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Very good!!!

Grace is the means that Jesus died and was resurrected to provide us with in order for us to overcome sin, the devil and the world just as Jesus did.

The soul who who we are. The spirit is a vessel that was created to contain the Spirit of God. So our spirit is to lead the soul just as the soul directs the body. So the influence of the spirit is towards the soul and the influence of the soul felt on the body. A spiritual person allows his...

There are essentially 3 camps concerning works 1. The works crowd. Those who try to attain to God by being good enough. These don't understand that grace was provided to do this...one can never please God through the effort of the flesh. 2. The grace alone crowd. These don't understand the...

Earthly authority is fine for earthly things. But the church must be led by the Spirit. A leader in the church points to this leading through their example.

That poem kicks all the buts. Are you saying that God will put up with unbelief indefinitely?

And loving the brethren. 1Jn 3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

Are we debating or discussing? ;)

Believing INTO Christ.

I don't believe the bible offers unconditional guarantees. There are a lot of qualifying "ifs" that go along with the promises. So if Jesus once saves us from the lure of sin...does that mean you will never again be lured into sin??? So our experiences line up with the bible. I don't know of any...

This is a very "religious" viewpoint you are stating. No one can be guaranteed of anything by their own beliefs. What is this "get to heaven" comment? A relationship with God is possible and advisable at this present time in order to live with God in the future age.

I would term what you have written as Christian belief...not just Catholic belief.

It is looking beyond the visible things, situations, and current understandings for the truth.

Most people are unaware of the syncretism they are engaging in with the strong nationalism that is so popular today.

A close encounter of the third kind...with God! :) You are using the idea metaphorically rather than experientially. Is Mozart raised from the dead every time his music is played? Is that the essence of the biblical message? Being born from above means that Christ has regenerated your spirit...

Dogs have a very limited soul. They are unable to contain spiritual things. So that is why those who are so limited among men are referred to as dogs...in the sense of not being able to grasp higher things.

Lambs are gentle...wolves growl when provoked or read something they don't like.

Amen! You are referring to the "cheap grace" that spoils rather than sanctifies. But the carnal man seeks to be saved and will twist the word so as to please the flesh. But as you say...grace is a divine enabling...an enablement to get on with conquering the self and then the world for Christ.

We are not to accomplish the law through our own efforts. The law does not provide it's own power. It's like "batteries not included". But through Christ we DO accomplish the law. Christ fulfills the law in us so that we remain as He is. We know that we are in Christ when we no longer think or...

People who become convinced of something they read in the bible...then formulate an opinion on it...should be equally ready to question their certainty when another verse destroys or tempers the logic of the previously held opinion. Truth is always the resolution of a tension between two...