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The law was not a failure except for those who could not keep it. But you misunderstand...the law was the proof. It was God giving them the proof they asked for (just as He gave them a king, then when they failed He appointed His own king). And now...do you also want proof? Will 400 years do...

So...does that mean you have no further need to consider anything more than this minute fishbowl you know, to accept life on this limited level and pass on the infinite? If so, why are you still here?

No, that is your reflection. Remember...it is you who only see the fishbowl and not the sea, who does not see the sunset. The babbling is immense only because it represents all that you do not see. And with that outlook...in the end you will only see the dusk as it drops beneath the horizon of...

If you really want to know, you can and must imagine the possibility that you are and have been like one who is blind debating the reality of sunsets with those who are sighted. Be careful of your response, or you will not see it until it is too late. At which time, as it is written, "every eye...

Duane, I see you have gone, and I too need to run. But I wanted to leave you a quick not to consider regarding this above statement: That is all very good within the context of this world...but it does not even begin to touch upon the greater context of God. What does it matter if a fish who...

You are not being honest. James addressed works, as did Paul. I pointed it out that you might stop accusing me of being divided...and now you divide them as different, and it is okay? Not hardly. You were were off on a tangent of works. But it is not works that pertains to salvation, but rather...

If that means you are beginning to see that there is a difference in context, great. If not, then you should consider it. You are speaking from a context that assumes that these matters exist on a timeline. But in the greater context, which context you have approached without knowledge of it...

No, you are mixing metaphors and passages as it suits you in spite of the truth. But bone is bone and marrow is marrow. But why stop there? You go on to condemn yourself by making matters personal and making judgments about matters which are already clarified in scripture. Which you apparently...

According to Jesus, the words are "spirit." As such, they are both as God, "the same yesterday, today, and forever", and also actively hidden and also revealed according to the appointed time(s) as revelations from God. It is only because of the variable of revelation at the appointed time(s)...

That is not the subject here. The subject is "salvation", and your bringing "faith" and "works" into it, as opposed to "belief", is the problem. You have misrepresented the truth by getting off the path. Salvation may bring works, but works do not bring salvation.

Again, James was clear, but you apparently are not. That all addresses "faith" and "righteousness", but the subject here is "salvation." Salvation may bring works, but works do not bring salvation. It is a gift from God.

James was clear, but you apparently are not. "Belief" pertains to the heart, but works (actions) are not "belief." James spoke of what grows out of the good ground of belief. But works is not the measure of salvation...it is simply a natural response in this worldly setting. Doing good works is...

Your sentiments are appreciated, but none are lost "but the son of perdition." What you are responding to is an "image" (as it is written). But there was always only One begotten of God. The unfolding of the One makes for "many"; that is, many who are "in Christ", as well as many who are in...

If you describe the Catholic church position correctly, you are doing them no favors. You are mixing light with darkness. You are translating spiritual matters with natural definitions (not rightly dividing the word of truth), and calling a completely spiritual belief "intellectual." It's not...

Each point in your/their findings is based in error (you/they have made assumptions resulting in error): There is no "process." There is no "thereafter." There is no "shall be." There is no "prior." "Study" "gains" nothing of "familiarity" with God. "Study" gains no understanding of the reality...

Theory and conjecture do not make for knowledge. Ask him what actual knowledge is it that he bases his theory on. Then ask him, "What happened before that?" and if he has an answer, keep asking the same question until he ends with "I don't know." What he thinks he knows is built on what he...

Amen to that! Of course the religious will want to make a works or elements or worldly thing out of it, giving honor to what is manifest, rather than to Him who makes manifest.

Marks, "They shall all know me" speaks of no worldly church, but of the heavenly church. It is the main defining point that clarifies all. Also, in biblical terms "northern" spiritually refers to heavenly matters, while "southern" refers to worldly matters.

I see you are taking another shot at your theory of proper covenants and testaments. Anyway...No...the new covenant and testament simply refer to those things which are "first to the Jew then to the Greek (gentile)." Which is the spiritual fulfillment of those things first foreshadowed in the...

Again you reveal your true self. It is I (even in that unrelated post) who confess Jesus Christ has come in the flesh and said, "It is finished." For one cannot attests that He spoke, without attesting that He also came. But you in your hate and your personal attack and vendetta, you mock it...