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And when you lose a debate - you accuse your opponent of "wordsmithing."
You keep cherry-picking the SAME verse out of context to support your false doctrine.
Only to a blind and spiritually prideful person.
And one cannot be one of His sheep unless He believes.
That is not a proper or even good representation of the salvation process.
The "process" comes from the fact that we are still sinners in need of God's mercy.
No...It is just the opposite of that...as I have shown you in the scripture. But apparently you do not love the truth.
Hello Scott... I think you nailed it on the head here. Many it seems have tried to gently lead this person into the arms and rest of Jesus but he or she refuses to come to Him and wants to do it in their own strength. Nothing much can be done, personally I would just leave it with Jesus, as it became apparent fairly early in the piece where this person was coming from. No wonder the world looks at Christians and say :" No thank you !", as they mostly don't do what Jesus said to do, to share His love with them, that they may believe that "God so loved us ( the world ) that he sent His only begotten Son..........." I really like your posts
Not exactly. What I am saying - if I use myself as an example, is that I sinned my last some moments before Christ saved me, made me a new creation...that that old man is dead, and I live with and in Christ and Him in me, who can do no sin, for He to died to sin on a cross.
I honestly am not trying to be rude, but I suspect your post will go way over the persons head, as they cannot arrive In Christ without the revelation of Who He is, and subsequently, who we are In Him . They cannot see or in some cases will not see. To the seed of Adam came the law..... To the seed of Christ, the law was nailed with Him on the cross, and we are no longer under law, but under grace.....Grace is HIGHER than the law, it is NOT a one off thing but the power of God to save us, Jesus fulfilled ALL the requirements of the law, and then God said :" Come sit at my right hand.".....Imagine that, a son of man, a seed of Adam sitting on the throne next to God. Just a marvelous work, which God said He was going to do, straight after the fall of man..........Fulfilled in Christ ! I suggest people like BOL seek and find that rest in Him that indescribable love, joy and peace which can ONLY be found In Him, and if in Him, we are no longer of the world, even if our little 'earthsuits' have a little ways to go yet. Thank you Scott A.....I am getting very encouraged by a lot of your posts..... Way to go !
Sooooo, you sin but you don't really sin - is that it?
He, joined me to Himself, long before I knew anything of 'churches' or bibles. But let me just get you straight, I have tried to stay out of your way here. You would have me reject and throw out EVERY word He answered me to my questions the first night I met Him? One of which was :" Do I have to go to church now that you have come to me ?" He replied :" You are the church, people are the church, and if you are going to compare it to a building, then you are a brick in My church, along with those who believe." And yes ! I kid you not, He did say MY CHURCH. So who are you, to try to usurp Him in my life, to be taken over by a religious institution built on a foundation of paganism, murder, rape, torture, the selling of a place into heaven, taking from the poor, and on and on. NO THANK YOU.... I prefer the foundation He has given me. Now please can you just let me be. I did ask nicely before. All the best to you.
