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  1. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    I would do better than you think...because I know how Jews think. And I know the MSS. I can show the different levels of righteousness in the Torah. I can show how Christians, for the most part, have no understanding whatsover about righteousness...on any level...mixing everything up. And the...
  2. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    God also gave us martyrs. Does that mean that God hated His saints so much that He put them to death? You are not seeing the difference between the COUNSEL of God and the wrath of God. Does God want us to die for the sake of Christ? Yes. But is it God's wrath on us? No. God wants what is good in...
  3. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    Lexham Septuagint. But check out the Hebrew in the MSS...It says the very same thing. So it was those reformers that obscured the text. Do you know how to read this? The MSS says... בְּדַעְתּוֹ יַצְדִּיק צַדִּיק עַבְדִּי, לָרַבִּים; וַעֲוֺנֹתָם, הוּא יִסְבֹּל. yes. But I don't agree with...
  4. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    God is building another level of righteousness on those with a righteous attitude. He builds the New Covenant on the Old....or as I have said...a second storey on a ground floor. That second storey...goes all the way to heaven! :) It's God praising time!
  5. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    See what I mean?
  6. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    Very bad reading...that supports wrong thinking. You who claim to be as righteous as God by wrong thinking also think that God was the One crucifying His own Son. But that is wrong. This is no doubt a waste of time for you...but for others.. Acts 2:23 "Him, being delivered by the determinate...
  7. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    Calvinism is championing only one aspect of God's ways (plural). The fact that I also understand OT righteousness...and not just the higher NT righteousness...is lost on people who react with the carnal emotions. Logic dictates that I can't be pegged into one religious ideology or the other. The...
  8. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    We will never be able to reach the Jews as long as we throw out a biblical understanding of righteousness. There are two testaments...each with its own standard of righteousness. The New is built on the OLD. It seems that neither the Jews nor modern believers understand the others idea of...
  9. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    You're saying that David was wrong. (I noticed you erased the sentence that condemned David...yea...not a wise move) And Ezekiel was also being a false witness? And that's just 2 citations from the bible you mock at. Why do you raise your emotional understanding above the bible? I could post...
  10. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    I'll repost this, since the truth gets washed out in carnal religious reactions... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are talking about OT righteousness. Before Jesus came to...
  11. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    You deflected my posting of scriptures. You did exactly what you said I did. If you were honest you would look at what I posted rather than post non-related indoctrination verses and then accuse me of ignoring your post. You need to learn what righteousness is... People love to be propped up in...
  12. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    You are reacting in an emotional way to what is written plainly and clearly in the bible. Address what the bible says...not deflect into something that you are fixated on...that ruins your understanding of deeper things. Do you believe that the bible comes from the inspired words from God?...or...
  13. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    Carnal reactions are never based on logic. It's emotional. The same goes for misinterpreting the bible. If it gives you are temporary "high" emotionally...and then that's it...you're hooked. And even if there are dozens of other verses that negate what you have bought into...that doesn't count...
  14. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    We are talking about OT righteousness. Before Jesus came to bring the higher walk in Him, based on a new kind of faith (the faith OF Christ) there was a common righteousness among the meek and God fearing. This is something the Jews understand very well...but people who come to God based on the...
  15. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    An outer man discernment...yes...the same one you have adopted now firmly. Edify each other in that... Tell each other how special you are to God. Ignore all the warnings in the bible about mollycoddling the flesh.
  16. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    You go from thread to thread looking for a religious outer man affirmation...and when you don't get it...you cry foul. That is your modus operandi. Start another thread where you can receive pats on the back. Maybe discuss how saved you are and such. You are NOT insterested in looking deeper in...
  17. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    Isn't there somebody on the forum called "Not me" ...I suggest you ask him.
  18. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    I know you can help yourself here...you want to claim it for yourself. But the Laodiceans did that very thing. Why not identify with being poor, naked, wretched, and blind,....????? The more you claim the riches of God ....when not walking in resurrection power...the more religious you...
  19. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    God is impressed by faith. Enoch impressed God so much that he was translated to be with the Lord then and there. But who is wondering why Enoch is used as an example of faith in the NT context? The righteous live by their faith. However, the holy live by the faith of Christ. Is it evil to...
  20. Episkopos

    What does it mean to be born again?

    The flesh? All I see from you is an apologetic for putting yourself at the forefront of the plan of God.