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I just believe what is written brother, I'm used to bible language and I guess that is really the only language I understand things in. The Lord teaches me very simply. You are imputing arrogance and smugness to everyone who believes in imputed righteousness. I certainly do not make Christ a...

It is the HOLY Spirit that indwells believers, yes? We receive it/Him when we come to faith. It is BY the HOLY Spirit that we even come to faith...it's His faith given to us through His Spirit that we are receiving, not of our own, that no man may boast. The HOLY Spirit within is what...

Sister, you are confusing me. Or maybe you are not understanding me. The underlined part is definitely aimed at anyone who believes we can stand in our own righteousness. But it was not meant maliciously.

That wasn't 'aimed' at anybody.....it just belonged with the next verse. You only really need to pay attention to what I underlined to understand my earlier post.

Maybe he mispoke then..? How can bad doctrine work for anyone?

Someone is basing a lot of what they say on a wrong belief that it's our own righteousness that is being imputed to us. 1Co 4:6 Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, “Do not go...

Oh my dear heaven.....before the Reformation there was CATHOLICISM. The very opposite of the simplicity of Christ....clergy laity schism for one thing that the apostle clearly said not to do. (And unfortunately the Reformation didn't do enough to return to the simplicity of Christ......but...

No, she is quite right and unfortunately brother, you are going against what is clearly scriptural: Rom 4:7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. And the exposing that God does with His light is to expose things in us that need changing....is only...

You are thinking too hard about these things brother. And remember in the bible the allegory of a wife/bride being covered with her husband's (Bridegroom's) garment, not of her own. This is why Ruth covered herself with Boaz's robe...she was offering herself to be his wife/bride. A husband...

There seems to be quite a bit of confusion here.... Jesus said, "Why do you call me good? There is no one good but God." Goodness, humility and all other virtues are fruits of Christ's SPIRIT within. NOT OF OUR OWN that no man may boast. All glory belongs to Jesus and that is why we will...

Nothing personal, but there has been an awful lot of twisting, accusation, assumptions and above all CONFUSION to do with this topic from first I saw it, goodness. Complicating what is beautiful and simple when the Holy Spirit simply illuminates it. God is not the author of confusion...

But brother, you're comparing apples to oranges to begin with since most Catholics aren't born again. And the Spanish Inquisition and Crusades sure didn't appear very humble. Unfortunately their churches are spiritually dead and the gospel doesn't get preached in the vast majority of them...

Yes, light that is already imputed and in us by faith in Christ. Pro 4:18 The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.

Well you already know that I believe that with God all things are possible and that we should be aiming for nothing less than the plumbline (who is Christ). But I'm curious to know what you think about some of the "religious mumbo-jumbo" of the Catholic church brother. I start to get concerned...

No, it's not religious, quite the opposite. Religion is what seeks to establish our own righteousness instead of submitting (yielding) to the righteousness of God/Christ. Christ is the cornerstone of our faith....the foundation that we are building on - His holy spirit and righteous nature...

I don't know Luther and what he believed or wrote (only snippets of what others say). I don't doubt there are those who would abuse that and many other verses of scripture. I can tell you that I don't misuse it or any other verse to justify anything sinful about me. And I have known many...

Pro 4:18 The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.

That is your assumption of everyone's motives brother. (There is a lot of assuming going on around here.) Haven't we already established and agreed that the fear of the Lord is spiritual and doesn't have to be a carnal logical thing. He doesn't need us to help by trying to make the truth...

It is speaking of forgiveness of sins and wiping the slate clean (our sins cast into the sea of forgetfulness). Dangerous to try rewording the bible in order to make it agree with our doctrines. It's written in prophetic spiritual language, kind of poetic....on purpose. There is no need to...

This just highlights the trouble with polls.....the polster gets to make up the questions and the wording of them. End up with misleading results.