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    Fear God or Presume acceptance

    The scale of walking in holiness in Christ is so big...that to miss it is to miss a lot! So we have to testify of what we have experienced. On judgment day...they who have missed the higher calling because they weren't aware of the availability of grace (fulness of grace) to walk as Jesus...
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    Fear God or Presume acceptance

    True....but sin also tells us by what power we are living in. So then sin, and the law are just a gauge as to the power we are walking in. If we are walking according to the flesh, then we will sin. If we are walking by the Spirit, then we will not do the deeds of the flesh. So I don't see...
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    Not by works - but by faith

    We are saved already from the judgment of the world. But the house of God has a separate judgment...face to face at the Bema seat. The Israelites were saved FROM Egypt...but many perished on the way to being saved TO the promised land. God was not well pleased with everyone. In fact quite the...
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    entire sanctification is an obtainable goal.

    We have indeed been redeemed from the world...to enter into the training and selection process of God. We have entered into a race that is based on faith and faithfulness. But few take the race seriously enough. Many will fail the grace of God. They figure they don't need to run because they...
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    The Truth will set/make you free

    And those children have taken over the nursery. :eek:
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    The Truth will set/make you free

    "He will guide you into all truth." We know we have received all truth when we walk as He walked...free of sin or any unrighteousness. In Him is no sin. But many see truth as an intellectual exercise that has no power over the sin and this world. Truths don't set you free. But entering into...
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    Fear God or Presume acceptance

    That's ridiculous. The kind of life that Jesus gives to us is without sin. Otherwise you are still walking in the same kind of life everyone on the planet is. And this is what you are justifying. You are justifying your own failure because you want to see perfection in others first. And if I try...
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    What is the Bible?

    The Old Testament is a narrative...a prophetic narrative. The New Testament is different in that it is the fulfillment of that narrative with a testimonial and explanations (but always in a testimonial way). Even Revelation is a testimonial. And the subject? God creates and intervenes in His...
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    Fear God or Presume acceptance

    Because of religious pride and obstinate unbelief....it is difficult to post bible verses that speak of victory in Christ over the things of this world and the power of the flesh. Modern believers don't believe it for the most part. And to make things worse is to testify to the truth of the...
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    Fear God or Presume acceptance

    Again you are denying Christ in others. You make this about yourself and then try to rope me into your situation...so that without Christ my life looks like yours. Why do you do that? Why must you act with so much guile and bad motives? But you aren't listening. IN Christ is no sin. I have...
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    Leaving Room For God.

    I took this from another site...but was surprised at how accurate this is... The living Jesus empowers us to die and His cross is the symbol of sacrifice and death. To live for Him is to die to ourselves and the world. As we move forward in our lives and become more like Jesus, we have to...
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    Fear God or Presume acceptance

    What is to marvel at is...they who cannot or will not understand the gospel...are really not meant to perceive it. At one point we must accept that it is God who softens and hardens hearts. He looks at our attitude. If we must pass everything through our minds first...He will not reveal Himself...
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    Fear God or Presume acceptance

    A crucial thing to understand is that spiritual people go in and out of the Spirit. So then perfection is experienced in this way. We stay in the Spirit as long as our spiritual maturity holds up against, temptation, the wiles of the devil etc... What is normal for a spiritual person is that he...
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    Fear God or Presume acceptance

    Since your reading comprehension is so poor...I will repeat the same answer again...for the sake of they who are reading this thread and have some reading comprehension. (although they will have already understood what I have said) I am not perfect. Jesus is perfect. But the gospel is that I...
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    Fear God or Presume acceptance

    Of course. The gift of God is salvation power now (grace) to walk in a way that when we are judged we will be deemed righteous. God isn't blind and grace does not make Him blind. He judges the righteous as righteous...the dishonest as dishonest...the humble as humble...etc... But you are...
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    Fear God or Presume acceptance

    It's a horrible depiction of God to claim mercy for oneself and not the same mercy for others. Jesus died for the sins of the whole world. Some people claim to be justified so that salvation is exclusive to themselves. But God judges the judges. Judge not lest you be judged.
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    Fear God or Presume acceptance

    We can trust that God will judge all men according to their works. Now is the time for grace...but on judgment day it will be only works that will be made manifest. It will be about what we have done with what we have been given. And the surprise of many will be great. Especially they who...
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    Leaving Room For God.

    Why are so many obsessed with self? Why do we limit ourselves to what the natural man can do or not do....and deny the heavenly gift (grace) and what God can do through us and in us? To do so is to be stuck on the law without understanding grace. In truth and experientially...Jesus Christ is...
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    Fear God or Presume acceptance

    Are you obsessed with self? You are only focusing on the natural man....not the heavenly gift (grace). So really you are stuck on the law without understanding grace. I'm saying that in truth and experientially...Jesus Christ is perfect. He is our perfection. Walk in Him. We are the...
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    Does God have a purpose in suffering?

    Suffering is as a refining fire that takes us away from the superficial into that which has real benefit.