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Are you also a gnostic? You divide what we do with what we are?

Tithing is about giving...are we not commanded to give, and do so cheerfully? As in...freely you have received, freely give. Also Jesus says...these things you should have done (tithing) but should also have done the weightier matters of the law...like mercy and humility...etc. So Jesus gives...

Let me know if you find anything. Nationalism is a carnal consideration. We are to set our eyes on the things that are unseen. But to do that we would need spiritual faculties.

Not only do you deny the maturity in holiness of the disciple of Christ....but ALSO you deny any natural righteousness on the part of men who have a heart that is without guile. A double step into error. You are flying too low and can't discern that many unbelievers are actually flying higher...

And we are called to put on Christ. A disciple is not above His Master. But when a disciple is fully trained....he shall be just as His Master. Do you know who said that? Hint: it wasn't Yoda.

Aha! So you don't see Jesus as a real human being? It usually comes down to this... Most "believers" have a real difficulty with Jesus. They stumble over either His divinity...like the Jews...or His humanity...like so many believers. But Jesus gives us His divine nature at regeneration...

Jesus was tempted but He always overcame it. Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-yet he did not sin.

That's quite the theory! We are to be perfected here...in these mortal bodies. We are being perfected in the soul...the part that is "us". Our bodies die...our spirits return to God...but what is to be judged...is what the soul has become. So then the word of God and the spiritual walk are...

...Only if they are faithful to Christ. A lack of faithfulness to Christ makes circumcision to be uncircumcision. And faithfulness to Christ makes uncircumcision to BE circumcision.

We are being prepared and trained for an eternal life in God's presence. There are many things to overcome in these bodies and in this world in preparation of that. We will fail at times...even with the best of intentions. Jesus is there to help us through these trials and tribulations. I think...

I think everybody here sees that there are 2 Jerusalems at the present time...one in the natural world and one in the spiritual. Far fewer see that the "land" of Israel is also of a dual nature. A true Israelite today walks in a spiritual land...in heavenly places. Our inheritance is to walk...

How is your day going besides this? :) There is a certain amount of speculating going on here, admittedly. We see through a glass darkly, right? But we can get the gist of things. So what is the book of Remembrance in your view?

That's called taking the battle to the enemy! :)

This is another possibility. To not tithe and teach others to not tithe as well.

...as in...even a cup of cold water!!!

Actually the sheep and goats are all in the world. That is the righteousness I was talking about that very very few understand. Mat. 25 sheep/goats is about the GWT judgment....those who have never known Jesus but treated His followers (even the least) in either a good way or bad.

LOL! The Pharisees broke the main commandments. So they are not included in the kingdom of God. They rejected Christ. No, the least are they who are trying indeed to follow Christ. So then the main commandments... to love...to be merciful, to be humble.... these are non-negociable. But what...

To track this one must be very careful....one needs a framework. The idea of heaven and hell ...or just 2 eternal destinies is just like thinking the devil has a pitchfork and a tail. It is merely folklore. But the dead in Christ will rise first. These will receive a new body...but they were...

What do we think of there being greatest and least in the kingdom? Jesus said if we get even the smallest thing wrong...we will be called least in the kingdom. Mat. 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the...

Not at all..At your age...you shouldn't need to work to sustain yourself. Is there no spiritual community in your area that will take you in?