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Grace is about giving within our capacity to give. So then God being all-powerful, can equip those whom He loves to be overcomers like His Son and share in His glory. This is about saints and the Bride of Christ. Then there are those who STEAL grace from God and then expect to receive...

Exactly. But many in the churches can't accept that. Amen. Do you see a different standard for the church than for the world....as in...to whom much is given more is required?

Take any generation and take them to a body of water...and ask them if they believed it could be miraculously parted. The idea is that the Israelites were so blasé about seeing daily miracles... for 40 years straight...but they couldn't equate that with what God could do THROUGH them...just...

You are going to get all types on any issue. It makes the truth harder to see that some or many might exaggerate their true condition. But that still doesn't excuse unbelief in what the bible says. As in..in those days everyone did what was right in their own eyes...there was no knowledge of...

Agreed. But unbelief is not about believing things ABOUT Jesus. The many who are rejected for unbelief are ministers of the gospel. These don't believe the warnings of Jesus and the prophets. They don't believe in the victory of Christ as being something that is possible for them. All we have...

All pretenders read themselves into the narrative as the heroes in the story. But they can't see what they are really about.

They also look at style. Since most of their walk is cosmetic...they rail at those who are not interested in cosmetics, but just speak the truth with boldness. As in...."how dare you expose me to the truth". These people hang out with others who don't offend their egos. They are looking for...

While this is true...the ego is still present in those who have no victory over sin. So these will take any kind of faith in sinlessness as an affront to their ego. So that is the other side of the balance that needs to be considered. The attitude on either side of the equation should be one of...

:backtop: .....If we condemn the rich young ruler we are condemning ourselves. How many of us have done an Acts 2? Selling all we have to have all things in common in order to share out our goods equally among the brethren? It's too easy to judge others hypocritically. And how many ever...

You are a product of a mass religious delusion based on the mob. This thread is about Jesus loving a young man who was curious about what it takes to inherit eternal life. The religious contagion of the mob wants to condemn the young man because he didn't want to lose his life as he knew it...

Nice self-portrait. Your motivation is to destroy the possibility of life in others....but you want to be nice about it. On the contrary...people might say I'm a sheep in wolf's clothing...or how I expose the religious egos in people who are walking in darkness...because I'm not the one trying...

There are some here who are trying to polish their way of SPEAKING...or how they put things.... to be more acceptable....to SOUND more spiritual...but their hearts are FAR from God and His ways. All that is changing is their communication style...adapting more biblical sounding language. To say...

What about it? You are confusing me with an ego seeker. I don't care if you agree with me or not. I don't care if you think I am speaking 50% right or 50% wrong. I judge by the Spirit. I don't receive honour from people. My reward is not by human applause. I care only what God thinks. :) <><...

My attitude? That's rich. I know you hate the truth as it applies to your foundation which is your ego. But this is counterproductive because your attitude is one that God rejects. I just point that out. If you want to shoot the messenger...fine. But you will be the one paying for your...

Amen. Dig roots downward and bear fruit upward. Judged to be unfruitful...and therefore rejected.

Yes, and Jesus was satisfied with his answer. Of course religious ideologues are NOT satisfied with his answer....but this is supposed to be what Jesus said, not what people twist the bible to say. Well, first of all, it was the young man who pressed the issue, not Jesus. You are leaving that...

You are speaking of being weaned from the flesh. This is an important aspect of obedience to Christ that should take place over time. It is an OT standard that has great value in the life of a believer. If we are not present with the Lord by the Spirit then we should still do all to be accepted...

If you want to be less ignorant of God's ways because of what I write to you.... Read the book of Exodus. Notice the 12 spies. 2 had a favourable report and 10 didn't. Those 2 were Joshua and Caleb. These remained in the wilderness with the many unbelievers for 40 years. The people all went...

Many have a faulty foundation...in themselves and not in Christ. They have been indoctrinated by pulpiteers to claim to be in the kingdom...and this without any say so of God, and of course having no power beyond what a religious opinion can inspire. It is no wonder that these experience no...