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Truly the promised land is found in Jesus Christ. And we need to seek to enter into Christ...to win Christ. Intellectual certainty doesn't bring resurrection power. Religious opinions have no strength that enables one to enter the kingdom realm. There is a true entering in. That is the high...

I think bringing in a "saved" status brings in more problems than it is supposed to fix. I see life as a journey and the Christian calling as a race. We are saved if we remain faithful till the end. So I don't see any kind of a finish before the end. So having stated that...we are working...

“That there has been over the last half a century a steady decline in the spiritual quality of Christian religion in America, no informed person will attempt to deny. I am not speaking of liberalism or modernism but of that evangelical wing of Christianity to which I myself belong by theological...

Persecution. But that's not going to happen unless at least part of the church comes to life. Otherwise why bother the dead and sleeping? What causes the 10 virgins to awaken? And isn't it already too late for the foolish ones...who never purchased the whole product (just the free stuff) to...

The problem doesn't lie with the wonderful provision of the true gospel. It's that people neglect so great a salvation because they are unwilling to pay the price. So people will settle for just the free and easy stuff....and ignore the full measure of grace. These will claim to have all the...

There is only one kingdom of God. There is only one Holy Spirit. There is One God. So you can explain things in different ways, using different cultural approaches. But there is only one truth.

This is but a reflection of what has been happening with the American church as a result of the American gospel and American Jesus. The church needs to get honest and humble itself. God resists they who consider themselves as the greatest.

Once forgiven always forgiven? That is totally unreasonable. We are warned...the wages of sin is death. Just because it's not death the very first time doesn't give any reasonable person cause to see the kingdom of God like it's Club Med. You reap as you sow. Christians are not exempt from the...

Just bury that talent. Don't serve God whatever you do.

Moses is now an unbeliever? And Joshua and Caleb? Can you say grasping at straws? You twist and obfuscate in order to avoid admitting anything truthful. All the people were saved that died in the wilderness. Are you going to deny that they were God's people that He miraculously saved through...

So let's break it down further. Please read the whole post.... ;) We are justified both by faith and by works. James 2:24 You see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. Paul never said that a man cannot be justified by works. He was saying that there is a...

This is good. It works on one level. And it is a working understanding that can yield good fruit. As long as it is realized that each of your categories has a double-edge. There is a righteousness side and a holiness side to each. The publican was justified by God because he was honest...not...

It is wise to consider just how much of the gospel we believe in is culturally American...or Western...and how much is heavenly and eternal and biblical in nature. Do people really walk in resurrection power...or just the flesh that has been indoctrinated to accept and defend a religious...

These are just words. Few people will ever walk in the Spirit in our day. People now prefer fables to the truth. Indoctrination makes a philosophy and a vain religious posturing to be the biblical standard...which it is not. We are warned in the bible about the deceptions of the last days. The...

Jesus also said that there is coming the time...as in with the coming of the New Covenant in Christ. ...that God was looking for worshippers according to Spirit and truth. God was going to raise the stakes by giving men...all men having access...a chance to be the people of God. So Jesus...

I see you stumble over that. Don't underestimate God profoundly by not seeing that God can raise the stakes as He wishes. Don't judge this from yourself....and not from the word by faith. The spiritual rebirth is an invitation to be the people of God. It is a salvation from the condemnation of...

How many of us eat a sandwich without first cutting it in half? God has chosen to divide up the gospel like that sandwich ....for various reasons....as follows... 1. it's easier to take things in one step at a time. Every journey begins with a first step. 2. The first step is indeed salvation...

Faith begins with a choice. A choice to give thanks for ALL things. Thank God for the noise, for the water, for everything. Become a thankful person in your affliction knowing that God is trying to save you for eternity not give you a 5 star vacation. Start with faith and obedience. 1 Thess...

More obvious false allegations. I never said that believers aren't born again into salvation. Gentiles have now become the children of God through the gospel. But although people want to make an end to it there ...there is more. A lot more. And that is where the reading skills and honesty come...

If you would look at the thread with some reading skills and even a little honesty you will see that the truth of the biblical position is that we are called of God for His purpose...not ours. We are called to put on Christ and be the light in the world...as He was in His time here. We are...