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Your post made me reflect on this issue: Loving, blessing and praying cost nothing and the rewards are immense. As a new believer I would do all these things for enemies and God almost always blessed me. It's the enemies job to distract us and I think I was taken off course. it's about time I...

Well, this is debatable. I would question: Why Jesus didn't say OBEY YOUR ELDERS, if he was indeed preaching to Christians?

This is possible.

Let´s consider one example: Jesus said: keep the commandments (the law, in order to be saved); Paul said: salvation is by grace and faith alone (with no works of the law). If I choose to follow Paul I am not disregarding Jesus. On the contrary, I will be doing what is applicable to Christians...

We must obey all Jesus' teachings, but it is necessary to know that some of them (given before the cross) are no longer in effect. Keep the commandments (in order to be saved); Obey the scribes and Pharisees; Sell all you have and give the money to the poor; Truly, I say to you, you will never...

I agree with you that it is a blessing to love our enemies. Now, at age 69, and after 34 years as a Christian I can say I love almost all of my enemies, but not all. It is hard for me to love intentional false prophets, for example.

Three decades ago a co-worker of mine was rendered paraplegic by a thief. A group of believers and myself went to her home to comfort her. We talked about the brevity of life on earth and everlasting life in heaven, etc., but not long after that, one of our fellow believers bluntly asked the...

Kirstin, Jeremy and Voctave.

I know Christians who really have the grace of God and I'm sure they'll never lose it. I know others, however, who keep saying "I have the grace of God", but don't really have it. Those in the first group don't cheat on their spouses, while those in the second group are constantly involved in...

Salvation is by grace, but if a person commits adultery that means they don't have the grace of God. James 4:7 - Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Salvation is not in our hands, but we must always be willing to do God's will. If we don't care, we will probably lose grace.

As think that if we believe in Jesus, don't commit fornication or adultery, don't steal, don't lie, etc ..., we will be saved even if our faith is not strong enough to be healed.

Interesting question! Miracle number one was the creation of the universe from nothing (ex nihil). I see almost everything as a miracle: ants are miracles, birds are miracles, and human beings much more. In the current context, I define miracle as God's intervention in the course of a bad...

Even in my church there are people losing their earthly lives. But that doesn't mean much; what really matters is the eternal life in heaven.

A hospital administrator once told a friend of mine: "in our hospital there is at least one miracle a month". And the hospital was not religious at all. God answers to prayers coming from people who know nothing about the Bible. They just believe there is a God and that's it.

You mean the speaking in tongues in the Azusa St. revival? No, I believe most Christians there really spoke in tongues. My church has roots in that movement and our elders say that many people spoke previously unknown national tongues -- not gibberish.

Today signs and wonders may come and go according to God's will. Remember the Azuza Street Revival? In my church miracles still happen from time to time.

Hello, Mag! Yes, I am well and working hard, mowing the lawn, trimming the hedges, growing vegetables, etc. :)

Salvation by grace plus law is totally wrong; Faith plus works is wrong if the intention is to obtain salvation throught works; Good works will flow naturally from a faithful believer. Salvation by sinless perfection is totally wrong. It is true that Jesus said "be perfect because my father is...

Isaiah 3:21 (NET) festive dresses, robes, shawls, purses,

Joy to the world -- Voctave