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Hi D!! I think it is more apropos to say...it is no longer the traditional way. :) It used to be understood but much has changed since AD 33. It is akin to recovering the ancient paths to understand the way of righteousness. God showed me the old paths through learning Hebrew (God told me to...

Of course! Can a born again person have no hunger for the things of this world? Yes! :) Both are common...even in the same person in the same lifetime!

The gospel demands a holy conduct because the grace of God empowers one to walk as Jesus walked...after the death of the old nature. The lifestyle would include righteousness. Living by the truth. A perfect behaviour would include an unbiased honesty about where one actually is. Every step...

Agreed! The idea of total depravity comes in only when one tries to change his own nature...simply doing good like feeding a poor person can be done by anyone. One does not need to be empowered by resurrection power to help an old lady cross the street. ;)

Lawlessness in a believer is a lack of righteousness. Form instance to exaggerate one's knowledge of God...claiming justification for oneself...claiming to understand the truth when one doesn't...giving lip service to God in empty praises...claiming to see and be rich when one is blind and...

OK! Why would God give the children of Israel the 10 commandments knowing that it is impossible to do this without the power of the resurrection of Jesus. God was ANGRY at the people for not wanting to have a direct relationship with Him. The people wanted Moses to intercede for them. So God...

Luk 1:6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. Here is all we need!! The early church did not have our 2 dimensional approach to righteousness. They were righteous before God. Jesus did not come to call the righteous to...

Actually those who have the righteousness of Christ are abundantly saved. The saints rule and reign with Christ. The righteous merely survive. The parable of the pennies is in stark contrast with the varying rewards of the parable of the talents. The righteous all have exactly the same reward...

I hear you! When I quoted Deut. 30:6 to a Jewish friend of mine he thought I was quoting wrong since it was God doing the circumcising. In the OT we are told to circumcise our own hearts. Clearly this is not possible. But it shows that without this we are not fully in God's will. Perhaps had...

And Jesus actually answered the thief!!!! ;) People nowadays read some verses and then assume they are righteous without God saying anything at all about it. That's exactly how the Pharisees justified themselves. We are to seek UNTIL WE FIND.... knock UNTIL GOD OPENS THE DOOR!!!! Without this...

Hi D. It's more like this...some people say they will obey but then don't. Others don't say anything but then do! So is there only merit in saying we will do before we do? "The righteous are scarcely saved." 1Pe_4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the...

Jer_9:26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart. Circumcision of the heart is the result of the...

Actually even admitting one does not see is having more righteousness than the Pharisees who wanted people to think they did see. Joh_9:41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

You tell me! I'm not judging your motive. But this question usually carries an unbelief with it. Are you saying this in unbelief? Why do you care what I think? You know and God knows...that is enough. I am not adding or taking away anything here. If you agree with me that the question is...

We all expect to walk in the fulness of Christ after we die. We all agree on this. It is just that some of us believe we can experience this life NOW through experiencing this death in Christ NOW. How else could Paul say that we (the believers) were dead to sin? How else could we carry the death...

I don't know how interchangeable the "joy of the Lord is our strength" is with " the happiness of the Lord is our strength". They are of course very related but the way we use the words also denotes how they come about. For instance we use "Happy is the man who" ....we say happy or blessed. So...

This is not usually asked in a brotherly way.....but in a doubting way... 1. Would a brother who was walking without sin even notice that he is? 2. Who would believe even if he said he was? 3. The enemy likes to discourage faith in real brothers....anybody can throw stones. So we must keep to...

Love those verses! I think too often we read the sermon on the mount as ...Blessed are the meek WHO ARE CHRISTIAN...thus putting a condition on the statement that was never meant to be there. Jesus is showing us what pleases the Father. :)

Hallelujah!!!! Rejoice in all things!! :) That is the right heart attitude!

Very well put!! :)