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So if Jesus died for the sins of the whole world...and not just those of Christians...why be a Christian? Being a Christian is about knowing God in intimacy so as to enter into His life and glory. The irony is that no one goes to Him by trying to save their own lives. So this is not about a...

I think that when people see the OP statement they are thinking...Jesus is the only religion that saves. As if Jesus was offering Himself as a religion of men. As if we could claim Jesus for ourselves to the exclusion of others based on OUR say so. But that's where people stumble over Jesus...

Jesus is seen as a commodity in our time. Something that is OURS to market and profit from as we see fit. We may consult others about how this Commodity is utilized (in a elder's meeting) but it seems we never get around to consulting God Himself. That's seen as impossible. What is Jesus the...

Greetings to all...even those who by seeing the OP title are already spoiling for a fight! ;) The title of the OP is vague in that it brings in an already determined...even set in stone...religious response that tends to be jumped on without a second thought. So then the OP can mean various...

Welcome here JP. Sometimes things need to fall apart before the Lord can build them back up in a more solid way!

That's not the point of a tutor. I don't use training wheels on my bike either. Will I be condemned for it? Don't bring your religious condemnation here. All your judgments will fall back on you.

You are fully confused my friend. You are living in a world where it is supposed that grace is not available. You have the tail wagging the dog. The law was a tutor until Christ...then we enter into Christ. Galatians 3:24 New King James Version (NKJV) 24 Therefore the law was our tutor to...

Grace fulfills the righteousness of the torah....not the works of the Torah. It is the Spirit that gives life not the letter of the T You are doing the works of the Torah in your own strength thinking there is justification there. But these all point o walking with Jesus in the Spirit. So you...

A Christian is not to be under the law of Moses. Being under grace means a change from doing things in our own strength to being empowered by the Spirit...to worship God in the Spirit. This whole bent of doing Judaism has been done away with in Christ. Look instead to what the spiritual...

I've run into this sort of thing a number of times. The Napoleons of the church. Demagogues...religious tyrants... despots and martinets...for Christ? Petty kingdoms of men. These think it is THEIR church and not Christ's. They only recognize one ministry....their own. All else must be subdued...

So then besides abstaining from meat sacrificed to idols and avoiding sexual immorality what changes from the council of Jerusalem (Acts 15) would you suggest are binding on modern believers?

A change in the priesthood necessitates a change in the law. We have gone from a earthly ministry to a heavenly one. Heb. 7:12 For of the priesthood being changed, from necessity a change of Law also takes place. The holiness laws of Moses have been changed into an abiding in Christ. The...

Your post is very interesting...and I like it in part. I agree with your assessment of importance of the oneness of God. Your approach is needful and helpful to growth into Christ. But a revelation of the indwelling Christ? I half agree. If Christ is living in us...then we are to walk without...

I have not yet figured out how much it goes by desire...faith or how much God thinks we can handle. I think we need to spend some time to let each lesson sink in before proceeding to the next level.

A Christian is always at war...with the flesh, the world (and the cares of this world) and the devil. The war with Amalek is perpetual indeed. But there is victory as soon as we enter into Jesus...who knew no sin and overcame this world. The Lord Jesus is our refuge away from this world. In His...

The Holy Spirit works in our lives without necessarily telling us how He works in the lives of others. Having the Spirit in our lives does NOT make us teachers of others. We can have a testimony of God working in us according to our own needs and training...but without seeing the bigger picture...

HMM...I think it's more like the more we get to know ourselves...and who God is...the more we realize how far away we are from the Lord. We begin to see the contrast and the scale of that contrast. But there is a walk in such intimacy...through the keeping power of God so that one's life is...

Amen brother and well put. :) But no matter how we came to know the grace of God we have to come into a new humility and teachability. We have but begun to grow into something resembling Christ in His full stature. I fear that many who have perhaps begun in grace but have taken this as a new...

LOL I love you sister as you know...you are special one to me. :D I was busy yesterday as I am on most Thursdays (studio day) so I missed the dynamic. I was tired last night and went to bed early. But I'm rested now! :) I appreciate your thoughts and concern, I do. I know that failure is the...

It's like being shown what it is you're going after. How did Paul know what was the high calling in Christ? God had shown Him and let him try it on for size. If I hadn't walked where I did (In Zion) I wouldn't know the truth of what we are called to in Christ. I would just have my own standard...