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EXACTLY! :) We can agree at least on that.

Being ignorant of God's ways doesn't have to be a slight on a person...but you take it that way because of where you live from...the outer man. Now the outer man in you will rise up to defend and deflect. Anybody with an ounce of discernment would call you out on it. So you are mainly safe in...

You make everything about you...and that is exactly the kind of person that is open for indoctrination. You refuse to actually look at the biblical arguments I am presenting...logical arguments founded on the WHOLE counsel of God not just a statement of faith found in some cultic denomination...

of course the opposite is true. The problem is when people justify themselves by their beliefs. The modern doctrines are cleverly evil...they MAKE you become self-righteous in order to part of their group. They make you claim to be righteous because of your doctrinal stance. If you don't do that...

Now you are equating and confusing faith with Covenant. No mention of covenant in regards to faith in the passages you posted. Look, it takes a real honesty to see the truth. If you wish to remain as you are then that's fine. You should leave it at that and not try to make lame connections in...

No...it is the faith OF Christ...notice the little word...of. I have already explained elsewhere that we can believe ON Jesus or INTO Jesus. The text in Romans 4 is about who will inhabit the NATIONS...not the New Jerusalem. The faith of Abraham is NOT the faith of Christ. We were held by the...

We are justified by faith...of course. What you are missing here is the level of justification being addressed. It is an evangelical fiction to add in here..."shall be imputed the righteousness of God..." (emphasis mine here...and a mistaken assumption by those who add to the words from God)...

Gal. 2:20 has become one of those "name it claim it" verses that people adopt for themselves in order to ignore its significance. The meaning is lost when a verse becomes popularized by religious interests. It is the best way to hide a difficult truth. Paul did not say..."I am creating a new...

This is good...but it is a standard that is below being crucified with Christ. We are indeed to be weaned of the flesh gradually when we are NOT walking in the death and resurrection of Christ. Crucifixion is not a process...it is an event. But weaning is a process...one that brings us to the...

We need help in surrendering all. We don't know how to choke out our own life. We go to God with what we have and are in submission to His will. Few will be able to enter into the Kingdom walk...very few...for reasons that God knows. But we can remain open to His corrections and directions in...

I am speaking of the cross of Christ...being crucified with Him in the outer man...the husk or shell around the inner man that is carnal. No one can walk in the Spirit unless their outer man is taken out of the way...otherwise they will walk in the power and covering of the flesh. Circumcision...

Actually the gift of righteousness is given when a person pays the full cost of entering into Christ. The initial grace is a gift that gets the ball rolling so to speak. We are talking about the Kingdom of God here. We receive an initial grace as a sample of the full righteousness of...

Agree with the process of being made a saint. :) However no one can ever have God's righteousness "imputed" to them. It is God's righteousness not ours. We can be "covered" by His righteousness but ONLY as we abide IN Him. We come UNDER (the covering of) grace in this way. Being declared...

We are a living soul. The spirit in us is only a container...and that spirit returns to God. The purpose of being regenerated in the spirit is that the life break out into the soul to the saving of the soul. If we sin, then we are sinners. Whoever sins is a slave to sin. Trying to make excuses...

There are many dualities in the Bible and being under the law is no exception: When Paul said that he was no longer "under the law" he meant the law of Moses...the law serving as a "covering" until Christ came. He then exchanged his old covering for that of being in Christ...covered by the...

Of course human righteousness falls short. No one is saying otherwise. Windows are used in houses. But you can't make a house entirely of windows. But a house without windows is more like a prison than a house. So windows are desirable. Only a convict would argue against the importance of...

A better rendering would be..."There is perfection to the limit that I (am able to) see, so greatly broad (are) your commandments." (my translation)

We build on God...and God builds on us. God does not build on Himself. If God didn't build on us...then the building would be apart from us. You are mixing metaphors and confusing the issue. The foundation is Christ but the location of that foundation is in us. We are the ground that the...

You are confusing sin and righteousness. Righteousness is a good thing. Imagine the level of error it takes to make good bad and bad good. Now consider how you have been indoctrinated to ignore the majority of scripture because of a few misapplied proof texts that sound right in a bad context...

Again, you are not seeing that the law that Paul is referring to is Judaism. You need more than just looking at words in verses to understand the truth. The bible was written from life and eternal reality. Paul escaped from the Mosaic law...not God's law. The New Covenant needs the Old Covenant...