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The lack of boasting is by power from heaven to walk as Jesus walked. If we walk as mere humans...there is nothing to boast of. Of course if we compare ourselves with the wicked...then we might boast. But such a comparison doesn't take into consideration that God expects more from us who have...

And that's great. But a change in direction is not the same as the perfection that is in Christ. This is about scale. And this is about receiving with meekness the ingrafted word. We are not to esteem ourselves higher than we ought. By leaving room at the top we allow for advancement in the...

God does the reckoning upwardly ...we are only to reckon downwardly...we are dead. If we reckon ourselves upwardly that is self-righteousness. We NEVER reckon ourselves to be righteous...only dead. And the flesh hates the idea of death. But there is a secret here. We embrace our death so that...

But children are also very good at pretending. We don't need to appropriate righteousness for ourselves to feel secure. God watches over us all. To go by what the scriptures are saying is good...I do that very thing. What I won't do, however, is to appropriate the verses I like and reject the...

When the rich young ruler asked Jesus what he must do to INHERIT salvation...Jesus answered him...obey the commandments. I think there is a great confusion between being saved from our sins NOW (by faith OF Jesus Christ)...and inheriting eternal life with the meek and poor of this world.

And yet Peter says... But in every nation he that fears him, and works righteousness, is accepted with him. Acts 10:35 Is Peter talking about our accepting Christ or God accepting us?

Can a decent person inherit eternal life? Of course. God is merciful. No one can say who will be forgiven and who is condemned. We should never make assumptions one way or another. A righteous person doesn't consider themselves to be righteous. So then humility is key. But someone who rejects...

Amen. And as long as we subordinate everything to the truth, in all humility...we may arrive at least at something beneficial to us as individuals. We tend to see things according to our experiences. Faith demands that we take things beyond what we have seen or experienced...but how can we be...

You have to realize that these are not first time responses. Often on these threads its the same people relating the same things over and over again. When someone is stuck on something...I try...as politely as I can...to bring the seriousness of the subject to that person's attention...without...

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In the OT, it was on the people to "circumcise" themselves to the Lord. Even in the OT, however, there was prophesied a time where God Himself would do the crucifying... (Deuteronomy alludes to the future NEW covenant.) Deut. 30:6 And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart...

Hi Wynona! I don't think we get a chance to exchange ideas too often! :) The Light from heaven EXPOSES us...otherwise we would never repent. So then a doctrine that has God covering up our sins is not one that is based on the light of God. God is the one that crucifies our outer man...as we...

Zach. 5:1 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. (scroll) 2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. 3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that...

The epidemic we have in the church is that people pretend to play...they are smug because they think any advancement is based on "works". They are against practicing and being open...because they have been told they are as good as they ever will be. For a few, this will work out...as they will...

It's still the truth...but things have been taken away. Like the warning at the end to not take away from the prophecies of the word. it wouldn't be called small if it was the full version. Just like the sample of grace is not the whole measure.

But who would impute the mastery of Chopin to a beginner who can only play "chopsticks"? The point is not that we learn...the problem is that people impute righteousness to themselves. Everybody is claiming to be as good as Chopin but hardly anyone can play. Although, there is a lot of...

Have you seen the Blues Brothers movie? There's a certain country gig where the band is behind a wire cage....the reason? The audience keeps chucking things at the band if they don't like the song being played. I see the forum being like this. There are certain posters who think themselves to...

This is an interesting observation David. A final warning before the end from someone who received the prophecy directly from the Lord.

I see it as a part of the truth...but incomplete hence the smallness of the book. When people pick and choose preferred verses but omit the lion-share of the bible they don't like...it makes for a "little book." Half-truths and assumptions based on those half-truths. So then to the one who is...

IS your opinion that valuable? And BTW...I didn't yet comment on the OP of this thread. I just posted scripture verses and asked a few questions. Perhaps you mean to say that actually reading the biblical account has cleared things up in your own mind? Or not? Care to comment?