and needs to. Not so He can...

Yes, and it is only through the Spirit that we are delivered from the body that sins (body of death). But even so, we still "have" sin as John says, in the sense that we are still carting that body (old man) around with us until we die. Just that we don't have to be obeying it and walking in...

FAITH in Him saves. That is clearly and simply what the bible teaches. Just that we do also need to follow/obey the Lord and endure His chastisements and pay the price to keep following Him until our race runs out when we die. Yes we're all poor blind and naked in our own right, apart from...

You're trying to reason with your carnal mind. Jesus Himself said to count the cost to follow Him......we do have our part and price to pay. We certainly aren't going to sin our way to heaven. And here is some more of Paul's writing: 1Co 9:26-27 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so...

Yes, in my case I received the Lord and was born again first and attended churches but I have found more of my prayers being answered in the years after leaving the churches....I take that to be because of growing faith as well, because I began to grow and experience the Lord much more...

You say in another thread that the purpose of regeneration is that it is a "trial run to see who will measure up". That is a perversion and fleshly understanding (born out of pride perhaps if you esteem yourself as one who has "measured up"). Regeneration is for the purpose of saving a soul in...

The "boldness" and pride of someone who hasn't been "chosen" for 25 years is quite startling to see. Someone who doesn't even meet the standard of a "lower walk" in how they talk to people here is not in a position to be lording over and berating others for not doing what they themself aren't...

You didn't answer my question. I'll post these verses anyhow, though I will not come back to this topic to debate you here. Romans 11:17-22 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and...

Why do you insist on only hearing from Paul? Are you one of those who believe Paul preached his own separate gospel?

I agree things are too superficial in the churches generally, as well as being unbalanced. And false doctrine to boot.

The Lord chastens ALL who belong to Him, not just those He "approves" as you are saying. It says in Hebrews "all are partakers" of it, and if you are without chastisement you are illegitimate children (ie, are not HIS). Regeneration is a "trial run" to see who will "measure up"....?....oh...

Kind of a two sided coin, as I think of it...there are things that comfort and encourage us, but at the same time we do have our part and a race to run, by faith. But it's a mistake to over-emphasize one side at the expense of the other, which is what we too often see.

That can go so wrong so fast with that when one is not in spirit with it. Somebody pointing it to themselves as being the righteous man and prophet that others should receive is not in spirit. Especially talking with an unbeliever...? Oh dear. It is Jesus who should be lifted up, not...

These are not easy passages to get hold of, but with respect, I still believe they are addressed to and talking about all believers, whether Jewish or not. People can genuinely know and have received the Lord but be trapped or fall into a religious carnal mindset (of the flesh) of the letter...

Ah, so you are that reliable prophet and chief of staff. All hail you. Here you go sounding so....well, Catholic again. How about the Holy Spirit leading us into all truth and to God be the glory...? 1Jo 2:26-27 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. But the...

He has bits and pieces of truth............but his foundation is wrong. In other words....false gospel.

And how about all the verses others bring that you ignore and run away from because they clearly refute certain parts of your theology.

I see it as just being a play on words.......turning being "present" with the Lord (after death), into speaking of being present in the body. But it might be possible there is a dual meaning there, I just dont know for sure. We need to be careful with those, in case we are just...

It is all GOD's word regardless. Isn't that what matters? It doesn't have to be written in a letter by one specific person. It is believers who are being warned, that is very clear, not those who "never really knew the Lord in the first place". And as I told someone else, I'm not getting...