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They don't look like my Father, or my big brother Jesus.
Just being honest.
That doesn't mean they aren't my brothers.
It means I can't tell they are.
Hopefully, it's just a case of them being immature:
"1Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ. 2I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. 3You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? " 1 Corinthians 3:1-3
I see more of Adam in them than I do our brother Jesus.
Just being honest.
And trying to endure their provocations nibbles away at my faith, not builds it up.
Just being honest.
That doesn't mean they aren't my brothers.
It means I can't tell they are.
Hopefully, it's just a case of them being immature:
"1Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ. 2I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. 3You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? " 1 Corinthians 3:1-3
I see more of Adam in them than I do our brother Jesus.
Just being honest.
And trying to endure their provocations nibbles away at my faith, not builds it up.
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Which part? The one that gave His only begotten Son, or the one who killed 50 thousand because one person opened the ark of the covenant without a covering?
I really would like to stay on the understanding of what true Faith is, and how it's applied.
You obviously don't know that the words believe, believer, and believing are mistranslations. No such words in the Greek language! No such words in the original texts!
I really would like to stay on the understanding of what true Faith is, and how it's applied.
You obviously don't know that the words believe, believer, and believing are mistranslations. No such words in the Greek language! No such words in the original texts!
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In this life, the image of God in the earthly Christ. That part.
There is a battle that is coming when we believers will take the gloves off.
I know more than you think.
I know that we use the word 'faith' when what we are really talking about is 'believing'.
That's why we have to go back to the Bible's definition of 'faith'. It's a noun.
Meanwhile, 'believing' is a verb. It's the action you may or may not perform in response to the thing called 'faith'.
But don't get confused when the Bible uses the word 'faith' when talking about 'believing'.
There is a battle that is coming when we believers will take the gloves off.
I know more than you think.
I know that we use the word 'faith' when what we are really talking about is 'believing'.
That's why we have to go back to the Bible's definition of 'faith'. It's a noun.
Meanwhile, 'believing' is a verb. It's the action you may or may not perform in response to the thing called 'faith'.
But don't get confused when the Bible uses the word 'faith' when talking about 'believing'.
Context has to be considered when defining the application of those words.
In regard to salvation, 'believing' implies 'trusting'.
Trusting that the blood of Christ forgives all of your sin, not just knowing that it will.
Fake 'believers', and devils who 'believe' aren't doing that kind of believing.
In regard to salvation, 'believing' implies 'trusting'.
Trusting that the blood of Christ forgives all of your sin, not just knowing that it will.
Fake 'believers', and devils who 'believe' aren't doing that kind of believing.
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Lol! You need to keep learning!
The verb your addressing is " pisteuo" in the Greek. Pisteuo is the corresponding verb to the noun Pistis, where we get our English word Faith, a noun. They are both used over 245 times in the NT.
The Strong's tells us," pisteuo means NOT just to believe!".
The Vines, " pisteuo means a personal surrender to Him and a life inspired by such surrender!".
This is where you need to ask the right question, or you'll never hear another word from me.
The verb your addressing is " pisteuo" in the Greek. Pisteuo is the corresponding verb to the noun Pistis, where we get our English word Faith, a noun. They are both used over 245 times in the NT.
The Strong's tells us," pisteuo means NOT just to believe!".
The Vines, " pisteuo means a personal surrender to Him and a life inspired by such surrender!".
This is where you need to ask the right question, or you'll never hear another word from me.
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If you do not know what saving Faith is, you more than likely haven't fulfilled it yet!
If you haven't fulfilled it yet, you haven't received the Spirit of Christ yet!
If you haven't received the Spirit of Christ yet, then Christ, His word, and the promises in His word are not yours yet!
So keeping in the backwards or perverted theme, " context" is a mute point!
If you haven't fulfilled it yet, you haven't received the Spirit of Christ yet!
If you haven't received the Spirit of Christ yet, then Christ, His word, and the promises in His word are not yours yet!
So keeping in the backwards or perverted theme, " context" is a mute point!
"1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Hebrews 11:1
How does simply knowing something is true save a person???
Not to open a can of worms, but James calls that 'faith alone', and says that can not save a man. Even the demons know the truth about Jesus. And that didn't save them.
Surely, it's the trusting you do in response to the knowing of faith that secures the forgiveness of God in Christ.
How does simply knowing something is true save a person???
Not to open a can of worms, but James calls that 'faith alone', and says that can not save a man. Even the demons know the truth about Jesus. And that didn't save them.
Surely, it's the trusting you do in response to the knowing of faith that secures the forgiveness of God in Christ.
I thought it was a verb related to a noun.
The verb is to believe in the noun.
So my understanding is that it's belief in Jesus.
I know there are two words for faith in the Greek. Pistis & Pisteou.
I read somewhere that basically is means to believe/entrust in Jesus for salvation which will follow through with actions concerning said faith.
I may have got the verb/noun wrong.
I was never good at understanding such things.
The verb is to believe in the noun.
So my understanding is that it's belief in Jesus.
I know there are two words for faith in the Greek. Pistis & Pisteou.
I read somewhere that basically is means to believe/entrust in Jesus for salvation which will follow through with actions concerning said faith.
I may have got the verb/noun wrong.
I was never good at understanding such things.
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