How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

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the Cross is the means of entering the kingdom.

We enter into the kingdom realm when WE go to the cross ...not just religiously admire it from a distance or wear it around our necks.

You can believe whatever you want about what Jesus did for the whole world...and look down on others based on that. But unless you lose your life...you will not experience resurrection life. (don't think in pagan terms here...salvation is today! )
It is the means by which we are born again,

No. Death does not bring life....life brings life. We are quickened to life by His resurrection. Unless Jesus be raised from the dead we are still dead in our sins. Likewise we can experience eternal life...being raised from the dead...right now..by entering INTO Christ.

Stop just looking at the cross...and go to Him...be crucified...and experience eternal life. Don't wait for an "afterlife". Do it now.
It is the means by whch we recieve the spirit. It is the means by which we can WALK WITH GOD.

Walking with God is not an imaginary positional thing. To you there is no higher walk with God. So then you can only imagine walking with God...in an imaginary way....unless you turn to God and repent...and walk in the POWER that raised Jesus from the dead. Again, I'm not talking about a religion with an afterlife. Christianity is NOT like a dead pagan religion that most here claim...only seeing eternal life some time in the future after a physical death.
It is the means by which we have the power to obey his commands.

everything you try to talk about is based on the cross.

That's why I am mocked for it. I speak of the POWER of the cross. Most here only have a form of godliness but deny the power. Always learning but never coming to the knowledge of the truth.
When people try to show you this. You mock them. You dismiss them. You call them pharisees and all other kinds of names.
You are backwards. I teach, I inspire, I correct, I rebuke. That's what a Christian teacher does. What you do is assume, presume, point fingers, and generally react very badly from a carnally motivated religious disposition. You NEED desperately to go the the cross to be crucified with Christ....otherwise you will die in your sins.
 
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IT’s allegorical to this:

“Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.” (Acts 14:22)
Would you be willing to share with us this great tribulation you’ve been going through?
 

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Actually this says Paul was crucified with Christ. See Paul was a part of that religious organization that died with Jesus. When he nailed it all too HIS cross and triumphed over it the law, ordinances, principalities, all the individuals in self appointed high seats, then Rome built it all back up under the assumptions that we see in place today. Judaism mingled with paganism. Everyone has played their role till this current time.
What does Romans 6:6 say ?

Romans 6:6
For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin

and here

Galatians 5:24
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.


and here

2 Corinthians 5:14
For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

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We enter into the kingdom realm when WE go to the cross ...not just religiously admire it from a distance or wear it around our necks.
No we enter the kingdom when we are born again. Not a single verse says we enter the kingdom by the cross.

John 3:3
Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”

John 3:5
Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.
 
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How is it you place yourself into the text?

How is it you ignored my last post?

Here’s more:

“And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.” (Galatians 5:11)

Another example of taking up the cross.

Another one you can ignore and dismiss…

And where did this nonsensical rebuke of “placing your self in the text” come from?

You all learn some bad habits I tell ya!

“…evil communications corrupt good manners.” (1 Corinthians 15:33)
 
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2 Corinthians 5:14
For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

Tells you right here only one died for all !

Romans 6:6
For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin
When he says our old self he speaking of the religious practices performed by them daily. (Law). Remember Jesus nailed it to the cross?


Galatians 5:24
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
They no longer had a passion for what he nailed to the cross and ended. That was their life prior to the crucified Christ.
 

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How is it you ignored my last post?

Here’s more:

“And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.” (Galatians 5:11)

Another example of taking up the cross.

Another one you can ignore and dismiss…

And where did this nonsensical rebuke of “placing your self in the text” come from?

You all learn some bad habits I tell ya!

“…evil communications corrupt good manners.” (1 Corinthians 15:33)
How is it you place yourself into the text?
 

Waiting on him

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How is it you ignored my last post?

Here’s more:

“And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.” (Galatians 5:11)

Another example of taking up the cross.

Another one you can ignore and dismiss…

And where did this nonsensical rebuke of “placing your self in the text” come from?

You all learn some bad habits I tell ya!

“…evil communications corrupt good manners.” (1 Corinthians 15:33)
The stop with the sophistry!
 

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No we enter the kingdom when we are born again. Not a single verse says we enter the kingdom by the cross.

John 3:3
Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”

John 3:5
Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.
You are denying the cross here...as you usually do. I know it is out of ignorance of the power of God. We ONLY enter into Christ through the cross. Most born again people will never enter INTO the kingdom realm because they don't believe it is possible. They do NOT go to the cross..instead relying on a religious imagination that puffs up their egos to say ridiculous things...lies...about God. For these it is unbelief that causes them to assume they are somehow mystically sinning in a heavenly place...which is false.

You are relying on imagination instead of going to God to receive the grace that walks in Zion.
 
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You are denying the cross...as usual. We ONLY enter into Christ through the cross. Most born again people will never enter INTO the kingdom realm because they don't believe it is possible. They do NOT go to the cross..instead relying on a religious imagination that puffs up their egos to say ridiculous things...lies...about God. For these it is unbelief that causes them to assume they are somehow mystically sinning in a heavenly place...which is false.

You are relying on imagination instead of going to God to receive the grace that walks in Zion.
The cross saved no man- it provided the forgiveness of sins.

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No we enter the kingdom when we are born again. Not a single verse says we enter the kingdom by the cross.


Hebrews 10:20 KJV
[20] By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
@Christophany tgis is what took place on the cross.
 

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We enter into the kingdom realm when WE go to the cross ...not just religiously admire it from a distance or wear it around our necks.

You can believe whatever you want about what Jesus did for the whole world...and look down on others based on that. But unless you lose your life...you will not experience resurrection life. (don't think in pagan terms here...salvation is today!
thats funny, myself and others have been telling you this for years. so are you now finally getting it. Or just making a show?
No. Death does not bring life....life brings life. We are quickened to life by His resurrection. Unless Jesus be raised from the dead we are still dead in our sins. Likewise we can experience eternal life...being raised from the dead...right now..by entering INTO Christ.
The death of Cross brings life. Thats what the cross is all about.

We are baptized into that Death. And it is through this, reckoning ourselves dead to sin. That we live the ressurection life.

Again, we have been trying to show you this.
Stop just looking at the cross...and go to Him...be crucified...and experience eternal life. Don't wait for an "afterlife". Do it now.
When I look to him. I lok at the cross.

The cross and the resurrection is what he came to do. When I see the cross I see he who had no sin. When I see the cross. i see the man who loved the world. And in such served the world. When I see the cross. I see the son of God. Who did not come to judge, but to save.

The cross is the means of justification. Apart from the cross. There is no salvation. And there is no walking with God
Walking with God is not an imaginary positional thing. To you there is no higher walk with God. So then you can only imagine walking with God...in an imaginary way....unless you turn to God and repent...and walk in the POWER that raised Jesus from the dead. Again, I'm not talking about a religion with an afterlife. Christianity is NOT like a dead pagan religion that most here claim...only seeing eternal life some time in the future after a physical death.
You’re right it is not an imaginary thing. It is a real thing. Those who have walked with God know this. Because as the psalmist. As Paul and many others shared. Though art with me.. It’s a real thing, from the indwelling of the HS who was given BECAUSE of the cross. To the Chastening one recieved when they go astray. To the trial and tribulation we endure by walking with God in the valleys.

Its real my friend.
That's why I am mocked for it. I speak of the POWER of the cross. Most here only have a form of godliness but deny the power. Always learning but never coming to the knowledge of the truth.
No. You deny the cross

The power of the cross is forgiveness of sin, it is our birth into Gods family. It is the giving of the spirit. It is the knowledge that no matter what. We are Gods children. That sin has no dominion over us, that the power of death has no sting.

Thats the power of the cross..

The power of the cross is not trying to be good on your own power. That is the power of self. And it will fail
You are backwards. I teach, I inspire, I correct, I rebuke. That's what a Christian does. What you do is assume, presume, point fingers, and generally react very badly from a carnally motivated religious disposition. You NEED desperately to go the the cross to be crucified with Christ....otherwise you will die in your sins.
It does no good when you teach false views.. When you deny what the word says as a whole. When you slander and mock people who are trying to show you what the word says. When you claim you are a Prophet of God and we should look to you. Not the Bible itself. As you have done so many times.
 
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No we enter the kingdom when we are born again. Not a single verse says we enter the kingdom by the cross.


Hebrews 10:20 KJV
[20] By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
@Christophany tgis is what took place on the cross.
Hebrews 10 in context

"Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching."

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You are denying the cross here...as you usually do. I know it is out of ignorance of the power of God. We ONLY enter into Christ through the cross. Most born again people will never enter INTO the kingdom realm because they don't believe it is possible. They do NOT go to the cross..instead relying on a religious imagination that puffs up their egos to say ridiculous things...lies...about God. For these it is unbelief that causes them to assume they are somehow mystically sinning in a heavenly place...which is false.

You are relying on imagination instead of going to God to receive the grace that walks in Zion.
You are denying the new birth the Holy Spirit permanently dwelling in believers.
 
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