I have sinned many many times since I was given faith. But I have had patience and an unwavering faith in GOD that grows daily due to the grace of GOD alone. But if I didn't submit whatsoever then that faith and with understanding would not grow.
Do you think others who have faith in the Lord ignore Him? Do you assume they just continue on in this world the way they did before they came to believe? I think that's exactly what you're suggesting.
I received faith in 2011. And though I have sinned knowingly in the past and very well may again in the future, I still have that faith and assurance in the word of GOD.
Ah, you're still a babe. Do you realize you are agreeing with the adversary when you say that? Believers are no longer under the law. It's the enemy who accuses you of breaking a law you are no longer under.
Faith is a thing that grows under the right conditions if you think I am lying then in order to stay intellectually honest you must think scripture is lying.
Now, of course, you cannot be seriously suggesting that I would think scripture is lying just because I don't believe what you say. :think:
I admit that I poorly worded a previous response to you. It was in haste and not meant to be as harsh as it was. The comment about you and your like was simply uncalled for. We are but different branches of the same vine and I should strive to keep that in mind even when in disagreement.
We really aren't different branches of the same vine....I'm not sure where you picked that up.
Surely we can have profitable conversation without the negativity.
Well, let's try, shall we?
I ask that you accept my apology and allow me to attempt to choose my words more carefully towards all those avid seekers of the truth.
You don't have to tread lightly....I don't require an apology for anything you might say. I like honesty.
I am not perfect at all. Do you think the law which is written on the heart itself specifically to the gentile
isn't to be followed?
That depends on what you're talking about. The law written on the hearts of all men is the conscience.
Romans 2:14-15 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another
And our hearts are purified by faith, that Christ may dwell in it.
Acts 15:9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
Ephesians 3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, [/QUOTE]
Do you really believe that faith doesn't cause effect within the individual?
You've swallowed the lies God's unTruth has been spewing, haven't you? Test the spirits.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.