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You are inspired in this thread brother....good to see! :)

Actually that is true until we learn true humility and become mature. This is what God is looking for in us.....the full stature of Christ...which is actually being small...

Grace and effort are not synonymous. One does not work for a gift. But they do go hand in hand. It is when we are not filled with grace that the effort must come. Grace teaches us how we ought to be. But we are not always "under" grace. To think that is to be religious....and that is error...

As in...the love of God constrains us.

The reality is that the closer we walk with the Lord the less the world will pull us in. It's about influence and momentum. I know that I have to go full tilt for the Lord or I get slack. I go to my own imagination when I am not fully engaged in my heart. I have to fight back. If I get a...

Our hearts are divided into 2 parts unless we are crucified to self. What we love and esteem is in the greater part (2/3). And the part where Jesus lives is our spirits (1/3). So then there is room to entertain demons and all manner of uncleanness in the heart of the carnal believer.

Yes, a living sacrifice tends to crawl off the altar.

Not the old man.....the natural carnal man. The old man is the person you were....without the Spirit. But there is a new battle within yourself with the natural man until you go to the cross of Christ to receive the grace that crucifies all that impedes the new man which is Christ in...

Demons are more at work in the church than anywhere else. Many people put their faith in the doctrine of demons.....because it appeals to the selfish flesh. There are religious demons. There is a power to take people away from understanding even the most basic words. I think that most...

A good thought. But united how? Remember that people came together to common purpose at Babel....and God was against this. What would be needed to bring unity in your view?

Go declares people righteous or not...otherwise they are self-righteous. And that goes for beliefs as well as works. Anything that causes a person to justify himself....even belief in Jesus's finished work on the cross...is still just self-righteousness. There are many excuses to justify...

We are what we do. And we reap what we sow. If we show mercy towards others, God will show us mercy. If we judge others then we too with that same measure we will be judged. The bible speaks of 2 kinds of righteousness....ours and God's. These are on different levels because of different...

Welcome here! :)

You mean works by the Spirit? Do you realize that the flesh and the Spirit are contrary to one another? Read Romans 8.

You could turn the argument around and say...anybody who thinks they are saved by their own belief is putting confidence in the flesh. Unless God intervenes directly you can't assume anything. Who is in charge really? Who is really in control? Doing things FOR God like starting churches and...

God decides who is righteous not you...you will have to get off your throne of judgment to see that however. :)

By their fruit. Read the bible without prejudice and you will see that God rewards even a cup of cold water... He accepts those who accept His people...He saves those who care for others. God is righteous.

The truth is that God is far more merciful than Calvanists are. There are few saints...but many righteous. Even a cup of cold water.... God has made it that a little bit of holiness in His people produces much glory for God in the making of many righteous. The sacrifice of Jesus was not...

Yes! We watch 3 of our grandkids a few times a week rather than a daycare. So we are intimately involved in their lives. They live just around the corner from us. :) It is a blessing.

OK...my name is John...married (32 years) with 8 children and 12 grandchildren (so far)... :)