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The successors to the apostles are the bishops. We have Clement, Ignatius and Polycarp that were themselves disciples of the apostles and made overseers by the Spirit. Peter was never the bishop of a city...but an itinerant apostle. Neither was Paul a bishop. A very cursory glance at the bible...

Without God no one can breathe either. So?

Sounds like a human formula based on a dogma. God is not limited to your human ideas of how things work. When Abraham believed God....was it because he was already saved? You will be dogmatic and say yes...and fully miss the mystery of God's relationship with mankind.

We are free to do as we wish. We need to come to a place of surrender to say...NOT my will but your will be done. Even Jesus learned that. Is that works salvation? Only to the dogmatic and misinformed.

We are learning from God...being fashioned into His image...which requires migration, transition, transformation. You see a saved status...which is presently passed off as modern doctrine. But it is false. We don't need assurance. We need the living God. And Paul says LET those who name the...

It depends how we view salvation. If we see a saved status that we can own...so it is "mine"...then we are seeing God as a possession of ours. We can be the Lord's and still be under the law. We are learning. The law becomes our tutor...to bring us to Christ in every way. Not only to bring into...

Salvation is conditional...and remains conditional until we finish our race here on this physical plane. But that doesn't sell well so people just drop the "if's" so as to make certainty appear as coming from the bible. ...the holey bible. (full of holes)

In us and around us...but only perceived by spiritual faculties. There is much more to this reality than what meets the human senses.

If you falsely claim to see when you don't...yes. But the opposite is also true....when you do see into the Spirit then you are a son of heaven.

No. Because I was WITH God in Zion. Living in both places with this world slightly out of focus. There is no sin possible IN Christ. The only omission is we omit God. Here is an exercise of what it is like. Focus on something close to you. You can still notice things in the distance but they...

Our "natural" condition is as sinners...and hopelessly so. Our "super-natural" condition is as saints who are holy as Jesus is. How? By the power given to us through Christ becoming as we are and developing a way for us to follow Him in that same power. This is called the "Way".

Amen. We have to get away from the idea of seeing everything from a carnal or fleshly viewpoint. We need to greet the Christ IN others. We are to no longer estimate things according to the flesh. God uses people. If you resist His servant...you resist God. Even Gamaliel (a non-believer)...

Exactly! But people don't understand the power of the cross that crucifies our tendency to sin....so I have to use the umbrella idea to put across the power of it. Would people understand what staying out of the rain is like by being under the shadow of His wings?

Surely. ALL have sinned and fallen short. We cannot deny that. But John never says we HAVE to continue in sin. That is utter nonsense making the bible an apologetic that condones sin.

If we sin we have neither seen Him or known Him. (Same author as you have misunderstood and misquoted)

I have been sinless...IN Christ. He is and was my sinlessness. He is/was my victory. When I am tempted away from His shelter and power (under grace) I return to the natural world which is under the law of sin. If it is raining outside and I am exposed to the air then I am UNDER the rain. I get...

As false as can be. You are using doublespeak. I am saying that we who are IN Christ (where there is no sin) are saved from sin from that abiding. But you are saying that the law no longer applies to you so you can sin...because God loves you. read the bible without your indoctrination glasses...

There is sin that leads to death. In the end all sin leads to death. Some sins just take you there quicker. But look at what Paul says about sin....whether in the law or out. Romans 2:12, "All who sin apart from the law will perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be...

You are trying to blame a disciple of Christ for not sinning by abiding in Christ? Victory over sin is an automatic by-product of abiding in Christ. In Him is NO sin. Your doctrine is simply not of God or anyone who has known the Lord. It rests on the self or lack of effort of self.....but...

Of course not. I could be a person who was tested and deemed a failure. To whom much is given more is required. Paul feared rejection by God. That's because he actually knew God. Those who don't know God don't fear Him and aren't concerned for their own spiritual welfare. They are numb about it...