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Men's wisdom is most surely against God's. But not all of men's actions are so. To feed the hungry and clothe the naked is from men...and for God. He who is not against God, is for God. So we are a mixed bag of sorts. The righteous separate the good from the evil. The saints walk in an...

I realize there is a lot of counterfeit spiritualism. The devil only counterfeits to stop people from getting the real thing. And of course it's dangerous. The fear of the Lord preserves us. But not all signs and wonders are of the devil. That is to cede ALL spiritual ground to the enemy. And...

You are seeing the counterfeit and allowing that to put you off from the actual spiritual realm of the kingdom of God where God dwells. The devil wouldn't need to counterfeit something that doesn't exist. False healings, false prophets, false anointings...all of these take place because men...

But this is just the beginning. At one point God wants us to seek for Him...to ask and knock...to desire to be where He is. But we learn to love because He first loved us. However, we don't stop with Him reaching out to us. We should also go to Him when we are ready.

And you will know the power over sin when you enter into Him who knew no sin. Otherwise you will die in your sins.

2 Pet. 2:1 is about adding to our faith. I think the modern doctrines are very confused...pitting what we do against what God does. So then in holiness: Man can do nothing. Only grace can empower us in holiness. No effort can make us walk in the power of Christ. it is a gift. In...

Thy always give the biggest gun to the smallest soldier. It's a tradition of sorts! ;)

You'd have to read the ancient writers like Plutarch and Thucydides. Try a study on the ancient Greek notion of arete. Here is a excerpt from wiki... In Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, "arete" is used mainly to describe heroes and nobles and their mobile dexterity, with special reference to...

The way you are trying to see things is conflicted. Look outside at a tree. Now you can see the tree superimposed on the sky. These are not against each other. They are part of the same scenery..one on the other....but together. The sky isn't fighting against the tree....and the tree isn't...

I'm a history guy. So I read of ancient battles and especially the Greek way of fighting. It comes in handy to understand the spiritual warfare references in the bible. So these are my own findings. If you are interested in such things compare Col.2:15...a triumph for Jesus over the armour of...

Agreed. Courage and valour embody arete. And good find by the way. The ancients understood the need for honour and courage to maintain civilization and order. Chaos was never far away. But spiritually speaking we are in the same boat. But people prefer to think we are at peace...whereas chaos...

You know that the very first thing we are to add to our faith (for maturity) according to Peter (2 Pet. 1) is virtue. The Greek word is "arete" which means MANLINESS or fighting spirit. The Greeks honoured arete as a man having a warrior spirit in such men as King Leonidas (the 300 Spartans at...

The problem with anything relating to God and His words is that we tend to take things too far...to draw the wrong conclusions. Intellectualism is not wrong in itself. We don't want to be anti-intellectual. God's words can stand up very well to an intellectual scrutiny.

While there is a danger in spiritual experiences...God is still connecting with His people. So you are way off here. You are speaking from your hurts and disappointments...which do not at all convey the message of the gospel which is indeed to be translated into the higher walk and experience in...

When a high wire walker or trapeze artist learn the ropes....they practice with a net. So there is a learning curve. The point is to be able to do what God wants us to. Practice makes perfect.

This is very important! Good post!

Maybe you're not wanting to understand. Grace is a gift that we will be judged against. It's free. But we are still judged by what we do with it. If you inherit money...for free (you seem obsessed with this free stuff) are you not still responsible for what you spend your money on? But in...

Which books have you read from the bible? (Don't say all of them) 2 Timothy 2:20-21 20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be...

You have much to learn grasshopper. Of course grace is a test. This life is a test and a school. Judgment follows. Remember what school was like? Well there are exams to pass.

Where did you get your bible degree? ;) There is a previous judgment....face to face...at the Bema seat. Judgment begins at the house of God. 1,000 years later is the GWT judgment for the nations. At that time anyone who is NOT written in the book of life is exterminated in the lake of fire.