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The bible is unique in that the words of themselves are far-fetched...as words go. But when the Spirit gets a hold of those words and declares them over us...as a rhema living word.... then the words take on power and we are transformed. So when THAT happens words like YOU ARE DEAD...become...

Jesus Christ is an offense to mankind. Not just in Himself...but also as He lives through people. So then people deny Christ in others. But it is still a denial of Christ Himself. Inasmuch as you did this to these you did it to Me. The scandal is that other people have Christ in them...and are...

According to the interpretation of fallen religious men...God will always appear as scandalous. The gospel message is an OFFENSE to the flesh. It says that everything we do and think is tainted by sin. It says we need a Saviour. So then we need the power of the cross of Christ to kill that sin...

Our decisions for Christ are insufficient for victory over sin and death. Our minds (the law of the mind) want to obey the Lord. And we do so to a certain extent. But not to the depth required for victory over sin. Don't believe the wolves that come into the church to steal away disciples from...

I have gone long periods without sin. But I am never out of the reach of sin of myself. It depends where I am living from. If I live from Christ...then I walk as He walked. If I am not walking by the power of His Spirit then I am as any other man. Jesus Christ is to me as hair length was to...

People like skipping ahead. But the vast majority of believers are stuck in Romans 7...and are still "under the law" in respect to reality. Listen to what Paul says... Rom. 7:19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 20 Now if I do that I would not, it...

A humble person (the kind that God gives grace to) would not consider himself/herself to be part of the elect. God sees the future and knows His own. Our job is to depart from iniquity. But how far are we really able to depart from that which is offensive to God? We need God's help every step...

John says that...we ought to walk as Jesus walked...IF we abide in Him. 1 John 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. 6...

That's not correct. Jesus died for the sins of the whole world as John says. Believing about Jesus and what He did doesn't do anything...we are called to have faith in God to do AS Jesus did.

This is why we are called to the death of Jesus....to His cross. The POWER of the flesh is dealt with by the power of God so we can live by grace....in HIS life and walk.

Quite the scheme you have there. This is the false gospel of course. Salvation for the flesh. And who decides who is part of this lawless scheme. Why the person who believes in self-justification...that's who. As in...I'm not responsible for what I do. It's that pesky flesh YOU created. So...

Theory and good intentions always gets in the way of reality. The truth about us is that we need to go in and out to learn to have character. If the earth had no gravity we would have no strength in our muscles. If we were always in the Spirit then we would never learn to have faith without...

People stumble over Jesus. The flesh cannot grasp Him and what He does...His judgments. They nare offensive to the flesh. Mat. 11:6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. And one of the only statements about disciples in the OT concerns this very thing. Is. 8:13 Sanctify...

Getting back to the parable of the sower...what is the stoney (rocky) believer offended at? Well things are not as ideal as he first thought. Jesus didn't promise us an easy life...but the power to overcome it. So then what is the shallowly joyful believer really offended at? Jesus. The...

It could be the timing of the event vis a vis the spring or the fall. Yes....I'm talking of the time change....Spring: One hour ahead Fall: One hour back Just to get everybody's clocks synchronized.

If we sin a sin according to death...then we fall out of the Spirit (grace). Read 1 John. If a person is trying to perform by the law...Paul says he has fallen from grace. But you are always thinking of salvation as something you own.

You are not understanding salvation. Salvation is not found in us....but in Christ. And we come in and out of the Spirit. Like breathing in and out (in the macro sense). John 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. Your words...

In the Spirit there is no sin. But it is difficult to remain in the Spirit. There is no one around us that understands and encourages us. No earthly environment to help the spiritual walk...no church. The struggle with the flesh means you are walking by your kind of faith...not the faith OF...

Nobody survives in grace by trying to milk the initial grace for their whole lives. As soon as you sin (that eads to death) you lose that grace and must go back to God for a new filling. We tend to leak out grace at first. Then we learn to treasure God and treat Him less familiarly. It's what...

The Christian walk is a movement WITH God. As such we cab easily fall behind...or move to fast and go ahead of Him. God speed is the best speed we can live and walk in. :)