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The saints live in the New Jerusalem....not in the nations. Read the last few chapters of Revelation.....like it's the first time. ;)

You are bringing confusion here. An elder is an older person. It has to do with age and experience. An overseer or deacon is a FUNCTION in the service of God and His church. I guess it is easy to mix up a condition and a function. But the bible is quite clear. ALL overseers are elders...but...

Jesus came to this world to give us access into His. The kingdom of God is in the realm of the Spirit....like a parallel reality...but according to the truth in the light. Those that are born again are called into this light, this truth...this realm in the Spirit. Now most people will deny...

Actually women are also elders. The qualification for an elder is their age. The respect of an elder goes like this....honour the older men as a father...and the older women as a mother. So there was a respect for elders back in the day. Now, from among the elders were chosen overseers to...

When we start to think of the word Christian as a noun...as in...I am one....all manner of evil is possible. But when we see the word Christian as a verb..we can then ask....am I acting like a Christian?

Amen. Husband of one wife.

This is good. I hope we can come to an understanding then. So then God's mercy is on a far greater amount of people than He places His glory on. The saints will rule over the saved nations in the next age.

Also anyone trying to calm him down a bit...is also demonic in his estimation. How can that be edifying for anyone? :oops:

For those who are called...yes. Otherwise obey God's laws or not.

Failure in this life is not what it seems. A good business model stresses an early failure. (remember how the people of this workd are WISER in their own ways than God's people are in theirs) Why desire an early failure? Well...to not invest good money after bad. IOW...the more time we waste...

I have posted this in a forum for the unorthodox doctrines...since I believe what orthodox has become has shifted 180 degrees from what it once was.And this over a great period of time...so slowly that few have even noticed it. With an open mind....good reading comprehension, and the help of...

We have to run the race of faith lawfully. Grace doesn't transgress the law. It fulfills the righteous requirements of the law. It is like playing a sport. If you show up with a hockey stick to a baseball game...you will be disqualified. If you show up with a baseball bat to a soccer...

I make the biblical distinction between "saved".....and being a saint. Being a saint takes 2 steps. In the kingdom of God there are different levels...it's not like this life. There is the bride and there are the guests. There is the New Jerusalem...and there are the saved nations. Jesus...

We must be accepted into the beloved. So we must be vetted by the Lord before being granted access into the kingdom. There are lessons to be learned if our stay in the kingdom dimension is to be more than just a brief visit.

Yes... . they go back to Lorraine in France. 1700's I usually get up in the middle of the night. Quiet time...

But you yourself have been diagnosed by such "demonic" types, right?

Sour grapes... :rolleyes: I am Canadian not French. But we do speak French here.

The KEY locks AND unlocks doors.

While this is true...we must also look to the weaker ones in faith. We are not to dispute endlessly and not be gracious. If people ask us...we should tell the truth. But we should not have a religious posturing towards the weak. I make a distinction between the weak and the false teachers who...