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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    Luke 14:30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. 31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? 32 Or else, while the other is...
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    That's the point! In Him is no sin. All the excuses are just religious mumbo-jumbo. When the standard is so high you better be sure that you are not claiming to be more than you are. If a king with 10,000 is to meet another king with 20,000...doesn't he try to make conditions of peace knowing...
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    1 John 2:6 He that saith he abides in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    A nice rant. Now do one against the religious fundamentalist exclusivist hypocrites who stop others from entering the kingdom they themselves are also not entering into. Show some balance. That is..unless....
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    I won't Yes. I guess you could crawl there. You have made reading the bible and claiming things as if it was based on law. Grace is not found in a book...law is. Grace is the power from heaven to walk as Jesus walked...in His eternal rest. The power of God (grace) is not found by reading...
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    Precious. Thank you. I have gently prompted those who trust in religion to trust in Christ. Mirror.
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    You walk that tightrope if you want. I see this as very simple. Faith, love and comfort in the inner man. The fear of God in the outer man. The fact that you can't distinguish between them....always using a religious certainty to combat the truth you don't understand...,means you are indeed...
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    Yes, even for believers. Eternal life is to walk as Jesus walked without sin. Or, it can be an inheritance after judgment day. Few know that there is a difference..hence all the bad doctrine. It's impossible. That's right. We don't belong to God unless we are in Christ. This is what I ask...
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    Religious certainty is as strong as any narcotic. It gets in the way of biblical faith. The Pharisees were just as certain as you are...and from exactly the same kind of outer man belief. Of course, the religious person will say that their beliefs are much better than other kinds. They ALL say...
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    There are two kinds of religious nuts. There are the exclusivists ("all are going to hell except you and me and I'm not so sure about you"). These are the Pharisees..the kind of fundamentalists that kills the prophets of God and put Jesus on the cross. These are enemies of righteousness. These...
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    At what age are we to condemn people of other religions to hell?

    Of course. To enter into fellowship with God we go through Christ. But this is so often mixed up with God's mercy on judgment day for salvation among the nations. I don't think people really see the difference between the Bride and the guests. I suggest for people to GO to a wedding...and then...
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    At what age are we to condemn people of other religions to hell?

    And applied by whom? Religious self-interest groups? Is it "For God so hated the world that whoever didn't claim to believe in Him would perish for ever in hell??" The superficiality of the modern churches has necessitated the casting away of mercy as it blindly condemns whatever is beyond the...
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    This is about the perfection in Christ.....on a purity level. On that level one has the mind of Christ...but not the maturity that goes along with withstanding all the wiles of the devil. That takes experience...and having come through trials and tribulations. There is no half-perfection of...
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    A logical fallacy. The perfect are called that because they have attained. Why do you twist around the bible to fit your doctrine? You are barking up the wrong tree. Don't confuse the perfection of abiding in Christ with a human maturity.
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    Moses, are you right? Are you not doing that very thing by diminishing Paul on the one hand with me...then raising him up as an idol to support someone who thinks Paul was always perfect? Do you see how your own logical fallacies show a motive in you that uses lies and obfuscations to prop up...
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    Call me Epi for short. Amen...not beyond what is written...but also not LIMITING what is written and filtering that through a carnally religious mind. Wouldn't you agree? If we are afraid to go beyond the limits of sinful flesh....then we will never arrive at abiding in Christ. Wouldn't you...
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    Always test a warm bottle on your arm before putting it to your lips. Lips are very sensitive.
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    You need to talk to the "Grateful" lady' She thought I had destroyed her entire religion..causing a cosmic shift in the order in the universe because I intimated that Paul was not ALWAYS in the Spirit. Find her among the cribs...if you can escape yours. She never listens to me. I think I scare her
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    But you forgot to move beyond having beliefs about Jesus and pointing to the cross. GO to the cross. There is ONLY ONE gospel...so you are inventing something in your own head...a very muddled head at that. I teach what the bible teaches. Righteousness is by and faith and/or works. If you...
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    It's not just his opinion. Paul had the maturity and authority to speak of what he knows. Do you realize that a mechanic can explain how a car works even when there is no car present????? You will ask? How can he do that? Well, he has done is before so he actually understands what's going on...