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Discussion Born again by prayer and or the laying on of hands?

We are born again by believing into the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. We were raised together with Him. He is the head, we are his body.

1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,


Ephesians 2:5-6
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved; )
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

John 3:15-18
15 that everyone believing into Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that everyone believing into Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God did not send His Son into the world that He might judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
18 The one believing into Him is not condemned; but the one not believing has already been condemned, for he has not believed into the name of the only begotten Son of God.
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Out of Context 1

As followers of Jesus Christ we must guard our hearts and minds against relying upon Scriptures, taught out of context, to teach us the truth of the gospel. So many people today are creating a gospel of salvation that is not of God, and that is not consistent with the teachings of the Scriptures, because they are teaching the Scriptures outside of their correct biblical context. And some (or many) of them are “wolves in sheep’s clothing” who are doing this purposefully in order to lead the people to believe the lies.

Here are some of the Scriptures that are typically taught out of context:

I Give Them Eternal Life

“I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.” (John 10:28-30 NIV)

Taught out of context, this is typically used to assure all who profess the name of Jesus that their salvation (genuine or not) is secured for them for eternity, and that not even their deliberate and habitual sinful lifestyles and practices, and their refusal to surrender to God to obey God’s commands, in practice, will keep them out of heaven for eternity. But why do they leave out verse 27 which tells us who “they” are? Mostly this is done by liars and deceivers in order to give a false message of grace. For Jesus said,

“27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.”

So, it is not all who say they believe in Jesus who have this promise, but all who are truly his followers (his sheep) who are listening to the Lord, who are heeding (obeying) his commands, and who are following him in living self-controlled, upright, and godly lives, for his glory. Yes, it is possible that we might still sin (1 John 2:1-2), but if sin is our practice, and not obedience to God, we will not inherit eternal life with God (Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; Galatians 5:16-18; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 3:4-10).

In Christ Jesus

“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.” (Romans 8:1-2 NIV)

Taught out of context, often this is used to assure all who profess the name of Jesus that they truly are “in Christ,” and therefore they are not under the condemnation of God, so no matter how much they sin, those sins will not be charged against them, and heaven will still be secured for them no matter how they live. And it is very popular today to tell people who are, indeed, deliberately and habitually sinning against God, that they should just “claim who you are in Christ,” as though that covers all their deliberate sins.

But God, via Jesus as our sin offering “…condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.” (Romans 8:3-4)

So, those who are “in Christ” are all who, by the grace of God, no longer live (in practice) according to the flesh (in sin) but according to (in agreement with) the Holy Spirit, in surrender to our Lord in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living, in the power of God. For “our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin” (Romans 6:6). For we are slaves of the one we obey, either of sin, leading to death, or of obedience, leading to righteousness and to eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18]

My Sheep

Based off John 10:1-30 NIV
An Original Work / June 24, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love


My sheep hear me. They know me.
They listen to my voice and obey.
I call them and lead them.
They know my voice, so they follow me.
They will never follow strangers.
They will run away from them.
The voice of a stranger they know not;
They do not follow him.

So, I tell you the truth that
I am the gate, so you enter in.
Whoever does enter
Will find forgiveness and will be saved.
Nonetheless whoever enters
Not by the gate; other way,
He is the thief and a robber.
Listen not, the sheep to him.

Oh, I am the Good Shepherd,
Who laid his own life down for the sheep.
I know them. They know me.
They will live with me eternally.
The thief only comes to steal and
Kill and to destroy the church.
I have come to give you life that
You may have it to the full…

They know my voice, so they follow me.

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An Original Work / February 9, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
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Emil Brunner

Thanks for the contributions to the discussion.

Brunner downplayed propositional doctrinal knowledge and placed his emphasis on the need for a Divine-Human encounter as more important than assent to propositions. Protestant system building he suggested could at times be like a frozen waterfall, great shapes of movement but with no movement.

I have to say when I read of conversion accounts like Joy Gresham's where she described it as "God came in" Brunner may have a point, but he probably goes too far. However nowadays the problem may at times be more doctrinal indifference, than when Brunner wrote. Or on the other hand a sort of doctrinal eclectism.

That Brunner's Christology may lean towards Docetism I have heard suggested (sorry cannot recall where I read that).

Anyone any thoughts on any of that?
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The Worship of Death Nihilism turns chaos into a weapon.

Chaos is often the bogieman of the faithless and unimaginative that needs the heavy boot of the law for what anthropologists have dubbed "terror management". But what happens when increasingly it seems the terror management itself is terror? "Are we the badguys, Hans?"
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Only What is Helpful

“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” (Ephesians 4:29 NIV)

Now, the Lord led me to do a video talk on this subject, and unless I am reading in the video what I wrote here, which I have not yet written anything, I am usually just sharing in the videos what God gives me to say at the moment that I am recording. So rarely will these writings and the videos be exact copies of one another. So, while the video is being uploaded I will write here whatever else the Lord puts on my heart to say on this subject, some of which may or may not be the same as on the video.

Basically, the picture the Lord is giving me from this passage of Scripture is not so much centered on talk that is corrupt, distasteful, and unethical, but on talk which is just wasteful. Obviously I am on the internet, and I am in the world of blogging, and on social media, and on Christian discussion sites, and so I get to see a lot of what other people are writing and posting on the internet, including what others who profess faith in Jesus Christ are posting on the internet for others to read. And so much of it is just pure junk!

Now, I feel as though I have a fairly good (healthy) sense of humor. As the mother of 4 (+4) and the grandmother of 14 (+2), and the great-grandmother of 2, I have to have a good sense of humor. Right? Children are always going to do things to make us laugh. And laughing can be very healthful, if what we are laughing at is not what is crude, distasteful, unkind, immoral, and/or mocking of others who are just different from us. But humor is not to be what we live by and all that we talk about and share on the internet.

For God did not put us on this earth to be entertainers who everybody loves. God put us who believe in Jesus Christ on this earth to die with him to sin, and to live with him in righteousness and holiness, and to walk (in conduct) in obedience to his commands. And he put us on this earth to be his witnesses in sharing with the people of the world the truth of the gospel of Christ, which is that Jesus died on that cross to put our sins to death with him so by faith in him we will die to sin and live for God and obey our Lord.

So, as those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, we need to be doing what God has called us to do as his followers. And we need to not be wasting time and speech and writing on what is pure garbage, or on what has no eternal value, or on what is just empty and does nothing to help anyone. And I am certainly not saying that we can’t talk about what is going on in our lives, or that we can’t share pictures or human interest stories, and the like. But we need to be sharing Jesus with the world and not just what is of this flesh.

We need to be writing about and talking about what is beneficial to us spiritually, morally, ethically, and of great importance, like sharing about what is going on in the world and how it relates to what the Scriptures teach about the last days. For we live in very troubled times, and it is looking more and more like that rule of the beast is already on our doorsteps and is about to consume the nations and peoples of the world. So time is not on our side. So we need to be about the work of the Lord and not waste away our time.

For God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for Jesus’ return. For Christ “gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.” “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” (See Titus 2:11-14; Ephesians 2:8-10)

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18]

Being Made Right

An Original Work / September 8, 2019
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love


Jesus, lover of my soul,
Cleansed and saved me,
Made me whole;
Purified me, now new within.
By His grace, I’m free from sin.

Holy Spirit lives within,
Teaching me to walk with Him,
Guiding me each step of the way.
Living for my Lord each day.

Father God, He is my Lord.
Walk with Him in one accord.
Follow Him wherever He leads,
Living holy, Him to please.

Witnessing for Him each day,
Loving others in His way,
Telling them about Jesus Christ,
And how they can be made right.

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Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

About the unjust steward' s parable from Lk 16

Jesus explains the parable further in 16:9, "I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.". The parable's situation is not meant to be taken literally, but point to a deeper truth, that the "children of this world" are being wiser in material things than the Pharisees
i agree
the Pharisees, who see themselves as "children of light".
This i'm not sure, for i've got no hindsight as regard this terminology
Everybody understands the value of a good reputation in Jesus' day, and Jesus is saying "look, by being stingy with mercy, you are not honoring God, you are merely being stingy, and you won't inherit anything in the age to come".
Yes, if such is what Jesus means, but i don't see what more contribution it makes
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Inside the Atonement: What Christ Actually Did on the Cross

The propensity to transgress had to "come from somewhere" though. Somewhere outside of the good intention God created with. Could any creature created "good" generate out of "only good" "evil"? And thus the framework I'm thinking of as to why "the absence of good" is "evil" could be an "opposite reaction" byproduct of God's creative action.
I actually explained that here:
On the other hand, only God is the measure of good and that measure is himself. Anything he creates is good, but if he creates something with moral agency---which he did, angels and humans that we know of---now they have a responsibility of perfect moral obedience. And if there is present with them in the Garden of Eden, one who has already transgressed moral obedience, which there was, and God gives them commands and duties, which he did; dominion over the earth to care for it. And one specific command that if disobeyed will change the course of history, and they disobey, the result is a corrupted creature who will now someday die, and who loses that face-to-face relationship with God, and the two, man and God, become enemies. So that is the origin of evil in our world.
Now, obviously because God possessed the knowledge of evil; we know that "evil" "existed", at least in theory; even in the absence of any material creation.
Evil doesn't exist as an entity. It is an action contrary to God's holiness and we as his image bearers are obligated to bear that image. Satan's rebellion against God was to leave his assigned duties and position, even though he was not an image bearer.
Agreed, the central purpose of the design of the cosmos was to destroy evil; and in doing so prevents the "reinfection" of hecorruption of the recreated cosmos.
Exactly. That is why he created humanity mortal (able to die) but wouldn't as long as he had access to the Tree of Life, and corruptible (not corrupt but able to be corrupted). It is Christ's resurrection and his glorified body that guarantees ours. He the firstfruits of the resurrection.
I know there was a divine plan among the persons of the Godhead that existed before action was put to the creation plan. Assuming that's what's meant by Covenant of Redemption.
Yes. But it was a divine covenant. The Father would send, Jesus would do the work, the Holy Spirit would apply that work and seal the believer, and bring about sanctification. The plan is what we see unfolding in history.
Light coming forth to dispel darkness though would mean darkness preexisted light and I don't see how that's possible; as nothing existed before God was. And light can't expel something that doesn't exist prior to lights existence.
That darkness that was over the earth simply means God had not yet brought light to it. It does not speak to the pre-existence of darkness. Darkness is not something that exists, it is the absence of something that does exist. Take the darkness of a shadow. It is only dark because something is blocking the light. If nothing is blocking the light, there is no shadow.
Thus why it makes the most sense that "darkness" comes about as the "reaction" to God's action of creating. Thus why I think the "darkness / light" duality, is not only the commencement of something created; but also the commencement of time. Because darkness and light both existed before God separated them into "day" and "night".
Not on the earth because he hadn't created it yet. He separated them into day and night on the earth and for the earth.
Well first, we'd need to define what purpose the "seed bearer" idea occupies. Jesus tells Nicodemus "You must be born from above." If Spiritual rebirth is the requirement for redemption; what's the point of there being a "seed bearer" and what is the "seed" that bearer is bearing? All humanity, except Jesus conceived by the Holy Spirit; came from Adam. And this included Seth. So the "sons of God" and the "daughters of men" all come from the same "seed".
That is not the first thing. The first thing is why I mentioned the seed bearing line of Seth that is given in Gen4 and 5 and how it relates to the "sons of God" in Gen 6. You have switched from the category of it intent to "what is meant by the seed bearer and jumped again in one sentence later to Nicodemus and being born again. Then to spiritual rebirth and redemption and back again to "what is the purpose of "seed bearer", and then back farther to "therefore, it can't apply to Gen 6 and "sons of God" and "daughters of men". Yikes!

So once again, providing a cogent response to such a jumble of collapsed categories is impossible. I tell you these things out of kindness, because evidently you are not aware you are doing it. An editor would have a field day with it. So, I will just give you the Scripture reference concerning the Seed and leave it at that. I will let you put it together as to how it relates to the geneologies in Gen 4-5 and the sons of God in 6.

Gen 3:14-15

So the LORD God said to the serpent:

“Because you have done this,

cursed are you above all livestock

and every beast of the field!

On your belly will you go,

and dust you will eat,

all the days of your life.

15And I will put enmity between you and the woman,

and between your seed and her seed.

He will crush your head,

That btw is the beginning of the redemption part of the plan moving into history, The first announcement of it.

and you will strike his heel.c
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Pray The Holy Spirit guides Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi, whose party recently had a greater victory in elections, to appoint Christians in government

Pray The Holy Spirit guides Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi, whose party recently had a greater victory in elections, to appoint Christians in government:

And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should stand it up TO the last day...

Peace in Christ.

We have 2 “wills” of the Father here in John 6.

John 6:37-40
(37) All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

(38) For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

The 1st “will” of the Father is for the Son to lose nothing that has been given Him…that it should be raised (to stand up) TO THE last day.

It is not to raise it up “again” but “to stand up” TO the last day…the last day of this age. "Again" is found in some translations (such as the KJV) but does not show up in the Greek. "Again" is implied (erroneously).

We are to be kept standing here in this mortal body in this current age TO the last day of this age.

It is not “at” or “on” or "in" the last day but TO the last day. The “last day” is the last day of this current age that we are living in now.

This 1st “will” applies to Christ the firstfruits….the 144,000….the vessels of His mercy.

We who are “Christ the firstfruits” HEAR and believe on Him and have an age-lasting life now in this age. We do not mortally die but will be kept standing up here in this earth to the last day of this age (having an age-lasting life).

(39) And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up/stand up TO THE (τῇ) last day.

TO THE = Greek - τῇ : The actual dative singular feminine article. Because it is a dative form, it is often translated as "to the" or "for the" in English. In this context, it is “TO THE”.

“at” "on" =[ἐν] “the last day” = τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ.

Some manuscripts have this variant text “ἐν” inserted in them giving us a reading of “ἐν” τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ (at or on the last day), but some manuscripts omit the article or use slightly different phrasing (e.g., τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ).

Textual variants are differences in wording, spelling, word order, omissions, or additions.

The variant text (“ἐν” ) is an “addition” and should not be found there as it changes the whole meaning dramatically. We are to be stood up TO the last day and not "on/in/at" the last day.

This is not a “minor” textual variant (“ἐν” ) as supposed by many (and overlooked by all) but a MAJOR one that changes the verses of John 6:39-40 dramatically.


The 2nd “will” of the Father in verse 40 is that everyone who SEES the Son and believes into Him may have an age-lasting life. The people of the outside world are the ones who will SEE and believe.

We, the 144,0000 under the 1st “will” of the Father, manifest Him in our mortal flesh to the people of the outside world (the subject of the 2nd “will”) who will then “behold” Him through us. They behold the Son by beholding us.

(40) And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth (beholds) the Son, and believeth on him, may have (PRESENT TENSE) everlasting (AGE-LASTING) life: and I will raise him up TO the last day.

Should Catholics Watch Football on Sundays?

BOTH SIDES NOW: What will sanctify the Lord's Day when Super Bowl LX comes on?​


Super Bowl Sunday is this weekend . . . so which comes first? Beer, chicken wings, and pigskin, or Mass and rest from servile work?

It’s possible that football is the perfect opportunity for Catholics to bring their families together and even bring Jesus to their friends and extended relatives. Or maybe our culture makes it impossible to carve out football time on Sunday without obsessing over the game, at the expense of what we owe our Creator and our loved ones on the Lord’s Day.

Today’s edition of Both Sides Now—call it Super Both V—explores a touchy subject for Catholics and sports fans, particularly in America. What are we supposed to be doing on Super Bowl Sunday? Does football fit?

Click here for YES!

Click here for NO!

YES: Seize the Chance to Share the Faith​


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Powerful Super Bowl Ad Will Have the Pro-Abortion Crowd Throwing Their Shoes at the Television

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Motherhood. (Credit: Unsplash/Aditya Romansa)

Well, we’ve got Bad Bunny and Green Day performing for the Super Bowl on Sunday, which feels like a big ole slap in the face to many Americans. Bad Bunny is openly political and frequently bashes the Trump administration and ICE, while Green Day is as TDS-riddled as they come.

Not exactly the most unifying performers for one of the nation’s biggest shows.

Many people will probably skip that and find something else to do while they’re performing. One thing besides the football that always attracts a lot of attention, though, is the commercials, where companies throw down millions of dollars for 30 or 60 seconds of air time to get their message across to a massive audience.

This year, the abortion crowd is sure to be screaming at their flatscreens because of a spot that dares to say there are alternatives to aborting your baby should you have an unwanted pregnancy.

It’s poignant, as former college swim star turned activist Riley Gaines noted:

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Crash by Illegal Immigrant in Indiana Draws National Outrage The suspect had a commercial driver’s license from Pennsylvania.

Four people in Indiana are dead following a crash involving a semi truck on Feb. 3, 2026. The driver of the semi truck, Bekzhan Beishekeev, is a 30-year-old illegal immigrant from Kyrgyzstan who was paroled into the country under the Biden administration’s CBP One app, according to a statement by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DHS also stated that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had issued a detainer for Beishkeev and took custody of him on Feb. 5, 2026. “He will remain in ICE custody pending immigration proceedings,” they added.

Indiana State Police and the Jay County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a crash at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, according to local media reports. The crash occurred when the semi truck, driven by Beishkeev, allegedly swerved into the opposite lane and collided with a van. Passengers Henry Eicher, Menno Eicher, Paul Eicher, and Simon Girod, 50, 25, 19, and 23, respectively, were declared dead at the scene. All of them were residents of Bryant, Indiana, and were members of the state’s Amish community. The driver of the van, Donald Stipp, 55, was seriously injured and is being treated at a hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. (RELATED: Privilege Lost Isn’t Oppression — It’s Justice)

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Noonan Elegizes A Paper That Once Was I'd Like To Feel Sorry For The Washington Post, But...

I have unlocked for you Peggy Noonan’s funeral oration for the Washington Post, published in the Wall Street Journal. Lots of people talking about it now, and for good reason. It is Noonan at her rhetorical finest, but also reads like something that can only have been written by someone from the ancien régime. She’s right about most things here, in my view, but also idealistic in a way that just seems antique. Let me explain.

Noonan says the decline, perhaps fatal, of the Post under owner Jeff Bezos, who just laid off 300 people there, is a catastrophe. She writes:

But the Post’s diminishment, which looks like its demise, isn’t just a “media story.” Reaction shouldn’t break down along ideological lines, in which the left feels journalism is its precinct and is sad, and the right feels journalism is its hulking enemy and isn’t sad. Treat it that way and we’ll fail to see the story for its true significance. The capital of the most powerful nation on earth appears to be without a vital, fully functioning newspaper to cover it. That isn’t the occasion of jokes, it’s a disaster.
I fear sometimes that few people really care about journalism, but we are dead without it. Someday something bad will happen, something terrible on a national scale, and the thing we’ll need most, literally to survive, is information. Reliable information—a way to get it, and then to get it to the public. That is what journalism is, getting the information.

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First detransitioner medical malpractice lawsuit to go to trial leads to $2M award

Wesley J. Smith’s petition above followed the recent news that a woman given a double mastectomy when she was 16 was awarded $2 million in a first-of-its-kind malpractice judgment for a detransitioner.

The case of 22-year-old Fox Varian was easy to miss; its resolution, highlighted by independent reporter Benjamin Ryan, was mostly ignored in mainstream press. But Varian’s lawsuit against her psychologist and plastic surgeon contained a familiar story for anyone who’s followed these kinds of cases (or who listened to NR’s Detransitioners podcast series): Her mother was led by medical professionals to believe her daughter’s breasts had to be removed to treat her gender dysphoria; she resisted, then eventually relented.

With this judgment, other detransitioners see hope that physicians urging these interventions will eventually be held similarly accountable — and that more patients will come forward.

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Adventists at the Crossroads of Legalism and Righteousness by Faith

Thank you as well, for a civil discussion.

I'll only add that the church has been guilty of lax oversight and over-tolerance in the past but the screening now is much more rigorous than before for new priests. Either way, I assume the church will become smaller but sounder and more serious about ensuring holiness in the future. And I think the goodness of the last Vatican council will shine through increasingly in the coming centuries. Some scandal will continue to raise its head in any case, however, because humans will continue to be humans in this life, or less than human, perhaps, to put it better.
I agree.
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Do human beings have an identity that is distinct from their biological brain?

So you’re saying that an amputee is defined by their amputation or a mental illness sufferer is defined by their mental illness? That isn’t what Paul teaches in the Scriptures:



Our bodies do not change automatically when we accept the Gospel, so the “new creation” is not our body. The presence of the Holy Spirit defines us as followers of Christ who are new creations in Christ, spiritually alive and undergoing the sanctification process. The soul and spirit “pilot” are changed, not the old body “car”. The old body is capable of obedience because it was originally designed by God too, but the body has the sin nature in it and rebels against the Spirit. This creates an internal war in which our bodies must be subdued in order to use them for Kingdom purposes.



“But in fact it is no longer I who do it but sin that dwells within me.” That indicates that there is an “I” that is distinct from the sin that dwells within him, and Paul defines the “law of sin” as being in his members, I.e. his body.

Therefore, I interpret the “I” of Romans 7 to be the same as the “new creation” of 1 Corinthians 5.

There are many other passages in Paul’s letters where Paul equates our fallen bodies with the sin nature of mankind and defines sin as “deeds of the flesh”.


God could just give new glorified bodies any time he wants, but He chooses not to. I think the reason He does not has to do with love and faith as a requirement for salvation. Also, he wants His church to be able to bear children and raise them in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Glorified bodies aren’t able to marry or be given in marriage, so we’re stuck with what we got.


I’m really confused by this.
Yeah, I don't understand what you said either but it is true that God is not mocked. Good thing God and fellow Christians are nice and clear about His plans for us.
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