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"MyrtleTrees, ]True as you say - He is our perfection - we are incapable of that perfection ourselves in our flesh! And yes, that is a relief to know - always! God is our perfection, that is why we derive our own perfection from him when we honestly and continually lean on him as a belt...

Christ does not belong to any political party. In Him there is neither a Democratic nor a Republican party. He belongs to LOVE and this Love does not know anyone by political affiliation. I think we Christians should always desire and pray that things happen according to the will of God...

"GraceAndTruth, posted Scripture is not taken "literally" in every verse, the bible is full of metaphors. Trees that clap their hands mountains that sing Isaiah 55:12 You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and...

"Tararose, posted Just a side note that you might find of interest. I did a study a few months ago, being challenged by those words ...” Be perfect”. I found Looking at the context of the references and the meaning in the original language, that being perfect is more akin to being whole and...

"Pilgrimshope, post: to be perfect he’s not saying sinless you sort of pulled a single verse out of the subject he’s saying to be perfect in mercy towards others . “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which...

"Nehemiah6, post: The clothes people wear outwardly are indeed an expression of who they are. We ought not to imagine that clothes make no difference to the impression we created. All believers are within a Royal Priesthood. So when you see how God instructed His Levitical priests to dress...

"Pilgrimshope, posted I think understanding that the law came from the curse of adam And eve would tell us that it doesn’t apply to those in Christ . But was a result of eves curse being differentiated from Adam , whereas beforehand they were one. adam was placed above eve only because she...

"Pilgrimshope, posted that’s wonderful stuff would you say that in order to come to that place of repentance believing the gospel is imperative , meaning the view and understanding Jesus gave pertaining to his eternal judgement ? for instance suppose a person is at a place where their own...

"Dino246, posted This is unbiblical HOGWASH! It's also shockingly poor spelling. How hard is it to use spell-check?[/QUOTE] Everybody here is not an English professor like you. The most important thing is that we understand what people are trying to say. Paul was criticized for his speech...

We can totally overcome if we truly believe.

"Rosemaryx, posted I believe when we have the Holy Spirit in us , we will never live in the way we did before we were saved... Yes we struggle with sin , but we do sin less... We do not practice what we once did , we run from it , yet in some areas we will always struggle in the flesh...

"crossnote, posted The context here is a rebuke Paul is giving to the Church at Corinth. They are taking one another to court before unbelievers (v.6) and Paul has to remind them that such have no part in the Kingdom. It has nothing to do with adultery. The important lesson there for us all...

"Adstar, posted No ... No... No... No... Those who love the LORD love His Word / teachings and strive to avoid murdering, committing Adultery and other things revealed in his word to be against the will of God.. They do not use the grace of God as a license to sin.. They do not have a willful...

"Rosemaryx, posted ]I was a drunk before I got saved , I always tried to stop , it never worked... Even after God saved me , I still drank , but I started to mourn deeply about it , I hated drinking , yet for the first year or so I could not stop... Then I started to notice my drinking habits...

"Dino246, posted The person who has not put his or her faith in the person and work of Jesus Christ is destined for destruction (aka 'hell'). As the quoted verse says, that is what some of you were. In other words, we were saved from that kind of behaviour or lifestyle. Continuing such...

"awelight, posted Again, you make some good points but where we are differing, is about choice. Man lost His ability to choose righteousness because he could no longer perceive what was righteous. On the issue underlined above I differ. But before I comment further, I would like to say that...

"ForestGreenCook, posted The natural man had no choice in his being quickened to a spiritual life, because he was dead (spiritually) in his sins at the time that he was quickened, Eph 2:1. Thank you for the clarification. But I would like to say that 1. quickening of the Spirit comes by...

Karraster, posted There are several "exception clauses" in the Word. To sum it up, Ruth swore an oath to her MIL Naomi, your God will be my God, your people my people. The judgement was based on spiritual condition and not ethnicity. Boaz married a dedicated follower of YHWH, not a pagan...

"awelight, posted Thank you for reading my lengthy post and responding. I would have to say that the first two points you highlighted in bold are not at odds with each other. I said in my post and we know that God is all knowing God. As Isaiah said, he knows and sees the end from the...

"MichaelLone, posted I am told that is wrong but i fail to see the wrong doing in looking at one of gods creations-the female form The bible tells us that God created Adam and Eve naked and saw all He created and pronounced them good ( i.e including their nakedness. In their purity Adam and...