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What scripture? No. The standard is not a flexible one. You think you can walk in your measure...but that is not the measure of Christ. Read more carefully...away from your self-interest. To walk as Jesus walked you need to...get this...walk as Jesus walked. Not how He didn't walk...as you...

Before becoming a Christian...or after? :ummm:

Don't confuse progression in righteousness with a progression in holiness. The bible talks about instruction in righteousness...but no one can be instructed in holiness. One is either holy or not. One is either abiding in Christ, or not. One is either walking free from sin, or else walking in...

The high calling is to become selfless as God is selfless...denying oneself. For us this means being stripped of self in order to be clothed with His life and power.

If we look at Gal. 2:16...we see a direct comparison between...Pistis Christou ...Christ-faith...and ergon nomos, law-works, or works of the law. The works belong to the law...although we can adopt them. Law-works The faith belongs to Christ...although we can walk IN Him (to walk as He...

I see the faith OF Christ as Christ-faith....or else Christlike faith. I have trouble so often with how words in the bible are translated willy-nilly...to make it more readable for the common man. But so often the meaning is lost. The faith of Christ Christ-faith We are to go from faith to...

This post begs the question. Were you once homeless? We can take a physical condition and misapply it to a spiritual condition. One can be poor in spirit without the need to beg for the necessities of life. This is not about a physical condition. In Hebrew the word for poor is also the word...

But He also uses people in the Body. Nobody is an island unto themselves. If we are not teachable, then we will be stunted in our growth. If we remain humble we can learn from anyone...especially those who are more advanced in the Christian life. Not for every individual. But in the Body...

How is it possible that born again believers...the Laodiceans ....could be SO deceived as to their true spiritual condition? They were in Christ but only superficially so. Still in the mouth...but not swallowed. Not yet abiding in Christ fully. Having the sample but without having gone to God...

The flesh wars against the Spirit and the Spirit wars against the flesh. walk in the Spirit and you will not do the lusts of the flesh...etc Though our outer man perish...our inner man is renewed day by day. (and that's not our bodies) A lot of verses in that regard.

The problem is in the soul...the outer man ego. When we are uplifted in our soul, we grow in pride and arrogance...or we do unless we have been broken before by an experience of the cross. The Spirit is uplifted...but the soul must remain humble. God gives grace to the humble. So we need to go...

As in...no longer I, but Christ? :)

Believing God or...naming and claiming positive sounding verses in a self-interested way? Do you believe Jesus when He says...you are poor, naked, wretched, and blind? Or do you turn away from Him? Why would you assume and presume ANYTHING from the bible without God's say so? Don't you realize...

Amen Amadeus. God is love. If we would only receive the gifts of God with meekness...not being opinionated...not backbiting, accusing, quarrelsome...as we know the flesh loves to do...THEN we would be given the kingdom as an inheritance. It is the Father's good pleasure to give us the kingdom...

Have you read the bible...really? It boggles the mind that you are stuck on a mental loop. I am following Christ...for real. A real Christ. A real God. Not an ideological premise. If anybody wants to enter into the kingdom they must sell all and buy the field. It's easy for you to disrespect...

yes. We are born into the race of faith. No. The work of Christ is a done deal...we don't need to acknowledge that in order to enter into Christ. Just like we don't need to acknowledge gravity in order to fall correctly. This is not about earning but surrendering. It costs us everything to be...

That's backward thinking. Which is easier..to name and claim something that Jesus did through self-interest...as if that was a virtue? Or else reject Christ and try becoming your own messiah? In your mind you think I have to reject Christ in order to seek God. But that is your dilemma, not mine...

Yes. The kingdom of God IS the Promised Land...to be where He is..to abide in the house of God....now and forever. The Exodus story is an example of the Christian walk. Entering into the Promised Land? Not so much, for those who have had prior experience in life. It seems too impossible for...

It costs Christ everything to give us ACCESS to the kingdom. Not any old Tom, Dick, or Harry can push his way in. That's why so many will be rejected. read the bible. Was your point about BUYING into the kingdom? Are you honest? Can you read the verses I posted? Or to agree with you do we have...

In Canada an immigrant has to have a certain amount of money to get landed immigrant status. Of course there is also the refugee method. In the kingdom of God there is a price to pay for the fulness of God. All of us for all of Him. Otherwise we can hope to be a refugee...the meek of the...