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It's good. Unless we have very specific intent through discipline and correction, when we 'err' it should be on the side of Grace. We aren't God so have to leave a good much in His incorruptible hands especially when an err may be the result.

Definition may help: log•ic lŏj′ĭk► n. The study of the principles of reasoning, especially of the structure of propositions as distinguished from their content and of method and validity in deductive reasoning. n. A system of reasoning. 1) Logic is NOT an absolute but the process of...

It means, literally, Christ can do HIS work without your or my mental gymnastics or prowess. HE will and does make and mold us in His image else there is no need to address incorrect theology. Yep. I truly believe God answers prayer. God appeals to the whole sense of who we are and the...

Well, cart before horse if I were, so no. Rather, akin to Ephesians 2:10 and 2 Corinthians 5:17. I'm not as much 'saying' as genuinely asking. Do I have scriptural thoughts and directives in mind? Yes, but I'm genuinely interested in what you see as true here regarding sanctification. As...

Not sure what you are asking. Are you familiar with celestial and terrestrial terms? It may be the key that unlocks your understanding. I may be incorrect, but it seems you are confusing the two as one. Both are different and not the same.

1 John 2:6? Then perhaps 2 Peter 1:5-9 Or even Paul's directive to follow him as he Follows Christ. "More like Christ" is awkward, but it seems the sentiment is to grow/excel in the fruit of the Spirit. Perhaps this was answered further in thread, but I didn't catch your response...

Thank you. I pray it blesses. -Lon

I'm not sure if you can grasp this, but what you just said is a rationalization. An 'if/then' that isn't demonstrably true. It isn't a horrible assumptions but it IS an assumption. RATHER we need to read all of scripture and not pit one scripture against another. Clearly, John 20:28...

:sigh: John 20:28 Thomas said to Jesus, "You are the Lord of me, and God of me." 1 John 5:7,8 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water...

You can't. It is exactly as I stated. There is no scholar on the face of the earth than can disagree that John 8:58 simply reads "before Abraham was, I am." Nobody can dispute that. You simply cannot disagree on any grounds. There aren't any. The verse reads exactly as I said. It isn't...

I'd thought you didn't believe in the pre-exististence of the Lord Jesus Christ 🤔 At any rate, I'm not sure Trinitarians would disagree on a few of your observations. They might argue against it, when discussing the structure of verse 58, 59. If you are saying that they picked up stones...

🤔 Not on grammatical grounds you don't.... There is no 'reason' to think so other than Christadelphian/Unitarian/Arian your whole life. That's a 'theological' construct pressed 'into' (not taken out of) the context. There were modifiers previously, not in the last.

:nono: Simply two identical words, importantly, truncated in John 8:58. "I am" IS the meaning of John 8:58. Simply read it, grammatically, for the emphasis and LET it dictate your theology, as I let it do mine. We are on opposite sides theologically, the same side, grammatically. The...

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You may have done so already, but would you post a link, (again if it applies)? Thank you. -Lon

I 'am' is a state of existence that encompasses 'will be.' Not between John 8:58 however. Again the two aren't comparable in grammatical structure. Not in this case. "I am," conveys the same meaning. "I am the guy you are asking about," or "I am he," are understood by "I am" as well...

How is this a response to that gospel being for Jews alone? Acts 3:17 “Now, fellow Israelites, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders. 18 But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Messiah would suffer. 19 Repent, then, and...

Here is a fairly full discussion of meaning and pronunciation. Note that the fullest consensus is 1) YHWH with a,e pronunciation as most likely upon scholastic understanding and 'am/to be' given as "or" is the meaning but that the state of being is difficult to pin down in English. It means...

No, you and Dr. Sadler made a leap. The gospel for the Kingdom was strictly for Jews and gentiles had to convert. Don't bother posting a UB quote, when it clearly contradicts the Bible. You might as well be a Mormon with such special pleading. The real problem was flesh. Flesh interprets...

It wouldn't matter when both statements are identical AND the Name God gave Moses. Hebrew did have a few ways to distinguish, but it was a language where most nouns had multiple applications. It means that His name stood for 'am' a state of being/existence in all its forms. As I said...