Recent content by Phil W

In that case, the ones NOT walking in discipleship are NOT saved. If one chooses to rebel against discipleship, there is no manifestation of having been saved. Our discipleship is because of our rebirth. Those not born of God will not walk in discipleship, as their old nature precludes it. It...

OK then, belief without discipleship is unproven belief. Men can say they are saved all they want, but if the discipleship is absent, you gotta ask 'What are you saved from?".

Belief without action is unproven belief.

Scripture says the dead in Christ will be raised first, at the return of Jesus with His flaming angels. (1 Thes 4:6)

All that or you could just really repent of sin...permanently. That makes you an ex-sinner.

Can't say for sure if there was any reason to illustrate twelve than to prove again that the water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of past sins was not replaced by the baptism of the Holy Spirit. They went hand-in-hand together.

I'll take mine really, really cold !!

Because they still committed iniquity...as the verse says.

The point of my phrase..."So I guess that obedience to God IS legalism." was an effort to differentiate between those who act like obedience to God is some anti-Christ method of self salvation and those who by the Spirit of God adhere to the doctrine of Godliness. Our obedience can be labeled...

Yo, BT, Totally uplifting words...thanks. BYW, you do know that "straight" and "strait" have different meanings, right?

I'm not sure what you are referencing. ? Again, not sure what you reference. ??

So I guess that obedience to God IS legalism. I'm OK with men putting labels on things like that, knowing it has no effect on the eventual outcome of any man's judgement. No men except those who shun obedience in favor of wrapping themselves in mans wisdom. It is written..."He that saith, I know...

All of them. God's children do as their Father desires, all the time. Grape vines cannot produce figs.

Yes, it is against the rules. OK, and thanks for the invite, but your intent seems to be to adhere to the misinterpretation of 1 John 1:10 and other scriptures used by some to accommodate sinning. I'll leave the PMs to you.

I wasn't happy living in sin, so I started asking God for a way out of all my debauchery. He answered with a man who led me to the real church. They told me about life without sin, and I accepted it with joy. I was freed from sin by the grace of God. If that doesn't suit you, so be it. If we...