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Apologies again. This is a suitable day for my reply - the Pentecostal feast day according to the Old Calendar (Julian) used by the Roman Empire and replaced apart from the Orthodoxy Church, (for liturgical purposes). The following is from the daily readings for today. We are told in Numbers...

I believe the soul is the heart and mind of man and the spirit, the part that communicates with the spirit world including the Holy Spirit. But Lizbeth, would you say when baptism of the Spirit occurs? Is this the second blessing?

Lizbeth, before I get into a reply, would you say exactly what the inner man - the new man is? Do you agree that man is spirit soul and body?

I think he was referring to unintentional sins before he was fully sanctified when the battle takes place but which is to cease. Yes I believe that is the revelation when we have given our all to Him. Flesh means more than the body. We are walking in the flesh or the Spirit and there is no...

@Kokyu Well, no, not quite. Good exegesis begins in the immediate context of a verse or passage from which one is most certain to derive the best understanding of the verse or passage. Having obtained from this immediate context a proper understanding of a verse or passage, one may expand to...

@Kokyu Please tell me what you understand the phrase sinless perfection, which I do not ue before we can continue

@Kokyu As we know, good exegesis consists of using the inductive method, in taking many scriptures, and deriving a general conclusion from them. ‘The number, clarity and relevance of those many passages is crucial to the theological conclusions drawn. Building a doctrine on only one or two...

I haven't much time today but will reply to this one, by saying that it is a frequently used device known as the 'royal we', made famous by Queen Victoria of England who said 'we are not amused'. 'The origin of this tradition is the idea that the monarch in question is speaking for the nation...

Transfiguration as an event in scripture: Theosis is also found in the Gospel accounts of the Transfiguration where the transfigured Christ speaks to the Old Testament saints Moses and Elijah. In Luke’s account we read that Moses and Elijah “appeared in glorious splendor” and that they talked...

https://orthodoxbridge.com/2014/11/03/theosis-and-our-salvation-in-christ/

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/keithgiles/2020/12/deification-the-lost-doctrine-of-the-early-church/

@Lizbeth Perhaps your views will change when you are in the blessing yourself. You are however certainly on the pathway there.

I believe it is speaking of the spiritual journey which has already been entered into. The event is in my understanding, knowing that it has been done and there is nothing we can do in ourselves. Perhaps. Many at that time were teaching it. I cannot remember him giving a testimony. The...

https://new-god-argument.com/support/christian-authorities-teach-theosis.html#Example1 Here are some quotes. Don't forget that they did not say that a man will have all of the attributes of God to be made a partaker. The healing has been going on since the start. Healing from the problem of...

There is faith and there is saving faith. If we believe that He came to free us from sin, and the price is paid by our submission, then that faith saves. The earnest of the Spirit is like a handshake between business partners, to seal the deal which will occur in the future. I am not saying...

Andrew Murray said there are two stages on the highway to holiness - the carnal then the entirely sanctified. The early church said three - the carnal, the enlightened and the deified or ES'ed. He speaks as an enlightened soul. He claims that we are saved at the 'first' blessing or stage. The...

The early church was all about this doctrine. Of course there would be dissenters from NT times but the first few hundred years were spent fighting the gnositics and arians. It was taken for granted that holiness teaching was understood and accepted. Not all Orthodox writers were accepted as...

Not at all. To be united with God is to share in His attributes, and holiness is the most significant. Yes agreed. Glorification is for this life which certain scriptures confirm. Agreed. Yes but we underestimate the power of the flesh when we are still bound by it and rather than die, it...

@Lizbeth will be getting back to you tomorrow now as there is so much to cover. Just want to add how merciful God is.

Looking forwards to hearing more.