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The bible contains 2 levels or covenants. The first is according to righteousness... (Read Ez. chapters 18 and 33 for particulars)...and the New Testament is according to holiness...to walk as Jesus walked. Both together are known as God's ways or paths. The way of righteousness and the way of...

Correction: the unbelievers among His people are condemned...not people who have not had the opportunity to know the Lord.

The narrow gate is actually entering INTO Jesus (the doorway into eternal life and reality) so as to walk as He walked...without spot or wrinkle of sin. If that was the only standard of salvation then most believers could not be saved seeing that many will TRY or SEEK to enter in and be unable...

There are two levels or standards that are according to God's ways (plural). Now most people do NOT know God's ways and because of this will through ignorance pit one level against the other. Because the New Testament is really only concerned with the higher walk in Christ, there is a tendency...

This is you simply denying the power of God. You see ANY success..that has the power over sin ...as self effort...because you have not yet known the power of Christ in your life. Let the truth sink in deeper into the inner man rather than imprisoning it in the shallow opinions and religious...

Do we not all fall short of God's standard? By grace we fulfill that standard. However, most people will indeed fall short of holding onto that grace. Falling from grace is not the terrible thing that people make it to be. A baby takes steps and falls when he is learning to walk. Falling down...

Spiritual things are judged by those who know the way of the Spirit. Those who don't know the "Way" will forever quibble over who is right and who is wrong. People are a mixture of both good and bad...so it is to be expected that whatever is created by and approved by men will reflect that same...

What is right is what brings life...what edifies the INNER man. The outer man is satisfied with sensual things...sights, smells, sounds. What becomes tradition is what is seen as working with carnal people rather than follow the Apostolic tradition that nurtures spiritual life. So to be...

This is hilarious. I suppose Paul being seated in heavenly places IS transferable? Being crucified with Christ? The modern false gospel transfers whatever sounds good to itching ears.

Sinners sin no matter how deceived they are to believe otherwise. The grace of God overcomes sin....in truth...not just in a false religious doctrinal bent. So you have been deceived by the teachings of men. Men are powerless...and the false gospel is also powerless. Righteous is as righteous...

There is a basic dishonesty with Western believers. On the one hand they will say that to stop sinning means only to stop a LIFESTYLE of sin...because they don't believe in resurrection life that overcomes ALL sin. So that is unbelief in the gospel in itself. But then these same deniers will...

Exactly right. The Gentiles have mainly NOT learned anything from the biblical narrative and history. Are we better than the Jews who came before us? Only in our prideful delusions. Our collective pride in being chosen for grace has fooled us into thinking that we are better than those who were...

Is. 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! 22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and...

The blood of Jesus is the LIFE of Jesus. Jesus is alive. There are many who would have Jesus to remain dead on the cross....but He is alive. Partaking of the blood of Jesus is to partake of the life of Jesus. If we abide in Christ the blood of Jesus (life) cleanses us from all sin. Walking in...

You said...Christ on the Cross to become your WAY TO GOD....but then when I suggest to do that very thing...you call it being saved by works. You are trying to avoid God, avoid reality and avoid the victory of Christ...and then calling that salvation. What kind of salvation tries to avoid going...

Jesus paid a great cost to give us access to the initial grace that changes our hearts...as a gift! In return...if we are to be His disciples, we in turn pay the price of being a "living sacrifice" in order that we be conformed to Christ in our minds and behaviour. So then God comes to...

Redefining sin is not the same as overcoming it. There is no reward for redefinitions...but only for overcoming. Those who redefine will be under severe judgment. The gospel is the power over sin..not the human dishonesty of redefining sin. It is a great crime...and shows a criminal mind...to do...

Reality check: anyone who sins is a sinner. Jesus said that all who sin are a slave of sin. Is what Jesus says of any importance to you? Or does your idea of grace cancel out truth and reality? Grace (in its full measure) is actually the empowering of God's Spirit to walk as Jesus walked. The...

This post hits an 11 on the confusion scale. The logic here is a jumbled mess. The OP is about an effort to stop sinning. Obviously, if Jesus says to sin no more (whether perfection is being advocated is not the question) meaning to make an effort of SOME kind. So that is a strawman argument...

Jesus said..."sin no more"... but it flies in the face of the Calvinist viewpoint so the words of Jesus are ignored. There's a lot of that going on. We are to obey the commandments of God by ALL means...whatever is available. If we have received God's grace then we never have to sin again. But...