Resigning does not remove blessings...

[_gdemetz]

Mine.

[_Drifting]

Mine.

I believe this is called 'confirmation bias'.
But at least we now know you are an apostate who values his own opinion above that of the Prophet.

[_gdemetz]

How dumb! FrankTalk was right! I have no disagreement with the prophet except in your mind!

[_Albion]

Once again, gdemetz, you are guilty of mischaracterizing my statements...if I didn't believe you were at least sincere in you mistaken beliefs I might think you were deliberately lying. The believer is made righteousness by faith in Christ. His righteousness is imputed to believers through their faith in him. In and of himself the believer has no righteousness whatsoever but in placing his/her faith in Christ they are presented before God in a righteousness, "borrowed if you will, from Christ. That is why Jesus died on the cross. Is it too much that you would do a serious reading of Romans for what it says rather than what you have been told it says?

[_Albion]

gdemetz contradicts himself. On the one hand he takes me to task for asserting the Biblical truth that our works are but "filthy rags" and that we have no worthiness of our own to commend us to God, uses the "be ye therefore perfect" quote as evidence for his righteousness, and then says such perfection cannot be achieved in this life. I have news for you, gedemtz, no human can ever be perfect except in a perfected imputed to him through Christ. There was only one person who kept the whole law, both in practice and in spirit, and that was Jesus. You haven't convinced me yet that you will ever attain to that level thnrough your own effort.

[_gdemetz]

That's really dumb again, Albion, but I have come to expect that from evangelicals like you. Do you really think Christ would give a commandment for someone to be perfect if there was no chance for him to be perfect?!? Christ atonement was to give the righteous who are sincerely following His commandments, but still make mistakes, a ransom! It is not for those who reject Him and reject His teachings! "For if we sin willfully after that we have received knowledge of the truth, there remaineth NO MORE SACRIFICE FOR SINS." Remember Christ's own words:

"IF THOU WILT ENTER INTO LIFE, KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS"!!!!!!!

However, in the Papa Joe's Evangelical Version it reads:

"If ya'all want life eternal, jes come up for this here altar call and mek yur perfession of faith."

[_Drifting]

How dumb! FrankTalk was right! I have no disagreement with the prophet except in your mind!

So who's opinion do you follow - yours or the Prophet's?

The Prophet has sanctioned that all members be taught that the fall of Adam was circa 4,000 BCE - do you agree with the Prophet on that?

[_Albion]

I think somewhere in there gdemetz is agreeing that our only hope for perfection is through faith in Christ. But he still can't help boasting in his works. Isn't there a scripture about that, gdemetz?

[_gdemetz]

Use your brain, Albion! Christ did not come to save people in their sins! He came to save them from their sins! Christ can't keep the commandments for us! This is something we must do for ourselves! So, my advise to you is to quit making excuses, and just do it!!!

"IF THOU WILT ENTER INTO LIFE, KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS." Jesus Christ