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And this letter of the law is fulfilled as we walk in the new life that is in Christ according to the standard of the New Covenant which is by grace. We need to have the law related perfectly (in the letter) in order to see how the life afforded to us by grace is able to fulfill it. No more need...

I'm responding to this post because it is honest and a good comparison. We don't see such clear thinking very often here. :) The OT is about righteousness...doing what is right with what we have been given. God doesn't judge us against what we have not been given. Now each of us has a will in...

We don't decide to be a witness of God...He does. Imagine volunteering to be a witness in a trial. Now, you will be asked what you have seen. If you answer, "well, I just wanted to be a witness..although I have seen nothing." What kind of witness would that make you? "You shall not bear false...

This is just plain wrong..and you are missing what saves the soul. You are mixing up spirit and soul. Salvation is NOT Jesus on the cross. It is Jesus resurrected. There is a big difference between a religion of death...that SO many cling to....and the spiritual resurrection walk that is...

You have understood half the mystery...but you are missing a fundamental, if subtle, difference between being in Christ and abiding in Christ. Those who are in Christ can still be rejected...not so those who abide in Christ. Notice these verses... John 15:1 "I am the true vine, and my Father...

You need to not only take the NT seriously, you need to actually read its contents. Anybody who thinks they will be judged according to their beliefs is indoctrinated by false preachers...and does NOT read the Bible for what it says. Before you try instructing others...and bringing...

You are funny. :) Maybe if you read your bible...?? I'll open mine... "Who will render to every man according to his deeds:" Rom. 2:6 "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it...

Are you saying that you will soon be getting baptized in the Spirit?

It boggles the mind to consider where all this false teaching is coming from. Modern religious people will speak DIRECTLY against the Bible (denying that we will be judged by our works not our religious presumptions) in order to formulate an ideology that is strictly prohibited in the Bible. No...

Yes He did. But you are missing the scale of what Jesus is speaking about. The next step after the righteousness of the Pharisees is not the righteousness of God. You give the Pharisees way too much credit. The next step is to be honest, be humble and fear the Lord. All these things the...

What I see in all these debates is a fundamental lack of understanding of God's ways and the nature of the kingdom of God. EVERYTHING in God's order has a ranking. Without ranking everything would be the same. God would be no greater than us..or else only slightly so. The idea of co-equality...

Who is in fact playing a numbers game? The New Testament is about the coming of Christ and the revelation of Christ. How many testaments do we need to reveal the duality of God? 1+1= 2 What we see is an avoidance of this simple formula that explains the GodHead. People are told to either see...

The simplicity spoken about by Paul is not what you think. Older translations don't use words the same way we do. And that tends to confuse the ones who already have certain ideas. Here is the Greek word and its meaning (simplicity) ἁπλότης haplotēs hap-lot'-ace From G573; singleness, that...

Both the grace and the faith are gifts of God. We can receive grace by our own faith at the beginning as a sample of God's goodness. But to get the full measure of grace we will need a greater source of faith...the faith OF Christ. Jesus said that even the tiniest amount of faith (NT faith...

The Holy Ghost said... The Bible was written by inspiration of the Holy Ghost. Why doesn't it say that men wrote it? The words are God-breathed. Now, in a meeting where people are present and one of them speaks by the Spirit...we don't name the person who spoke it as it is from the Spirit...

We need all the parts of the Body to be connected and functioning together. Some of the gifts are catalyst gifts. Like apostles and prophets for believers...and evangelists for unbelievers. Without these gifts...nothing gets going. Then there are the gifts that are meant to deepen the connection...

Corporate growth in grace does not preclude individual growth in grace...in fact one precludes the other. We need for some to seek the full measure of grace for the good of the whole Body. The full measure is putting on Christ...whose perfection we walk in as we are translated into the kingdom...

How can you be in a group that makes themselves exclusive to others based on a premise? If someone starts a group called "the faithful in Christ" and the "cleverly" asks others...are you part of the "faithful in Christ" ...meaning that if you do not belong to his group then you can't be...

Do you claim to know more about grace than Peter? "But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen." 2 Pet. 3:18 "Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord," 2 Pet. 1:2...

A physical building? No. Jesus established His church as a spiritual entity with spiritual life and authority. Seated in heavenly places WITH Christ. Any human temporal organization can claim to be the Lord's church. But there is a heavenly authority to consider...not just an ecclesiastical...