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Amen, it takes two to tango. And I would say the fact alone that those men let their fellow man go free and only singled out the woman was hypocrisy in itself.

Well, thankfully dragging people to be stoned isn't what Amigo is about. That account in the bible is a lesson on mercy versus condemnation, it's not a lesson against shining a light on sin in the camp. They were about to have her stoned to death. Because that was the just penalty for...

Yes.... it is so sad to think of it, but I have wondered if the tares are being "bundled" together in these days. But people who refuse and reject the truth have a part in making themselves tares.......so if they would be humble to examine themselves, repent of sin, and seek the Lord for the...

I'm not a particularly bright sheep, was dumb for so long to the wiles of the devil and the true spiritual condition of the churches I had attended. One day many years ago the Lord was gracious to give me a little brief picture or vision of myself in a tiny little lifeboat which was tethered...

Amen....and those who can't see the similarities, could it have anything to do with that they don't know the word of God well enough to be able to compare what is happening in the church now with what the scriptures have set forth in the bible as examples for our admonition and warning?

Amen brother. Yes, it is a self-righteous "tolerance", not of God. So sad watching how churches are becoming more and more nominal. Friendship with the world is ENMITY with God. Come out from among them and be ye SEPARATE says the Lord. The church is losing its separateness and melding with...

Except the Pharisees were wrong-hearted and hypocritical. Don't you know we're in a war for souls? The devil is playing for keeps, this is not a drill. The church in general is being deceived and heading in a wrong direction that is leading them off a cliff. It's losing its saltiness in...

Amen. And that Phil 3 passage does not give me the sense of expecting to achieve or arrive at the destination in this life....quite the opposite. It ain't over til it's over. I don't dismiss the idea of what some call a second blessing or deeper surrender, though I haven't experienced that...

Yes, that's in the bible. Sister, I don't want to argue the Holy Spirit VERSUS the living word of God as handed down to us by holy men of God. There is no "versus" here because the two AGREE. It is not a case of one over the other. You know, when I ask the Lord about something that I'm...

Don't disagree with all of this in principle, but where some of us differ in particular is that we have different ideas of what constitutes delusion/deception. Epi thinks it's delusional to believe the wonderful graces (ie, free unearned, undeserved gifts) that the cross of Christ has so...

May I ask, what do you make of these scriptures below? 1Pe 4:17-18 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the END be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly...

Amen. Unbelief is sin, it is not righteousness.....and the bible says they are condemned already who don't believe in the Son of God. I think nobody can keep up with this or stop it.......since it is God's judgment on the world and worldly church that has and is being infiltrated by the...

There is no competition between the Holy Spirit and the word of God......they agree....the Spirit and the word agree......we need both. Two witnesses are needed to establish the truth, as scripture itself testifies. Bible also says the scriptures are able to make us wise unto salvation. They...

Yes, from heaven's point of view, I believe. What if that is God declaring the end from the beginning? What if He is calling those things that be not as though they are? There are gracious promises laid up for us in heaven, in the spirit, and now we are in a race striving to apprehend what...

Hmmm.....think we grow by overcoming little by little......if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. I have come to believe that repentance is the best kept secret in Christendom, sadly! It's such an important key. Even in...

Sister, I would like to ask if you have any thoughts about repentance with regard to this whole topic. It occurs to me that repentance is needed to receive/enter into the second blessing that you mentioned....much like the first, only deeper....? And if so, I imagine repentance would be needed...

Yes, it's unfortunate........I could have very much enjoyed looking into this topic, but when the OP started out with calling God's people delusional, it was ruined from the start. What did John say, if you don't have love for the brethren you don't have God..? 1Co 13:2 And though I have the...

Bible says that "GREAT grace was upon them all" in the beginning. Yes, a kick-start to get things going, or a rocket boost as I think of it. Plus the fact that the early church was "born" into an environment where there was a cost to count and persecution right from the beginning probably...

I agree....that the first covenant can be seen as a foreshadowing or figure for a first "level" of a born again believer...we are like children being tutored to Christ, ie, to "gain Christ" like Paul wrote, often through the frustration of not being always able to live up to God's standard. I...

Just want to put a couple of thoughts on the table. I think of dying to self to be just a manner of speaking in a Christian context. Good to be cautious, though in this case I don't think this is the same as the Buddhist idea of annihilation. False religions do often have some bits and...