Recent content by UsernamedNamedUser

There isn't really a reason to. First off the image can't become Christ. If you are bowing down to it or worshipping it, you've sinned. Secondly the image must be used appropriately. Is the image going to be a mantle piece for the appreciation of random people? Then that disrespects the cross...

The fact that a plant can go fruitless and be cut proves that you need to keep with the faith to be saved. It's a race, so run. It's a vineyard, so work. It's by grace one is even allowed to do these things. We were supposed to stand in ourselves according to the law, but we we're too weak. So...

A lot of Christians will say they have a sinful nature, but can do nothing about it. They then don't resist said sinful nature and are dead in the flesh. I don't know if this is true, but Paul might have been talking about them when he said this," For men will be... lovers of pleasure rather...

Love in general has died in Christianity. Just look how every believer was in the NT. Sharing with each other. Are modern churches like that? No, they're extremely separated by denominations and even in those denominations they are separated. Jesus' command when he left was that we love each...

"Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded." A verse from James. This is how one comes back to God

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. 2I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and...

Contrary to popular opinion, the NC isn't just as simple as saying," I believe," it's a process, as detailed in Romans 8 It starts out with," For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh." The law pointed out what was wrong, but that was just condemnation. Is that...

It's kind of weird Son of God, Spirit of God, and then why not the 'Father of God' title?

There wasn't really a strategic persecution until Jesus died. He's just saying to do this because one must cut off their family if they want to follow him. Hence the whole ," lose your life to find it," verse

The environment of the current era promotes busybodies more than ever before. Pre tech era survival made people not have a lot of time for leisure, and the distance challenge prevented the mass dissemination and promotion of ideas. Modern era changed that. With survival gone people have a lot...

God is love? Correct, but for who? Answer: Himself. He does everything for His own joy. He is God, the greatest good, it's not wrong for him to hold himself higher than all others. In fact, it's a function of righteousness. If God put something above himself he would actually be sinning because...

"If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple. 27And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple." They will be divided, father against son and son against...

Here's how salvation works in a nutshell. When Jesus died, the flesh become the outlet for condemnation while the spirit became the outlet for salvation. Each man has a flesh which they are in pre-Christ. When they repent they receive the Spirit which acts like an outlet for their spirit. Now...

And you obey God by having faith in him, not by doing works with your own hands. The works of men are worthless before the eyes of God. One must have faith in God, and through faith they can bear much fruit

The verse makes it clear. "But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world." Are they dicipline? Yes. But they are also a mercy since they prevent the Christians from being judged with the world.