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Do you understand it was Abraham's FAITH that was counted to him for righteousness? Not his works, not his righteousness that was counted. His works wrought with his FAITH. Understand that he worked righteousness because of his faith, because he believed God - not apart from faith. Same with...

It's true there is often self-righteousness in the camp. That is due to the flesh, walking in the flesh, and can be due to spiritual immaturity. If that can be true of the saved, how much more the un-saved who don't know anything but the flesh? I guess it takes discernment to perceive the...

I agree. But are you addressing me literally, or just getting a preach on and addressing anyone in general to whom it applies? ;) I wasn't advocating law-keeping.

Yes....unfortunately that is the way that seemeth right to man but leads to death.....wisdom of the world and flesh, not God's wisdom. People believing they are righteous and in good standing because of their own righteousness rather than submitting to the righteousness of Christ. Sounds...

The use of the word mark in those first two instances you posted just means to take note of. Not the same Greek word as mark in other instances such as mark of the beast, or seal. Regarding sabbaths.........could it be that it's what the sabbath means symbolically that is the mark/seal of...

According to the bible, scriptures you posted, it is the Holy Spirit that seals/marks us to God (a seal is defined as a mark). That is the Spirit we received when we believed.......as opposed to receiving the spirit of the world. It seems reasonable to understand that the mark of the beast is...

Bless you brother and thank you for the encouragement....I sure do need it right now! Blessings.

It's not about critical thinking as much as letting the scriptures inform our thinking, I believe brother. I see the bible as being a spiritual book speaking spiritual things, much more than just being a book of one dimensional historical facts. So Israel being judged and suffering the wrath...

Jesus was speaking to His own when He said broad is the way that leads to destruction and few there be that find the narrow path that leads to life. Where the OT says though the number of the Israelites be as the sands of the sea only a remnant will be saved......I believe goes for the church as...

Very true - but consider whether it also portrays and prophesies the pattern/example that the church will take. And whether, like Israel, in the end only a remnant will be saved.

I agree that many of the prophecies of the coming wrath were to the Jew and Jerusalem first, and many kind of miss or skip over that. But also to the Gentile according to these passages: 1Co 10:1-12 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were...

There are so many teachers/preachers who are going to have to give account for adding to or taking away from the word of God and leading others astray. We need to let the Holy Spirit illuminate the scriptures. The bible is so clear and unmistakable where it says to not let anyone judge (ie...

Amen...it's appalling and disturbing how they are trying to indoctrinate children in a wrong way. Those who don't know the Lord can't recognize and discern that what they are promoting is DARKNESS not light. They want to normalize something that just isn't normal but is a problem and vile...

Marriage for true Christians is a concession to the flesh... Paul wrote that it's better to marry than to burn. However it's preferable to be single and become a eunuch (manner of speaking) for the sake of the kingdom....IF someone can receive it as Jesus said and has the grace/gift to remain...

That may be true in a minority of cases due to gestational mix-ups in the womb. However it's apparent that you don't know how sin works (to begin with I'm surmising by your posts that you probably don't know Christ and no-one can understand these things without Him). Everyone follows the...

Amen. God's word is our navigational instrument...and He gave it to us for our good. He sure does know better than we do! Imagine what would happen if all the pilots in the world started to navigate their planes in ways that seemeth right to them in the moment instead of by the...

Even apes and monkey socialize their offspring to the norms of their species for the sake of survival. The devil is seeking to socialize kids in a wrong way and thus destroy and cause chaos in the human race - he is against order and walking orderly because that brings blessing, while chaos and...

Amen. I have wondered if the flesh of men in particular instinctively knows that homosexuality is counter to the survival and continuance of the human herd and seeks to eradicate and cull it out so to speak. But in Christ we become or ought to be compassionate, no longer sowing to the flesh...

Homosexuality is not a normal variation - since God's word says otherwise. He created mankind, so I guess He would know don't you think? Normal is what He created it to be and says it is. Who are we to argue with our Creator? We're just teeny-tiny lumps of molecules with a very brief...

I don't know how "receiving the word" could NOT mean saving faith. That's the trouble really, people "trying" to harmonize the scriptures (aka wresting them) when they actually harmonize themselves as soon as we are rightly dividing them.