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Not biblical at all. Jesus doesn't say..."unless you are born again you cannot be as righteous as God". Preposterous. No, what Jesus says is that through the new birth we have ACCESS into the kingdom of God. Spirit allows us to do things in the Spirit. We may enter in and see what is spiritual...

The Holy Spirit is a part of God. Like His hand. It's still God acting...in a personal way in His holy presence. Look at this... “By stretching forth Your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.” Acts 4:30 God has a hand? God is Spirit. God's...

This is as false as can be. God is Spirit. His Spirit is not a separate person, neither does it have a name. God pours His Spirit out....and we are the vessels that are filled. Your doctrine is man-taught....not biblical at all. “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other...

Does having correct beliefs trump obedience to God in the reformists mindset? Obedience is seen as "works" salvation...if we consider that God rejects those who disobey Him. Why all the extra-biblical doctrines? Why hold to tenets that go directly against the biblical narrative in order to...

I hope I am exposing myself. I come to the light because I'm speaking the truth. And what is so wrong with Catholic beliefs?...it's the traditions that are suspect, not the old paths. The reformers threw out the baby with the bathwater. But apostolic doctrines don't begin in the 16th century as...

Reformists you mean. Most believers do not hold to what you hold so dear. It's better to hold the Lord dear...not tenets. Getting comfort from a set of beliefs misses the point. We tend to be satisfied with things that the Lord does not approve of. That's why Paul says...I am sold under sin...

LOL...I don't think you are seeing that faith is in the present tense. It's faith IS not faith will be. And the fact that we receive NOW what we once hoped for (past tense.) In your reading the hoped for is future tense...but it is past tense. Once you have faith you don't need to hope for what...

Welcome to the discussion! :) So as Eastern Orthodox you don't believe that God is blinded to your sin because He can't see you...only Jesus? Not into the Hebrew roots movement at all. Just into the word of God that just happens to be written in Hebrew. Christian anarchists like Jacques...

Anything future is based on hope not faith. This is a common error that is stubbornly clung to...since without changing hope into faith...a big hole appears....no faith. But to confuse redemption of the body for a spiritual calling and empowerment now is to fully miss the witness of Jesus...and...

You are simply defending delusional thinking here...not believers. I'm a believer in Christ WITHOUT the delusional thinking. So then one can believe in delusion or not...but delusion exists. All delusion requires someone to believe in it. That's what beliefs do. Faith in Christ is something very...

No. Inheriting life is not the same as entering into life right now. There is MUCH confusion on this. To be with Christ NOW means we walk in His perfection 24/7 365 days...or until we are not abiding in Him. Inheriting life is based on mercy. God justifies even the ungodly for that standard...

Or...believing things ABOUT Jesus and thinking that our acceptance of Him is what God is looking for. Believing INTO Jesus means we are walking with the Father WHERE He is. The omnipresence of God means we can do that while still in these mortal bodies. But in truth we can walk beyond this...

The suffering of Christ was not meant to be a sacrifice to us...to be accepted by us or not. We don't get to accept Jesus for ourselves. That's not how it works. We need to be, rather, accepted into the Beloved. God does the accepting, not us. Jesus sacrifice was to the Father....NOT to us. No...

This makes it sound like the kingdom of God should only be sought for as an after-life. The bible is misunderstood since the depth of it is unknown. Having eternal life makes us walk on the same level as Christ in the world...without sin. As He IS...so are we in this world. All this focus on...

Maybe at first. People are adaptable, even programmable. Without proper direction, correction, doctrine, and good examples to follow...people can take a good thing and assume it means something it doesn't, even doing the very opposite of what the free gift/charity is meant to instill. Not at...

....and the best way to understand both standards is to experience them from the Lord... :)

Assistance for what? Do you have a half-ton? (a Bakkie)

What people so often do is rail against the holy standard. Of course the righteous standard is also being abused in the process. I'm fully outside the scenario...speaking into it. I don't abide either a lack of respect for holiness nor righteousness. It is my acceptance of God's ways that makes...

Jesus came to save the world, not condemn it. For His elect? What about the Romans who put Him on the cross or the Sadducees who condemned Him? Did Jesus not say BEFORE He died..Forgive them Father, they know not what they do? I guess for those who confuse forgiveness and holiness that would...

Why do I have to molly coddle those who disagree with the truth in order to be "kindly disposed" toward them? I receive a lot of hostility from those who take offense when I say that the flesh has no place in the church...that is...unless it is owned up to and forsaken. I think it's in...