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I think it's normal that ideas are discussed with a certain amount of incredulity regarding the gospel...which is revolutionary in its scope. People tend to downplay the revolutionary nature of the coming of Christ, and the subsequent establishment of God's kingdom in our space. When a deeper...

God is holy and righteous. He is very patient and understanding. He bears the burdens of the righteous. The wicked come to a bad end. God is love. But He is also holy. If we refuse to act from love, we have no place in a kingdom that is based on love.

Not so a heavenly Father. We need to fear the Lord to keep to the right path. Otherwise we will slack.

God can save as He wishes. The danger is to assume we will be exonerated for what we permit. If we are looking for guarantees on judgment day then we are barking up the wrong tree. The bible teaches us to fear the Lord. The experience of salvation by grace through faith is the victory over sin...

Are we to strive ourselves for perfection or strive to enter into Christ who knew no sin?

Not incapable.....we are always like a ball in play. In Christ we have no interest in the flesh. The key to not sinning is not by trying not to sin...but just remaining in Christ....where there is no sin. In Him is no sin. Simple enough. Unless you are looking for a Jesus that is a minister of...

Eradication means it is gone for good. Suspension means you don't have it for a time, or maybe longer. If you get a suspended drivers license, does that mean it has been eradicated? Not at all. One is gone forever and the other has been "remitted" ...pushed into the future. The possibility...

If we comfort ourselves (self-generated) with a religious certainty then we don't need the comfort that comes from God. We are to fear God and depend on Him to comfort us. Notice what the early church experienced... “Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and...

Enter into Christ to walk as He walked in His victory over sin...in His perfection. The alternative is to remain humble, fearing the Lord...and carrying your own burden (cross) of sinful flesh around in a meek surrender...not judging others or defending yourself. Whether we are present or...

No one knows their end. Being more certain just makes you more surprised if you fail. Fearing the LORD is better than certainty. Our certainty is in His character to judge righteously. :) Only God knows. Maybe your mother is onto something that others have missed? God will not judge us based on...

All denominations are trying to put a fence around the truth. All have failed. Better to let God have control. The truth has no fence around it. The truth is LIVING and eternal. Our ideas perish like the grass. Better to enter into His truth. Only God knows who are His. But we can make our...

Not eradication but a full suspension of the carnal nature...making it powerless...suspension as in suspended on a cross. The old bibles translated "aphesis" as "remission" of sin. And remission means to have no more power...like a cancer that has gone into remission. But times change and so do...

The truth is more nuanced than a simple sound bite. Once saved always saved IF we endure to the end. And then saved to what end? Alive in outer darkness forever? Alive in the nations? Alive to be with Christ forever? We will be judged by our choices....what we did with what we were given...

Actually not so simple. God's salvation is hidden in Christ. Very few will find the way into Christ and walk as He walked. If the gospel was that simple there would not be ten thousand denominations. All the ways to NOT understand the mystery of the gospel. Evangelicalism tries to undermine the...

Declaring Jesus is no guarantee of a happy judgment. Many will say, Lord, Lord, and be rejected. Grandstanding comes from pride. Humility is far better. Those who judge others with their own understanding will be judged. God works a lot deeper than most people think. Most people have a god that...

Your shallow understanding will prove your own failure. Turn to the Lord in honest repentance...and quit judging from your religious pride. You will be judged as you judge. You want an exclusive God...well that's what you are going to get...with you being excluded. There is still time to wake up...

You simply have no understanding of the gospel or God. You want an exclusive God the way the Jews still want. And you wouldn't know a disciple if you met one. All you know is the superficial religious facade type of person. You recognize your own. Can I hear an amen!!!?? ! :rolleyes:

What motivates a person to disparage discipleship? What spirit is that? The devil doesn't care if the the whole world goes to church and gives lip-service to God. But try to find just one disciple...and the powers of hell will try to extinguish that light in the world. Of course nothing can...

You should consider yourself in your naming and claiming. Are you saying that making disciples for Christ is anti-Christ? You are upside down. You should be more careful to hitch your wagon to those who spew hatred and call that the gospel.

You are not understanding what a false convert will do. He will act as you do...grandstanding. Drawing attention to yourself. Serving your own agenda. You have the wrong idea about the gospel. It's not about whoever claims Jesus the loudest. It's about more than lip-service. In your eyes...