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AHH! Exactly. And to those who are called into life. (as opposed to they who are perishing)

That smell of Christ is to some the smell of life....but to others it is the smell of death. It depends what we are smelling with...what KIND of faculty we are using.

Christianity is only reduced to the level of a religion by making it an ideology....rather than it being the power of life and light in the Lord for mankind. So then only the devil himself (and they who seek to justify themselves in their carnal state) is involved in making it a religion. On...

But that's because their kingdom IS of this world. The challenge of people who claim to be the Lord's is where their weapons are? We can tell the true habitat of a creature by where he goes when he is in danger. A bird will fly away...a mole will dig a hole. A worldly person will seek a...

The answer is not a gun.....for a Christian. We don't see guns as weapons to use against people. We have actual spiritual weapons...that save people, not kill people. A person who thinks that killing someone is good...is not a Christian. That's why Paul says the "the weapons of OUR warfare are...

Eternal life is a kind of life that we can enter into today by faith. It is the life OF Jesus entered into by the faith OF Jesus. But the cost of this is high....we must be willing to also bear His dying. It isn't for nothing that the holy of holies contained a "coffin" (ark). There is no life...

Is there also a secret handshake of Jesus? I think not. Open hostility is better than secret love.

God isn't legalistic so you need not worry about that. But having said that...even Jesus was baptized to fulfill all that was required of Him. (and for other reasons as well) I think out of devotion and humility you could look into it. Do it as unto the Lord and not the group or person you are...

Why would Jesus say to His own disciples...you shall know the truth (in the future).....??? Did they not already know Jesus?

The idea of common ownership is to have a common cause....which is to live the life that Jesus was raised again to give to mankind. We are to be witnesses of His life by the love and life that is exhibited in the Christian community. It's what is called "church life"...and I'n not talking about...

Who determines what "rejecting Christ" signifies or entails? A rejection of our organized religion perhaps? Or is it a person who claims to follow Jesus but refuses to humble themselves so as to obey Christ to say...love your enemies or bless those who curse us. A religious stance that claims...

When a person reads the text from weakness....God is there to empower us. But when a person reads looking to be justified for his/her beliefs....what is strengthened is a religious pride that defies God even while believing to be justified by Him.

There is no salvation for a correct theology. There is no theology exam on judgment day. Salvation comes from actually living in Christ....and doing as He did. Then our works will show forth our faith, love and devotion to Christ and the truth that He is.

True faith arises out of doubt. One must make their own connection with God by trusting Him in every situation. The worst thing in the world is to try comparing one's own faith with that of others. That's a faith destroyer. Look to God, not people. Too often other people are stuck in a belief...

It is a popular religious fable that a sacrifice has to be "accepted" in order to work. It's more like...what are you going to do now! There's far too much self-congratulatory rhetoric based on a survival instinct self-preservational acceptance of a seeming way to get away with being a sinner...

Very few see this truth.....:) Beliefs are from the strength of the natural man. Faith comes from the inner weakness of a man. This is so basic yet most seem to not get it at all.

In Zion. When we are transported (translated or raptured) there we exhibit the fruits of being there...love joy and peace unspeakable and beyond anything in this life.

It takes a human understanding to minimize what God sees in advance. God can do anything. How do you know that God will reject most Christians and save those who suffer and are poor but never sat in a pew? Are we become fully Pharisees so that we judge from ourselves? Do you see what I mean?

This does not go far enough to being crucified in the flesh. That's the problem with modern Christianity. It's all the free stuff...but no loving response and devotion to God by surrendering one's life in return. It's like...a free sample...good...I'll take that. And then it's see you later. So...

One must be wary of self in reading the bible. Too many people read the bible to see how they can be saved as they are already....instead of learning to follow the truth.