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That's faulty reasoning. A sample is holy so then the whole product is also holy. Having begun in the Spirit we are made complete in Him...in holiness. Why do you argue the firstfruits AGAINST the whole lump? You are not seeing God's purpose in giving us a sample of grace in order that we buy...

Living according to God's intent is righteousness, not holiness. Holiness is being present with the Lord where He is. Righteousness is based on behaviour/obedience to God's laws in the moment. Holiness is based on the presence of God in a moment by moment walk in an eternal life. The OT is...

Being grafted INTO the vine is what I'm trying to get people to understand. Believing INTO Christ to be where He is. Many see the sample of grace as the whole product. Jesus is not OUR offering. Jesus offered Himself up to the Father. You may have misappropriated something not meant for you to...

Have you read all the way to 1 John in your bible yet? There are actually 3 kinds of sin. Read the OT. chata-ah, pesha and avon. But since when did anything you type originate from the bible? :ummm:

As do Catholics. The early church only baptized in the name of Jesus. As in...there is no other name under heaven with which people are saved. At least in the bible that's what we see. The Holy Spirit was seen as a power from heaven.

Are you the guy that decides who is consigned to the fire? I see your ways...judgmental, and religious, just like the ecclesiastical doctrines you are conditioned to. Are you the trinity? Is it blasphemy to correct you in your obvious misunderstanding? Do as you wish...judge away. You...

Not so. You are undoubtedly a uni-lingual English speaker. So you don't know about gender in other languages. If you would become less ignorant about this I can help you. :) In Greek autos can mean either "he" or "it". In Greek the word "spirit" is masculine in gender..... The same thing...

Only an indoctrination can be so certain of what is not found in the bible. The Jews rejected Jesus as God. But when in all the OT did the Jews think that the Spirit of God was a separate Being than God? God is Spirit. God is ONE Spirit. Read your bible to see how many Spirits are in God. Is the...

As false as can be. The Holy Spirit is not progressively holy. The Spirit of God is holy. This might be a brain strain to some. And you are adding words to the bible...just like Luther did. There is no such thing as a "positional' (ie false) holiness. That's Gnosticism. Bono sang a lyric...

The Holy Spirit sanctifies people because the Spirit is...wait for......Holy! The problem arises for people who think the Holy Spirit is only partially holy...or else the Holy Spirit is happy to live with sin...so they can claim to have the Holy Spirit in a partial way....or have a partially...

That ARE sanctified. Correct. There is no process of sanctification. There is no mixture in holiness. Either one is holy or not. A little leaven leavens the whole batch. I don't know why this is never understood. Perhaps because so few have ever experienced holiness. Holiness is about...

Merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream. :musicn2:

Only when you limit God to your own experience. You deny the written word, instead interpreting it to satisfy your religious aspirations. Does the blood of Jesus cleanse us from SOME sin (or all sin). In Him is SOME sin (or no sin). We actually reveal our experience with God by how we either...

All this obsession with salvation. The bible uses sozo to mean more than that. Normally it means to make well or preserve. The jailer thought that he would be put to death for letting the prisoners out. Paul assured him that he and his family would be spared (not eternal saved) by trusting in...

This is so. The Jews never would have dreamed to make God's Spirit into a separate person than Himself. As Paul says...is the spirit of a man different from a man?

But people tend to resist the love of God as it rebukes and chastens them. It's like the Sting lyric that says...like a fish caught in dry land trying to avoid any helping hand.

Amen. My purpose is always to exhort people to go deeper into Christ. Too many are in Christ but only superficially...they're still in Jesus's mouth...not swallowed yet...therefore they can be spit out. (Laodiceans). Naturally the flesh will react against the truth. But to be fully clothed in...

The irony! :ummm:

The doctrine so many espouse is so poor and self-serving. No fear of the Lord, just a smug self-assurance based on a self-confirmation. And to top it off they say that I'm the one with wanky doctrine. The nerve. Ah, but the bible says that in these times that sound doctrine would not be endured...

You mean "bible Jesus." Remember that many will say Lord Lord. Now's your chance to get it right. Will you? No way. You don't understand the gospel at all. Read the Exodus story and learn how God sees things. Did He hate the Jews? Why did He condemn them? Does he love spoiled rich Westerners...