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I think that the issue with the church of Laodicea....being the modern church...is that it is describing an attempt at mixing the nature of grace from an unselfish God....with a selfish people who cling to their old human nature. The result is chaos...a volatile mixture that produces a spoiled...

Showing the gospels being under the law makes the whole paper card building come tumbling down. It requires a full misunderstanding of the gospel to do this. There is no mention of the kingdom of God that all the apostles (including Jesus) preached. We are to seek first what you have placed...

No one can judge the servant of another. So if a person says they are a Christian then we should accept them as such until they prove otherwise. The word "Christian" is casting a very wide net. There can be novice Christians...carnal Christians, spiritual Christians, religious Christians...

It's about our attitude towards the Lord. It is very popular today to think we are rich and have need of nothing. This fits in with the present culture of rich entitlement and spoiled child etiquette that has infiltrated into the churches. It's like seeking the Lord has become like a disease or...

Jesus died because of our sins. His resurrection gives us the grace to walk as He walked...so that we stop sinning before God. What Jesus did NOT do is come to earth to be mistreated by a people in order to give them a way to continue sinning. A house divided cannot stand. No, Jesus gives us...

...and if people refuse the warning that is plainly written in the bible...among the many other warnings...then it is no surprise that a thread based on those warnings would be also ignored.

This is false of course. I don't think southern white people are a race. And I don't think that all southern white people are racist. Even that generalization is part of your own racist make-up. Not my own. There is a way to be different from you...very different from you. Not everything has...

Are you saying that all white southern people are racist?

...and a most neglected warning.... And no letter is more put aside than the one to Laodicea (which means "the people's opinions"). We are in that time period of the church...right now. But who is taking the Lord's warning to heart? Has anyone noticed how many opinions there are...or how anyone...

Is it really racism to want to stop racism?

And that verse says that it is the work of God to cause us to believe INTO Jesus. Nobody can do that but Him. God must place us into Jesus. No one can go up to heaven unless God causes him/her to. God is the only One who can translate us into the kingdom.

I thought he might be the one on the other end causing the stampede. That poor guy in the front looks like he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. He does have a passing resemblance to Ralph....although I've never seen him in such a terrified state. :)

I thought I recognized him at the far end of the beach...;) But alas wrong hair colour and he's much taller. He could be on a safari... just an idea?

It would seem subtle I suppose but Jesus took the judgment of SINNERS upon Himself...not just sins. We can look at Jesus as wanting to take on sins...in a sort of ceremonial way...or else having to put up with the sins of men directed at Him. Putting up with real hatred from people. So I...

The coming of Jesus Christ into the world upped the ante....it raised the stakes. Your last statement is not quite how I would put it... Jesus took on the judgment of the people to reunite all men to the Father...but not the ones who judged Him...unless they repent of course. There is a greater...

I have sinned...yes. All have sinned. But the gospel is the liberation from sin...and a reconciliation with a holy God. But you are speaking of a worldview that doesn't include Christ. You only see Him as your own holy Victim for your sins. But the good news is that He is RISEN! And He gives...

Perhaps it could be like...."always learning but never coming to the knowledge of the truth???"

Paul is speaking here of the house of God. US! We must all go before the tribunal with Christ presiding. The judgment seat is the BEMA judgment. It is like a military tribunal like a court marshal. It is for His house... This takes place before the Millenium rule of those who pass muster in...

That's unfortunate. You are making 2 options...either we are to be Jews under the Mosaic law....or walking in the Spirit. 1. Nobody advocates being under the law of Moses...nobody is trying to be a Jew. 2. You vastly underestimate what walking in the Spirit really is. Nobody walks in the...

If something is to be Christian it can't come from us...it must be by inspiration from the Holy Spirit...otherwise it is just you mixing in some superstition or religious inflection into a man-inspired story. Ask God about it.