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Nowadays people can't even handle the theory of the power of God. They read about the miracles and think these are for bible times or else read them as bible stories. But the reality of God's power (grace) is far from them. As long as statements about victory over sin and the world remain as...

That would only be possible if you claim to have been in the burning bush with God...or that somehow you have been elevated into being God yourself. Otherwise if you see yourself as human...this life is a race that all will be judged on at the end. So then for people without delusions...the...

I'd like to explore some of the ideas from the posted article in the OP. Please peruse it in order to comment on it. Since the lowering of the standard of Christianity into people deciding for themselves if they are Christian through acceptance of Jesus' sacrifice by one's own will...but not so...

The Early Church Thrived Amid Secularism and Shows How We Can, Too

There is also the ostrich religion of sticking your head in the sand and calling that being in Christ.

yes. But the devil is also at work deceiving they who are seeking to save their own lives. Jesus said that whoever sought to save their lives would lose them. So either we ignore Jesus and listen to the devil...or go through the cross of Christ...so that we are crucified to this world and this...

Actually that means that God can justify people who are NOT believers in Christ....but who ACT righteously in God's eyes. Ungodly yes...but unrighteous no.

This is religious nonsense. Abraham didn't have Christ's righteousness...he had his own righteousness according to God who acts in real righteousness. Unrighteous people misinterpret what God does all the time. It is very wrong to add to the word of God. Religious indoctrination is a very ugly...

This is about Christ not us. Anyone who enters into Christ takes on His grace and power. It's about location. But we each individually are not declared more righteous than we actually are. God doesn't give up His righteousness to unrighteous people. To enter into Christ we must pass through the...

Rom. 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Were the Publican or the thief on the cross godly? These men were not religiously inclined at all. Yet their consciences were not so seared that they were beyond...

But that is not what Paul is saying. To impute means to acknowledge the attribute being imputed. God sees the heart and He has the authority to declare a heart righteous. When He does that...by SEEING the heart....He calls it as He sees it. THAT is what impute really means. The real use of...

The inventor of all pernicious doctrines is the enemy of our souls. But he comes across as someone who sympathizes with our sinful condition...and justifies that for us. It's about a new way of getting away with sin rather than overcoming it through a new life in Christ. However, false doctrine...

Imputed righteousness is a term invented by Luther...also called "alien righteousness." It maintains that taking on Jesus as your saviour HIDES your true self from God. It steals righteousness from God in order to make it one's own. Basically it is to be able to hide behind Jesus. So then...

Let's say a person is given the job of an ambassador. Now does that make that person free to do whatever he wants to do in that position? Will he be judged always well because he is an ambassador? Or will he be held to a higher standard and judged very severely since he has been given great...

i'm saying that all things rest with God...salvation included. People want security even in sins. But people are not like God.

If we take away God's ability to judge righteously then we are seeking to take away His righteousness in order to justify ourselves. Job 40:8 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

"Episkopos said: ↑ Being IN Christ" @justbyfaith Indeed, what does that mean? It means that we have been translated (raptured while still in these mortal bodies) into the spiritual realm to walk in the very presence of holy God. Doing eternal works...perfect works that were conceived before...

Actually it sounds like you are trying to take something of God for yourself. Calling good evil and evil good is the way of men. But God judges righteously...comparing men with men. Righteous is as righteous DOES. With God there are no favourites. God is NOT religious. Men are. And men IMPUTE...

We own nothing. Naked we came into this world...and naked we will leave this world. Then we will be all judged by what we have done with what we have been given.No one owns God or anything from Him. It is never our kingdom...otherwise the devil is involved in a rebellious false claim on such...

No! That's the point. It is borrowed. An ambassador cannot do what he wants...he must obey his government. If he abuses the power he is entrusted with...by lending....then he is rejected. Same goes for us. We can only be judged by our own ways....not God's. So God is watching us to see what we...