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OK. Fill yourself with the Spirit then. Just put on Christ along with a change of clothing. It must be within your own power to walk above your own power.

Misunderstandings have filled the churches with people who want to EXPLOIT God, not serve Him. God is selfless. Christ likeness is selfless. But people have been promised heaven for remaining "just as I am." The truth is that God loves us AWAY from what we are. But easy peasy grace (man...

Your story is missing the main point. That point is the car needs something called "human unobtainium" to gas it up. And nobody knows where to get it. You're supposed to just believe that somehow you can get the car there. In your story you make repentance and being crucified to be like a smug...

There is a reason why the church is filled with people at the same time enthusiastic AND going nowhere. They are unable to repent because of false doctrines having been received as truth. They have believed the big lie. They have no love for the truth. What is the big lie? False holiness. For...

Not if one understands His words. Jesus was speaking on more than one level...righteousness and holiness...just like the OT writings. Only those who understand both levels have any understanding. People tend to jumble up the levels so that neither righteousness nor holiness is being upheld...

You did say they were Catholics. I also had Catholic grandmothers. Quiet service...is not the gospel. Do you know what the high calling is? Do you assume you know more than your grandmothers when it comes to the deeper walk IN Christ? Could God be calling you to an equally quiet service?

So much for conceptual thought. ;) I think we need to sometimes look from a more general outlook as an overview of how we reason things out. Non thinkers say things like..."that's not in the bible". Because of a lack of understanding people will miss verse references that are simply worded in...

But neither were they trying to explain what salvation is to people. They probably were not interested in converting others or writing to forums such as these. There are many who live simple righteous lives. That's not what we are dealing with when we are trying to interpret the bible to make a...

The point of this thread is not to show exact examples, but to agree on the importance of clarity. If I was to use any example specifically the thread would spin off topic in a flash. For an example (which I did not want to bring up) The vague concept of what is saving faith. Another example...

Actually, I get my ideas by looking at the whole counsel of God. Look at the Laodicean church. It is the final church in the list in Revelation. Now compare the musings of that church with the musings of modern believers...and you get a perfect match! The imputing ideas are Luther's not mine...

How important is doctrinal clarity? Well, very important. People may not realize that doctrinal vagueness allows for putting an opinion above scripture. We see this ALL the time. How many critics use opinion whereas the scripture is clear if you allow for multiple reference points? On another...

OK Maybe you didn't get the gist of my musings. :) The foolish virgins were sure of their salvation...based on a doctrine that said they were as saved as they could be. Even though they were sinful they thought they had God's righteousness "inputed" to them ....when they didn't understand such...

Right back at you... “Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.”1 Tim. 4:16 LOL Right back at you. I suggest before posting to read what you are about to post to a mirror. Save yourself a lot of...

I had this thought that I thought to share with the forum. :) Imagine you had the choice between 3 things...a parachute, scuba gear, and a jug of water. And you made this choice without being told clearly what the situation you were in as to what you might need. So the one chooses a...

What works for you...being a good hearted person...may well be very damaging for another. That's how bad doctrines get perpetuated. The Reformation helped the few and condemned the many. It is like the healthy being able to survive on a bad diet...whereas the immune-compromised die because of...

Doctrinal purity helps to save people by not deviating them from the truth, as so many modern doctrines do. Bringing clarity to true doctrines brings light into the darkness. And that is what saves people. As for answering questions...I answer what I consider to be honest questions...not...

The error is thinking that God is not merciful apart from grace. The thief on the cross was received based on mercy not grace. The same applies to all who do right and fear the Lord. God's righteousness is not in us but ON us. It is a covering anointing. The Christ in us has to do with...

Not at all. I'm not pretending to be anything other than a brother. And you are free to consider what I say or not.

God doesn't hate the Jews. They fell in the wilderness and failed to enter into the Promised Land. And we are no better. Can we take a sample of grace and then justify ourselves without a true repentance and surrender to God...one that is accepted by Him?

If the way into life is narrow, and many try but few are able to enter in...where does that leave the many who believe they have been imputed to be on the same level as God in righteousness...without having entered in? But who's the us? Is every believer just like Paul or Christ? The vagueness...