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What does that mean? :D:cool:;):)

Is it wise to justify yourself...in a self-congratulatory way as you seem to need to do? Is this not consistent with your character of bigotry towards they you disagree with? Can you get to know yourself and see your own ways for what they really are? Why do you wish to take credit for what...

So refreshing to see you back on the forum! :) Peace always!

Religious bigotry. And false.

This is foolishness. Partisan religion can't see that God is bigger than man-made dogmatics and denominations. The reformation got a few things right and many more wrong. It threw out the baby with the bathwater as regards to the doctrine of things like justification...as cooperation with grace...

This reasoning takes the focus off of Christ and onto oneself. That is the problem with modern doctrines...and various winds of doctrine. Colossians 2:10, 10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: So then the emphasis should be on the "in Him" and not on...

It means that the spiritually forceful...the hard seekers...(not violent)..get swept up into Zion to be where Jesus is. God is a rewarder of they who diligently seek Him after all.

Actually it was a religiously indoctrinated response. A bad answer to your honest question. God so loved the whole world...not just privileged white folks. (and they not so much actually)

This is a bad English rendering of the text. The translators obviously didn't understand what Harpazo (Greek word mistranslated as force) meant. We enter into the kingdom of God by being translated into it by God. Harpazo means to be taken away...or translated...where we get the idea of...

Very good topic... Not all who say they believe are obedient...and not all who don't claim to be believer are disobedient. It is like the story Jesus told of the 2 sons. One said he would obey and the other said he wouldn't...or just didn't avow that he would. In the story it was the one who...

I think testimony is far better than theory...do you have any experience of these steps to intimacy? That is what matters.

Thought I would add this as a note from the person who wrote the OP... One last note: Committing to develop our faith practices is not a case of “works righteousness.” Our salvation does not depend on whether or not we engage this seriously. What is impacted is the quality of our lives and the...

There is a conundrum to receiving grace. And that is that the more grace we receive the less we need to go after it. When we receive grace...an abundant grace...as a free gift...we tend to not understand the discipline part of the Christian walk. In my experience I have been progressing...

In the preceding 2 pages of the OP subject, we see the experience of a sister who found her way to God. Her journey begins by her tapping into grace...a grace that is available to all. As she pushes her way towards God (as in... draw near to Me and I will draw near to you), God allows her to...

The Third Stage When our Gracious God continues to enlighten our soul and help us tame our will, our intellect and our memories so they are more aligned with the will of our soul, we may be drawn into the third stage of spiritual development. Here it feels like we are doing very little work and...

St. Teresa of Avila and Watering the Garden Common Stages in the Spiritual Journey: Early Wisdom from St. Teresa of Avila The spiritual journey has some different elements to it than many of us learned about when we were growing up. We may have been taught how to pray for other...

Peter tried it out when he walked on water... :)..otherwise they had little faith.

I think my lack is in my character...I'm missing something in my self-discipline. So I've never been to level 3 as she puts it. I have parachuted into higher levels...but only by the mercy of God. Never by sheer maturity. So these levels give me something to pray about! :)

Jesus is looking for His kind of faith. Not our kind. Our kind doesn't move mountains. His kind of faith walks on water. So often the bible is speaking on more than one level. Unless we understand these levels...righteousness and holiness...we are not going to understand the message.

I'm sure in their day that these were accused of making up their own theology. I looked up the waterwheel explanation concerning grace. Nice analogy. She is very developed in her step by step entrance into deeper grace. She cites 4 different levels of grace. The deepest level...which is the...