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The truth is far more subtle than what a knuckle-dragging fundamentalist can grasp. Dogmatism gives people a bent...a simplistic bent that denies the truth. Sometimes a "yeah, but" is actually trying to bring a right balance to a tilted understanding. I would say.."on the other hand"... The...

The letter kills, the Spirit gives life. My experiences as you say transcend words. That's not what I said. The error is in assuming and presuming without experiencing the eternal life. How can a person have something they don't yet have? I deny a sinful holiness. Too many today have no...

Not so. It is those who are always learning but never come to the knowledge of the truth...or who have a FORM of godliness but deny the power thereof.....these are the stubborn ones that reflect the same thing that the Jews of old had...a stiffness of neck...a wilfull sin. What it is not is a...

The redemptive work of Christ is for the whole world collectively and for the individual it is empowering the soul (inner man) to overcome sin as Jesus did. To confuse what is general with what is specific leads people to disregard the higher calling in Christ...for the individual...instead...

That wilfulness is the stubbornness of immature believers who refuse wisdom and chase after folly. In our time these abound. A person that can't be discipled is of no use at all to the Lord...rather so many rely on silly schemes that line up with their own imaginations and preferences. You are...

Following the "Way" that is in Christ means to be called out of every system of men into a full reliance on God in the Spirit for all things...even what is seen and heard...relying on God's counsel. Sometimes a person is called into a bigger net...a different denomination....for a time. A...

You deny the power of grace. You think grace is God turning a blind eye to whoever is religious enough to claim His righteousness for himself. We will not be judged by our religious beliefs...but what we did with what we have been given. If sin disqualifies you then you are at God's mercy...or...

This shows a human understanding...based on not knowing what holiness entails. Most modern believers NEVER walk in the Spirit...in the perfection of Christ. All who enter INTO Christ walk as He walked without sin. In Him is no sin. You can try wrapping your mind around that and try to filter...

And needs to be cleansed from every spot of sin. How? By grace through faith into a walk that is IN Christ.

A circular silly argument. First you say that BAC's don't sin habitually...than you say you do sin and need to sin because of another misunderstanding of the bible. basically you are interpreting the bible to defend yourself...the ego. You think repentance is into less sinning? How much sin...

The Pharisees also justified themselves for not having the same TYPE of habitual sins...obvious carnal sins...as the crowd. No, their sins were much worse. Jesus condemned the religious hypocrites far more than outward sinners. He said that carnal sinners enter the kingdom faster than the...

Someone who is truly born from heaven does not champion an unconditional forgiveness...but rather champions a fear of the Lord INTO a walk in victory over sin by the resurrection life of Christ that he/she has experienced. All this religious theorizing comes from the flesh. There is no power...

Those who champion an ongoing unconditional forgiveness know nothing of the fear of the Lord nor the grace of the Lord that brings people into holiness. This is not a bible issue but a religious dogmatic scheme conjured up by a misreading of the bible. The very Spirit that is required to walk in...

A constant sinner is only looking for forgiveness and how to exploit Jesus for himself. A true disciple seeks the Lord for holiness and the power that resurrected Jesus from the dead...to walk in it. That's the truth.

Why are so few walking by faith...in the "way" that is in Christ? Unless one walks by grace through faith one cannot understand walking in BOTH the fear of God AND the comfort of the Spirit. Both at the same time. Entering the righteousness of God by abiding in Christ doesn't eliminate human...

One has to understand the difference between righteousness and holiness. Righteousness is about what we do. Holiness about what God does. The church is FIRST what God does...followed by obedience in righteousness on our part. The problem with ecclesiastical thinking is that that these take for...

I was baptized by the Spirit into the church that God is building. What do I care if there is no building or earthly hierarchy I can point to. I was captured by the eternal love of Christ...and empowered to walk as He walked. If there are no others then I stand alone. That is God's will. But I...

This is funny. Of course the apostles were apostolic. But by the time that a minority of bishops decided to listen to Constantine (only about 20% of all the bishops attended this "farce"), the more spiritual brothers probably didn't think it right to attend. But history is made by the victors...

Do people really want to be told what to believe? Isn't an encounter with the living God of much more value and use in understanding the bigger picture and purpose of life? I defend oneness with God AND oneness between disciples. Creeds and dogmas only serve as an excuse to not love another...

The early church were followers of "The Way". What way? The way that is in Christ in the power of an eternal kind of life. It was inevitable that a dogmatic decoy also be established according to the will of men that usurps the way of God in Christ by catering to the desires of men. My aim...