No commandments greater than these. How?

[Curtis]

All I had to do was "turn from" sin and be washed in the blood of Christ Jesus for the remission of my past sins.

That is a total lie!!! Nobody turns from sin, and then get washed in the blood of Jesus. Sinners come to Jesus as a sinner and then get washed from their sin's

 

[Curtis]

Have you ever done something really stupid, and you told your self that was really stupid? That was loving yourself by being honest to yourself. Would it be loving my neighbor as myself by telling my neighbor that they did something really stupid when we see, or hear about it? Or should we not love our neighbor as our self by not saying anything?

Pro 27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Pro 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

 

[At Peace]

Are you one of the "foolish" virgins who look real but are false? As Jesus said he did not know you!!!!!

Mat 25:11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
Mat 25:12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

If you are a real Christian then would you know with out a shadow of doubt you have eternal life!!!!
If you were areal Christian you would know you do sin, and anyone, are no matter who they are says they have no sin they are a liar, and the truth is not in them.
If you are without discipline then you are NOT a child of God because ALL Christians are disciplined by God, and if you are without discipline which all are partakers of, then you are NOT a child of God!!!!

Your outlook on Christianity makes me think that only the Jew's sacrificial animals profited from Jesus' death and resurrection.
Their lives changed...but not ours.
That is foolishness.
Because we can participate in Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection, we are enabled to experience our own death of our "fleshly" mind, and our body of sin,
We change when we quit sinning and join with Christ in being raised to walk in newness of life.
Newness of life, a life focused on the spiritual and not on the "fleshly" anymore.

You don't realize that the "foolish virgins" are the ones who didn't prepare for the return of Christ in His glory.
Are you prepared to face God at your final judgement?

 

[At Peace]

No body "moans" to do good, and not do it unless that person was already regenerated by the Holy Spirit!!!! Before Paul's conversion he had no problems having Christian murdered!!!

Paul "moaned" about NOT doing good when he really wanted to...as a Pharisee under the Mosaic Law.
But he was unable to because of the law of sin in his members...as a Jewish Pharisee.
Paul rejoices later, Romans 8:2, when he writes of the "law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus" that freed him from the law of sin, and death.

 

[At Peace]

That would be called the resurrection of the body, not the resurrection of the spirit!!!!

I agree.

 

[At Peace]

Yea, that was 2,000 years ago!!!!!

For me it was 14 years ago.
I wasn't even born till 19XX.

 

[At Peace]

According to my Bible, I was raised with Christ, and I am sitting in Heavenly places in Christ!!!! Are you, or are you waiting for that to happen?

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

It has already happened, thanks be to God, when I was raised with Christ to walk in newness of life with Jesus...at my baptism.

 

[At Peace]

That is a total lie!!! Nobody turns from sin, and then get washed in the blood of Jesus. Sinners come to Jesus as a sinner and then get washed from their sin's

Let us read Acts 2:37-38, shall we..."Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost."
Repent was listed first, then baptism is listed second...right?

I hope you are not advocating that men must use Jesus' blood to wash away their sins, and then do it again and again.
It is written..."For it is impossible ...
...If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

 

[At Peace]

Have you ever done something really stupid, and you told your self that was really stupid? That was loving yourself by being honest to yourself. Would it be loving my neighbor as myself by telling my neighbor that they did something really stupid when we see, or hear about it? Or should we not love our neighbor as our self by not saying anything?
Pro 27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Pro 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

It really depends on the situation.
I'm not going to run next door to tell my neighbor he was stupid for something he did at work.
Frankly, I think everyone already knows they have been stupid after some calamity of their own doing.
Why not ask them if there is anything you can do to help him recover?

Would it be loving of me to tell you that a doctrine of faith, without repentance, is stupid?

 

[Curtis]

Let us read Acts 2:37-38, shall we..."Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." [/QUOTE

The word, "repent" does not mean stop from sinning, it means, "to change your mind" No body can refrain from sinning until after receiving the Holy Spirit, and that does not happen until after one is regenerated!!!!
How can a person stop sinning if they are a slave to sin? Everyone on this forum knows that except for you

 

[Curtis]

For me it was 14 years ago.
I wasn't even born till 19XX.

Which is why you have no clue how the "foreknowledge" of God was used in God being able to choose who would be the sons of God before the foundation of the world!

 

[KingJ]

Frankly, I think everyone already knows they have been stupid after some calamity of their own doing. Why not ask them if there is anything you can do to help him recover?

Yes, everyone does know. God gave us all a working brain that can grasp the need to rectify a wrong.

What about you? You have not said or done anything unkind / unloving / un-Christ like toward someone? Never needed to apologize since you have been saved?

 

[Curtis]

You don't realize that the "foolish virgins" are the ones who didn't prepare for the return of Christ in His glory.
Are you prepared to face God at your final judgement?

The new birth prepares a person to be ready.

 

[Curtis]

Paul "moaned" about NOT doing good when he really wanted to...as a Pharisee under the Mosaic Law.

Yea right. Paul did not want to have the followers of Jesus killed, and he felt really bad when they were! Right?

 

[At Peace]

The word, "repent" does not mean stop from sinning,

It does if you "repent of sin.

it means, "to change your mind"

I "changed my mind" about sinning. About letting myself be ruled by lust and hate and fear.

No body can refrain from sinning until after receiving the Holy Spirit, and that does not happen until after one is regenerated!!!!

By "regeneration" you are referring to "rebirth"...right?
That happens after we are killed on the cross with Christ, buried, and then raised with Him to walk in newness of life, (Rom 6:3-6)...at our baptism.

How can a person stop sinning if they are a slave to sin? Everyone on this forum knows that except for you

When they quit sinning, they quit being a slave to sin.
When a man quits smoking, he quits being a slave to nicotine..
When he quits telling lies, he quits being a liar.
When he quits steeling, he quits being a thief.

Doesn't that satisfy your definition of "repent"?

 

[At Peace]

Which is why you have no clue how the "foreknowledge" of God was used in God being able to choose who would be the sons of God before the foundation of the world!

Predestination, eh?

The choice to serve God is available to all men and women.
We decide if we will be honored as "chosen".

Do you think that any continuing liars, thieves, or murderers will be "chosen"?
Or should I say...have been chosen?

 

[At Peace]

Yes, everyone does know. God gave us all a working brain that can grasp the need to rectify a wrong.

What about you? You have not said or done anything unkind / unloving / un-Christ like toward someone? Never needed to apologize since you have been saved?

No I haven't...thanks be to God.
Stupid? Yes, but not unloving.

 

[At Peace]

The new birth prepares a person to be ready.

That being the case, don't you think you should get along with your own rebirth?

 

[Curtis]

Predestination, eh?

The choice to serve God is available to all men and women.
We decide if we will be honored as "chosen".

Do you think that any continuing liars, thieves, or murderers will be "chosen"?
Or should I say...have been chosen?

What does the scriptures say?

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

 

[Curtis]

That being the case, don't you think you should get along with your own rebirth?

Gal 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Gal 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.