Zach

Ever increasingly we hear from the modern world “Live your truth.” or “Be your authentic self, find your own identity.” while the gospel tells us who our Savior is. It tells us what our identity is in our natural state, but more importantly it tells us what our identity can be in Christ. We cannot save ourselves, we cannot live out unnatural lives contrary to God’s design while demanding justification. Cling to the Cross, seek first the kingdom of God and lean on Him rather than yourself.

Two errors about holiness: treating it as optional because we’re saved by grace no matter the circumstances, or treating it as a ladder we climb to be accepted by our own effort. Scripture thoroughly rejects both. Which one do you see more in the church today, and what does it look like?

Shameful, absolutely shameful. I’m not sure where there is the fruit of the Holy Spirit in your post -we already know the answer, it isn’t there- but you are absolutely in error. Repent.

W H A T?!?! Oh heck naaaah! Renatta is truly a blessing on my timeline, anyone who says she isn’t truly a gift from God needs to be slapped with a wet noodle.

From “Morning & Evening” by Charles H. Spurgeon. “Jesus is not a grain of gold, but a vast globe of it, a priceless mass of treasure such as earth and heaven cannot excel.”

I asked her the same question in different words… pretty much refused to see the question in the way it was asked.

Owen published this in 1656, while Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, from various sermons he had preached. He wasn’t selling self-made discipline or promoting the idea of man conquering sin of his own accord. For Owen, sin is put to death by the Spirit, with one’s faith set upon Christ, and no believer outgrows the work.

Hmm… I think this guy needs to back and read his Bible. 1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; 1 Timothy 3:12 Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. Titus 1:6 if a man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination.

Paul calls believers to holiness right after quoting God’s promises to dwell among His people and be a Father to them (2 Corinthians 6:16–18). We don’t pursue holiness to earn His nearness. We pursue it because He has already promised it. #Holiness

From “Morning & Evening” by Charles H. Spurgeon. “Do not be afraid to dwell upon this high doctrine of election.”

Again… because you identify her as a Calvinist, that makes her one, irregardless of what she professes to believe? That’s a poor position to hold to. I would heavily encourage you to stop letting your apparent hatred towards the word “Calvinism” influence how you respond to other people when dealing with a theological debate. This rabid “Oh, Calvinist! I must ignore EVERYTHING they say automatically now.” mindset is honestly eerily similar to liberals and how emphatic they are on shutting down everything that does not align with their own view.

That’s not a fair and true representation of Calvinism, much less right theology or thinking about God. Calling her a Calvinist does not make her one, nor is it an automatic correct statement about actual calvinists.

O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin. (Romans 7:24–25, NKJV)

I really… really, do not like this guy.

Scripture declares that it makes the man of God “complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” In today’s world, where do you see Christians reading past the text for more than scripture gives us? Feelings, “fresh words,” tradition, or something else?

While scripture doesn’t directly say, “Masturbation no no, don’t do.” it does say plenty about God’s design for sex and whom it’s designed for. The Bible also says quite a bit about not being self-serving, putting aside one’s own desires and focusing upon others, much less Christ. Masturbation simply put, is a wholly selfish act. Speaking from the male perspective -and one that has fallen more than my fair share down that rabbit hole- doing this puts your mind in the habit of looking at the opposite sex as a pleasure piece, rather than an individual created by God. And if you’re lusting after someone who’s not your spouse? Well… God says a good bit about that too. TL;DR ~ Be like Joseph… flee lust dudes and dudettes.