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I have to admit that this is a site where I am constantly learning something every day ! Canada has beaches? Who would have thunk it, eh?
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Now in EPHESIANS 2:8
What is the unmerited favor?(grace)
And what are you saved from?
Acts 2....in verse 30
Peter says Save yourself from this untoward(crooked) generation...
What is it that they would be saved from?
Explain if you know.
All I can think about is anything outside of Christ....is not a life of peace
Peter says Save yourself from this untoward(crooked) generation...
What is it that they would be saved from?
Explain if you know.
All I can think about is anything outside of Christ....is not a life of peace
We ALL got “ baggage”...... yours is a VERY dangerous one—— SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS ! Get over yourself....you are a MUCH worse Sinner than you think you are.....
90% of our sins are done on purpose....a man with ANY brains or Spiritual Insight KNOWS that....that is why I say I sometimes willfully sin....
Why do you always have to take these exaggerated “ leaps”...... do you really think that I go around murdering and raping people ? When I claim to commit “ willful sins” I am saying that most of the time when we say or do something wrong, many times there is a nano- Second that exist right before we do it that we inwardly know that it is wrong, yet we do it anyway—- sometimes , like Paul admitted—- we just can’t help ourselves....we want to do right , yet we are weak and do what is wrong....Every time you exceed the speed limit....every time you don’t stop completely at a stop sign.....every time you eat junk food that you know is slowly hurting your+body with too much salt, fat, or sugar ....every time you tell “ a little white lie” or in haste say something unkind to somebody—— you pretty much “ sin and know it” , in other words, you “ Sin Willfully”
This is the stuff I am talking about.....God help the man like me that says certain things simply to make a point and then those that have limited intelligence and have immature , wild imaginations that are eager to “ accuse the Brethren” take something and “ make a mountain out of a molehill “
It’s like when I call myself “ The Chief Of Sinners “ in here.Do you think that I Really believe I am worse than Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer or Adolf Hitler? Cant you see that I am trying to MAKE A POINT ! I am simply saying that I am a Sinner and I know that I am a Sinner and I have the brains and the humility to admit it...how about you?
My big mistake that I commit in here is that I overestimate the intelligence of some of the people in this audience ....some people just don’t understand irony or nuance .....they don’t “get “ me just like they dint “ get” the Gospel... I do not post for those types, anyway...... I post for “ uncommon people”..... especially for Newbies that come in here that have yet to be ruined by shallow- thinking Legalists that reject the Grace of God mainly because it has not been extended to them .....If you take all of this to be “ arrogance” , I can’t begin to tell you how little I care what label you put on me....all I do is fight for the Truth Of The Gospel Of Grace Plus Nothing ....you are either with me or you are against me—— as I have said before — I believe and fight for the Doctrine Of “Nothing But the Blood” and I thank my Lord that I don’t find myself on the Wrong Side Of “ That” argument.....May God have mercy on those of you that do.....
Oh yeah, and as far as being “ nice and sweet” to my enemies like poor old jbf.......Did I ever accuse him of being a “ snake” or a member of a “ brood Of vipers !” Jesus accused HIS enemies of these things.....jbf’s “ mental problems” were probably demonic in nature.....he preached an “ Accursed” Gospel as do others in here....what do you expect to happen to them ? I keep telling you Religionists—- God won’t have it...
Having said that.....I do feel sorry for him.....I pray for him....and I hope the best for him....he just needs to do what he is always telling others to do—- “ Repent”......and I do NOT mean fir him to “ repent of sins” ..... he needs to “ change his mind” about his “ Gospel” Of “ Lucky Repentance”.... He will continue to live in torment until he abandons this folly ....
The problem is, we DON'T have carte blanche to do what we want. The body of flesh is always trying to get it's own way. What we want is righteousness and goodness and love. Isn't that true?
But the flesh wants what it wants, and so we have to sort out what's flesh and what is spirit, the new me.
You speak in terms of the permissibility for our contrary will to defy God. But what I see in the Bible, and it sure makes sense when I look at myself, is that my will has been restored to godliness, while my flesh hasn't. And from the time spent living in flesh, living the flesh life, the flesh mind sounds like my mind, because it used to be me, before I was reborn. And even now it sounds like me, except the thought of the mind of the flesh are not like my thoughts.
My thoughts are, I trust God, I know He loves me, I know He is here with me right now as I'm typing, taking an active role in my life. I'm not alone, I am loved by my Creator. He's promised to always be with me and I believe that.
My thoughts are meditations on His Word, and prayer, conversation with my Creator, rejoicing with thankfulness in my heart for my life and my day, like that.
Thoughts of the flesh mind are, how will I manage, what's going to happen, I don't want to do that again, how can I stop, I have to do something, get something, I need something so bad! This will never end, This is horrible, all wrong, I hate this, I can't stand this, I have to have that, like that. Of course there is so much we can add!
And we are to sort that out, recognizing which are spiritual and which are fleshy, and not let the fleshy thoughts captivate our minds and so lead us into sin.
He will remain in perfect peace, who's mind is anchored on the LORD. If I set my mind on Him, then I'm in the flow with His mind, the mind of Christ. I've found I don't need to take such an active role in my own life as I'm actively setting my mind on God. Simple things, like reminding myself He's here with me in His love for me. I'm His project, I'm being made to show God's glory and grace as He forms my eternal life.
I so look forward to when we do have the carte blanche to do what we want. What we, the children of God, want, more than anything! To be pleasing in the presence of God.
Much love!
Again, very well stated!
These others preach a form of self-effort to "maintain salvation". Oh, no, it's not works, they say, yet still maintaining that it's their own responsibility to keep hold onto Christ.
I find the same arrogance if I begin to presume that Jesus has not already fully rescued me, because no matter how you word it, or what you've become focused on, IF someone is saying this gift of grace may or may not save at the end, then God's not saved you, He's waiting to see if you're going to qualify yourself for that actual salvation.
Yes, I find it completely arrogant this idea that we are not fully and completely forgiven, all sin for all time, as if God would tolerate "some" sins, but not others, of as if I'm making up for my continued sins by my continuing repentence and confession. As if God would save part way and them maybe revoke that, based on something you did or didn't do? As if being saved by grace, we'd be completed in the flesh? Thinking we "complete" our faith?
Whether it's the "big 10" or your own private list of rules, living according to what you must and mustn't do, including, "You mustn't 'stop believing'" is living according to law, it incites the flesh, is contrary to faith, denying the gift of grace through Christ.
Rather, we rest . . . rest in the finished work of Christ on the cross.
Much love!
Yes, this is again very Biblical. Those who have liberty in Christ, and those who want to put them back under subjugation. If they can take away your pure faith, they add a notch to their belts.
The child of promise is the son.
Much love!
As if you don't sin on purpose? I'd don't believe that, just from what I've seen.
Yeah, let's DO be fair, shall we?
Much love!
Ferris Bueller
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That's not the willfully sinning of Hebrews 10:26.
Willfully sinning is when you turn your back on Christ and you purposely sin because you don't care about Christ and his grace anymore. I believe God will check in with that person to make sure that's what they really want to do, and if it is, they're done. God removes his grace from them and all they have left to look forward to is the judgment of God's enemies.
Yes.
"purposely living in sin"?
There's one for you.
But I suppose you didn't choose to write this?
Ferris Bueller
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Ferris Bueller
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Marks, you need not waste your time posting to me. I've given up on you, too.
We need to listen and understand about people who act this way. He's been doing this consistenly all along. The fact that this is his behavior is significant towards understanding what's behind his behavior. This is not spirit.
Much love!
Saved from the Law of Sin and Death.
Romans 8:2 KJV
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Much love!
You can benefit or not, up to you. Perhaps others may benefit as well.
I don't find it to be a waste of time to reveal error.
Much love!
And of course I realize you have a real issue with responding to my content, so I don't really have any expectation that you will actually engage with what I'm saying. Don't feel like you have to for my sake!
Much love!
Quite the unbiblical definition of sin.
You may want to explore the matter more. All that is not of faith . . . the good you know to do and don't . . . these are sin. Even if we're talking about wearing the red shirt instead of the blue shirt, if your faith is telling you to wear the blue shirt, because you think the red one makes you look more attractive to the ladies.
Your misapplication of the Hebrews passage forces you to redefine sin to allow you to continue to call yourself a Christian. As if there were only one sin, when sin is actually the entirety of flesh life. Every thought of the flesh mind is sinful. Every act that follows is sin. All of it.
When you become reborn, you will have the power from God to not sin by trusting Him if you so choose, and to live the mind of Christ instead of the flesh mind.
Much love!
BB is an arrogant, obnoxious, hateful person
I can’t “ STAND” people that “ beat around the bush “ ..... you need to find some backbone and tell us all what you “ really” think.......lol....
And he gets on “ me” because he thinks I was not sweet enough to a Gospel Perverter? Lol.....I made fun of justbyfaithplusluckyrepentance , but I’m not sure that I was “ this” mean to him.....can we all say..... “ hypocrisy ?” Lol...lol....lol....
I can’t “ STAND” people that “ beat around the bush “ ..... you need to find some backbone and tell us all what you “ really” think.......lol....
And he gets on “ me” because he thinks I was not sweet enough to a Gospel Perverter? Lol.....I made fun of justbyfaithplusluckyrepentance , but I’m not sure that I was “ this” mean to him.....can we all say..... “ hypocrisy ?” Lol...lol....lol....
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
We do tend to reveal ourselves.
Much love!
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