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John said this... 1 John 5;17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not unto death. He flunked religion class too. We must have had the same teacher.

Obviously no understanding at all. i flunked religion class.

Yes...to the first. Actually we also have our own righteousness. We don't receive OUR righteousness from Jesus. We receive HIS righteousness by abiding in Him. It is like going inside a tank. By ourselves bullets kill us. But in the tank...I take on the bulletproof nature of the tank. So as long...

God is love and He is merciful. As such He doesn't need to be blinded to our true condition. He knows what we are. He knows our limitations. God only sees His Son in us as we enter into His perfect life. There is no such thing as a pretend holiness...or a pretend purity. There is no sinful...

Who's truth is that? A denominational truth? Is the church not the ground and pillar of THE truth...just as a denomination is the ground and pillar of A truth?

Righteousness: Doing what is right in the sight of God....not necessarily WITH God. That's a mixture. We can do things, as Christians, to be pleasing to God...which is good. But God judges whether they are truly righteous or not. Religious people tend to do things for the wrong reasons. A lot...

As they are filtered through your mind. That is why there is no unity in the Body....everyone filtering through the mind.

There were righteous people in the OT.

The bible of course. The holiness requirement is not fulfilled in righteousness. The only holiness that is possible is to enter into Christ and HIS righteousness. We put on Christ to approach God. So then Jesus alone fulfills the holiness requirement. But we can operate at the much lower level...

God is holy....and wholly living apart from His creation. As such it requires holiness to approach Him...not just righteousness. There is a distinction to be made between righteousness (doing what is right) and holiness (perfect as He is perfect....pure as He is pure) There is a human...

That is the ONLY verse that suggests that people will be tormented. But if you look at the context...it is meant for people who worship the beast or receive his mark. So we are not talking about a person who has done bad things or just lived to excess. We are talking of a spiritual bond with...

Humans can do what is right or wrong...we have that ability. Now we can't see God with our natural eyes so we live in a world of the visible. Now we DO see humans. If we are faithful with humans...then we will also be faithful with God. He who is faithful in little is also faithful in much...

Here is a subject that religion has obscured to the point of destroying what is good in order to support that which is evil. I would have put this subject in the unorthodox doctrines section....but how could I do that to this very basic topic? I want to begin with a story of my own making...

Sure. But that is more perceiving or sensing. People do bring spirits with them. On rare occasions....even the Holy Spirit.

The young man asked Jesus what he needed to do to inherit eternal life. Jesus answered ...obey the law of righteousness (love others). There was no holiness requirement. When he asked Jesus if there was more...Jesus said perfection (holiness) was found by abandoning everything and following...

...which is a good thing. But it is also true. The lake of fire is called "the second death"....not the second torment. We will see the "corpses" of those who rebelled against God. Corpses feel no pain.

I see that your understanding comes from humility. I'm glad you are here on the site. :)

People who know God the most are able to keep secrets. Otherwise the God who is the Keeper of secrets will not reveal much at all to a person. A prophet can know something for many years without uttering a peep about it. A prophet speaks as the oracle of God....and doesn't dissipate his/her...

WOW. You are really tracking. I'm impressed. :)

No one obtains eternal life as something that is theirs in this life. We enter into HIS life which is eternal. It is always HIS life we are moving in and through. Or we come out from under His life and live as any other human...with a POTENTIAL for a future entrance into life. We are in a race...