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If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 1John 1:8. 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...

Yes of course thinking of others is included. Moving on is walking as He walked. Are you? You misinterpret it by taking that verse out of context.

Your manner is at fault. You have been chided a few times even by one who agrees with you on ES.

The struggle is to stay there -without sin and not be tempted by the enemy. Hebrews Do Not Harden Your Hearts (Psalm 95:1–11) 7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, 8do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the...

So okay John you want to invalidate me because I called you out on something ie the manner in which you handle disagreements by putting others down and not by showing love and patience. Well it is on your conscience. ES was the calling of the early church, and most of them were probably walking...

So what happens to the pure heart Christ gives us? Read Hebrews. We are secure in Christ only if we walk in Christ where there is no sin.

Yes it was also the early teaching and the Holiness Movement teaching. I always ask myself, which version will be of benefit to Satan? Yes and the goal was martrydom. This was their high calling. Paul would not have been in his position as chief apostle if he was still in training nor...

We resist the devil when we are tempted to sin, but stand firm in our faith and believe Jude who tells us that God provides a way to avoid the temptation to sin. It is all about trying to make us sin.

Like most of it. HOWEVER, I disagree on your understanding of Philippians 3 and so does Adam Clarke: Verse 12. Not as though I had already attained. For I have not yet received the prize; for I have not finished my course; and I have a conflict still to maintain, and the issue will prove...

It doesn't work like this. You are confusing purity with maturity. A person who has the Holy Spirit within, testifying that they have reached the state of entire sanctification, knows only too well that all of their security and peace comes from Christ alone, and if they once more depend on the...

THE great dispute here would be resolved if the two parties would acknowledge that they are not using the term born again, for the same event. It is true that the scriptures attribute all of the benefits of higher walk, if you wish, to that term. John is saying no, scripture does not mean...

I took care of my m-i-l who had vascular dementia and she was a church goer all of her life, in those final years she swore like a trooper, was aggressive and generally a different person. There was a day unit nearby and they picked her up daily and brought her home afterwards. Is there nothing...

Since, according to my opinion, the grades here in the Church, of bishops, presbyters, deacons, are imitations of the angelic glory, and of that economy which, the Scriptures say, awaits those who, following the footsteps of the apostles, have lived in perfection of righteousness according to...

You are right and I will join you on that in calling him John. John, in the early church, no-one was accepted as an overseer, a bishop who was not in the state of Theosis or higher walk if you like. In NT times, it included deacons: 1 Tim 9: They must hold the mystery of the faith with a...

Having further thoughts about the situation in churches, and I think that rather than try to train leaders on how to deal with people with cPTSD, I think it would work better to warn them of the harm that can be done due to others not having knowledge of the condition. 1) Not to take for...

A huge Amen to this! When walking in the Spirit, the power of God is upon us, to convict others of their sinfulness, like the story of Charles Finney in the factory.

Thanks, yes I have been delivered from a huge weight of shame just these last few weeks.

Sorry I mixed things up between my family and pastors. My mind is being stretched to the limit at the moment with so much information coming in.

There were two things that kept me from seeing my family as it was. First, there was no alcohol, drugs, gambling, illegal actions whatsoever, and at a distance, they looked like hard working law abiding people with a well kept home, home cooking, clean and decently dressed children. My father...

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go Prov 22:24 I think that settles it. If you are able to avoid him that is. If you meet him in the street it is different.