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Once people have accepted a lie that seems to benefit the flesh....it becomes very difficult to repent towards something that brings loss to the flesh. So the carnal remain carnal and refuse to repent. They hold to what edifies the rebellious part of them. They revel in riches and increase and...

God stated in the OT that He was going to do something new...novel. Something different. A change of level. So the stakes were raised. What God accomplished was adding a new level to an existing structure. The NT is built on the OT. With the NT we go from law to grace....from righteousness to...

There's what we do...and then there is what God does...the election of grace. God translates people into His realm...or not. Paul was trying to win Christ by appreciating just how far beyond us God is. It was in embracing his own weakness that God gave him strength through His grace.

In the OT we read that Abraham was imputed (attributed) with having righteousness by faith. We read... Gen. 15:6 "And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness." What kind of righteousness was that? It was human righteousness. Abraham grasped that God could do...

In the OT we see a temple holiness....a place, clothing, rites....all EXTERNAL things. Just as the law was a place marker for righteousness, so was the temple a place marker for holiness. But now holiness (true holiness) is entered into by being IN the eternal realm...by putting on Christ. When...

It is an error people make that in the NT we can make ourselves holy through our own efforts in avoiding sin. We are ONLY made holy by putting on Christ and HIS perfection. There is NO sin (no spot or wrinkle) in holiness. Unfortunately an offbeat monk named Luther has convinced religious people...

Yes, plural. It should be remembered that OT holiness is NOT the same as NT holiness. This statement... "You see, we can do righteous works without being holy. But if you are holy, you will do righteous works. {eoa}" This statement is true....however one must raise the bar for it to be true in...

We are to enter into His gates with thanksgiving. Are we to enter in and never go out? We are to enter into the gate of the Lord. In the OT this has to do with temple worship. But in the NT it is entering INTO Christ to walk as He walked. We can only remain there as we learn to grow into the...

Amen once again and thank you for the quote. :) Yes, the cost of the pearl of great price. We only find (or are found of) the Lord when we seek with ALL our heart. Peace and blessings <><

Death is necessary to unlock the life...but it is not the death of Jesus that saves us...but His resurrection. Just like it isn't our beliefs in Christ that justify us but walking in His resurrection life. Jesus died for the sins of the whole world whether we like it or not. But He was RAISED...

Amen! I hope you don't mind if I use your quoted sentence in an upcoming publication! :) One small point. Our perfection is only found as we abide in Him...having been crucified in the outer man. (Not the Old Man as He is dead through the new birth in the Spirit) The Old Man...I see as the...

Great comments Lizbeth...I was particularly struck by this you wrote... "Until then we're really building on top of the carnal nature, not the foundation of Christ, and that's what makes us "religious" and unloving, judgmental, suspicious of others, etc." We are to build on our childlike inner...

An important foundation in understanding the deeper implications of who Jesus is and what He came to accomplish. Are we walking in the 4th dimension of a spiritual kingdom realm in eternal life? Or have we gone the other way and reduced our walk to a 2 dimensional dogmatic level where we see...

Most believers will never walk in the Spirit. This idea of a "saved" status has destroyed the race of faith for many. People are now taught that entering into the wilderness walk (by an initial grace) is all there is...no Promised Land on this side of eternity. Only those who are called by God...

Jesus said that very few would be able to enter into the narrow way and walk the narrow path. Of course, that doesn't make much sense to the modern believer since most people walk in their own power and just claim that they are doing so on a level that is equivalent with the very righteousness...

The Bible says..."work out your own salvation with fear and trembling?" Phil. 2:12 Also that we can be cut as easily or more easily than the Israelites in the wilderness...who were almost all rejected. "For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee." Rom...

1. Jesus died for the sins of the whole world. 2. He became the sin of ALL men. 3. The only way that you are making that about you is merely to CLAIM it is for you personally 4. That puts you as the one who decides you are saved. The truth is that receiving the gift of grace gives you the power...

Actually, not so much. In between the words for THE (article) faithful and THE (article) saints is the conjunction "kai" which means "and". We are called to be saints...as in, the high calling. But we can be faithful in what God has given to us. Not only the saints are saved. These are...

This without question. Whoever GOD makes clean is clean. However, in your scheme you would have being made clean by people rather than God. There is a big difference between being made clean by God and being made clean by our own decision to believe or not. Notice what you wrote..."See, every...