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It is true, water baptism has no saving quality in and of itself. It is also true that just as we need not continue to offer sacrifices which pointed to Christ's sacrifice, likewise, it would seem unnecessary to be baptized since we now have the baptism of the Holy Spirit...except, that it still...

Your sentiments are understandable...but this sounds like a rationale for not voting. The point is, they have publicly voted. Shall we just stay home and let them have their way? Stay home if you want, but I'm going to vote.

Some do crossword puzzles. Has it not occurred to you that all things point to Christ, whom has come already, both in the flesh and in the spirit?

Yes, this is the paradoxical truth of God - it is both: To those who can receive it, it is [all] finished except the thousand year reign (which is to say, "a time." But to those who cannot receive it, it is put off for them until the end. This is the difference between reigning as a king or as...

Indeed. I love my pastor, but he breaks context all the time just trying to track with the chapters and verses. It force one (even pastors) to focus on the object of what is written, rather than on the subject of what is written...missing the point completely. It's so annoying - it leaves one...

Time is the point of confusion here. Time is worldly, created. Take time out of the equation, and here is what you get: "It is finished", "the dead in Christ (including Abraham and David) rise first" (with Christ), Christ comes to 'we who are alive" and we "reign with Him a thousand years (which...

...And there is a reason for these different times and our not jiving with one another, that is really quite simple: This is how God reveals all without anyone or any generation having a boastful advantage...just as He has held Israel in a type of blindness while we are all allowed the time to...

Me, Myself, and I Am.

Much of what goes on in a Christian forum is not unlike what goes on in the church. One scripture is pit against another as if God was against himself, where seemingly contradictory scriptures become doctrine that divides. Is this not just like children? Indeed, it is. So, we need not be...

The faith that James preached was not of grace per se, but faith in the coming of Messiah. Whom had now come, but had also gone (to the Father). These were not all ready to receive all as being "finished", just as it is with some even today. They could not fully bear all truth which was made...

Yes, when we see Him "as He is, we shall be like Him", which is to say, timeless, and One with God. But this is not to say, that we cannot and do not yet walk in the world and in time, for to live is Christ: whom was sent as a Light into the world. This is our time of reigning with Christ, a...

If the shoe fits... In other words, James wrote of putting feet on our faith, which is good: a tree is known by its fruit. And there are those who will abide in the world for a time, who are not ready to bear the spirit, nor to walk in it as yet. These should do good works, rather than be idle...

I wouldn't say that James had a plan he was implementing. More likely he was simply moved by his experiences, first as a Jew, then his time with Jesus, and then in the spirit. But, indeed, the mix you mention is appropriate, apropos. Those were changing times with a mix like the world has never...

The importance, is that we see the difference, which is apparent...that we might rightly divide the word of truth. That was then, this is now.

The difference, and what is "hidden", is the difference that Jesus eluded to, between that which is earthly and that which is heavenly, physical or spiritual: John 3:12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? John 16:12 “I...

No... If God has sent James for one aspect of His greater complex truth, and sent Paul for another...then to "get off the fence" would be to take sides, pitting God against Himself. Instead, we should be big enough to consider the whole and greater truth, that each has a different purpose and...

The two (James and Paul) do not disagree. This is "two-edged sword" effect of the word. Each has built what they were given upon the same foundation of truth, each addressing different issues. For example: If John wrote "the path runs north, by the sea", and Paul wrote, "the path runs south by...

These things, this world from beginning to end are a story that is told - history, is His story. But there is only a chronology (a timeline) in the book...in the telling of it. With God (including the Son) there is no time, only I am.

But not in the flesh. They have seen Him as He is, which is in the spirit and glory of the Father.

The point is...whether such language points to the beginning or to the end, whether by John or by Paul it is all One spirit, it points to Christ.