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That's crazy preaching. A couple of years ago I attended an SDA church on a Saturday for a while to please a friend. It kind of confirmed the beliefs I hold most dear and am extremely passionate about
 
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That's crazy preaching. A couple of years ago I attended an SDA church on a Saturday for a while to please a friend. It kind of confirmed the beliefs I hold most dear and am extremely passionate about

Are you saying the teachings of the SDA church confirmed your own beliefs? That's what it sounded like.

That preacher at my mother's church may have been frustrated because some of the women wore earings.
 
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Are you saying the teachings of the SDA church confirmed your own beliefs? That's what it sounded like.

That preacher at my mother's church may have been frustrated because some of the women wore earings.
Nooooooooooo.
I learnt that SDA members, by and large believe they are justified by observing the TC. As Saul also once believed.
 
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Nooooooooooo.
I learnt that SDA members, by and large believe they are justified by observing the TC. As Saul also once believed.

Yes, that goes with what I know of you.
 
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Are you saying the teachings of the SDA church confirmed your own beliefs? That's what it sounded like.

That preacher at my mother's church may have been frustrated because some of the women wore earings.
One woman at the church gave the sermon one week, the first time she had done so. She said:

We don't have crazy talk in this church.

The minister looked at me almost apologetically, for he knew my background
 
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Yes, that goes with what I know of you.
Well I don't believe I am justified by observing the TC.

The first time I knew something was badly wrong, was when I heard two women, laughing and joking as they repeatedly took the Lord's name in vain. Apparently unaware they were breaking one of the TC.
According to the core terms of the NC that should be impossible for a Christian to do
 
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Wow, I never even said Cheese Whiz! I did say, "Oh, peck" in class one day and was sent to the principals office!
 
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Yes, that goes with what I know of you.
OK I will explain myself. One woman at the church was more in earnest than anyone I have ever met that in order to attain heaven you must obey the TC. In other words, that was what justified you. She was the most corrupted person on the inside I have ever met who attends Church.
Little did she know, she was sadly, a huge endorsement of my beliefs
 
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I hope he( or she) was lenient on you!

My teacher was male, and had white hair, so I'm sure he thought I said something dirty. But I explained to the principal that I just didn't want to say "Oh, hell," or a close derivative like, "Oh, heck" so I just went to "Oh, peck" like chickens eat.
 
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Yes, that is why the TC is the law of sin and death, and it is the Holy Spirit that gives eternal life through the law of the Spirit of life in Christ. The TC is outside, the Spirit is inside.
 
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Yes, that is why the TC is the law of sin and death, and it is the Holy Spirit that gives eternal life through the law of the Spirit of life in Christ. The TC is outside, the Spirit is inside.
The power of sin is the law 1cor15:56
 
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The power of sin is the law 1cor15:56

But not ALL law. We must keep the law of the Spirit of life in Christ, but that's easy because if you walk in the Spirit, the Spirit takes over and carries us.

Which reminds me of the footprints in the sand poster from way back...
 
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But not ALL law. We must keep the law of the Spirit of life in Christ, but that's easy because if you walk in the Spirit, the Spirit takes over and carries us.

Which reminds me of the footprints in the sand poster from way back...
We need to stop using the word 'law' willy nilly. Why are you refering to the Holy Spirit and our living in Him as the law. That is just really wrong theologically and it will take two pages of posts to try to set that one right if it is possible.
 
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But not ALL law. We must keep the law of the Spirit of life in Christ, but that's easy because if you walk in the Spirit, the Spirit takes over and carries us.

Which reminds me of the footprints in the sand poster from way back...
The power of sin is any law you believe you must obey to be righteous/ justified before God.
And the specific law the verse relates to is the moral law
 
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We need to stop using the word 'law' willy nilly. Why are you refering to the Holy Spirit and our living in Him as the law. That is just really wrong theologically and it will take two pages of posts to try to set that one right if it is possible.

Romans 8:2 says the LAW of the Spirit of life in Christ has freed me from the law of sin and death.

Just like the word "commandments" we need to know the context of verses with "law" in them. Like 1 John 3:4 says sin is lawlessness. Is that law, the 10 Commandments, or the law of the Spirit. The law of the Spirit.

Jesus is the END of the law of sin and death, but the BEGINNING of the law of the Spirit of life in Christ.
 
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Sin is the transgression of the law. That does NOT refer to the law of the Spirit of life. The Christian has righteousness APART( APART) from law. Period!!
Rom3:21
 
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The power of sin is any law you believe you must obey to be righteous/ justified before God.
And the specific law the verse relates to is the moral law

Sorry you are wrong, friend.

Yes, Jesus is the END of the law of sin and death, but Jesus is the BEGINNING of the law of the Spirit of life in Christ.
 
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Sorry you are wrong, friend.

Yes, Jesus is the END of the law of sin and death, but Jesus is the BEGINNING of the law of the Spirit of life in Christ.

Law, in itself, is not a dirty word.
 
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