Featured The churches are in dire need of understanding this!

IF there was a iodern versionof speaking in tongues, would be me going to Russia and preaching to them in their native language, and without ever learning it!

 

Yes

 

Speaking of Dads, I asked him one time when are the end times or last days... He said when I take my last breath, that IS my last day... Dad went to meet the Lord back in 1996... Now weather the Lord comes again before I lay this old tabernacle aside, I don't know... I know this, when my time comes, I'll go to meet the Lord, just like your Dad and my Dad before me... Brother Glen

 

Seeing how you fail to keep His commands everyday, how do you plan on getting saved?

 

It is a good thing to become a disciple/apprentice of Jesus, learning to do what He did in one's own life.

False and unbiblical assertion. Yes, I know that it is a popular teaching, but it does not come from scripture.

Nope. Once you are confirmed in discipleship to Christ, He will finish the work in you. Disciples (learners) fail - often quite frequently - until they begin to gain ability. The mark of a true believer is steady transformation of character and effectiveness. Obedience is a side effect of discipleship.

 

I'm glad you appreciate it, but I want to stress that I am saying something different than you have been saying.

Yes, but for all of us, the practical sanctification of our persons will not be complete until the Day of the Lord. Granted, we can make enormous progress, but there will always be work that has to be done. We are children of dust and have not become what we will one day be.

True believers can still be caught up in habits of sin (aka "habitual sin"), simply because many don't know they have a choice, and those that do are still working out their salvation (the practical effects of it) with fear and trembling.

If it happens, it will be because they hear a balanced Christian message that does not claim that we have to achieve a certain measurable level of performance for the Lord to consider us one of His children. There is a transformation of focus that begins at true repentance and discipleship. It often doesn't happen immediately when we initially respond to the gospel, but it happens as we press on past the early stages of faith and begin learning from Jesus.

You are not necessarily the best judge of that. Especially when discipleship has not been effectively taught in popular circles.

I agree that most modern presentations of "the gospel" are actually explanations of the atonement with a call for a transaction of our sin debt for "heaven," and not the call of Jesus to "repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand." But at the same time, there is a wideness in God's mercy for those who are not terribly faithful (Luke 12:47) - and even for the ignorant (Luke 12:48). There will be many surprises on the Day of the Lord.

 

Those are true statements. If you are indeed led by the spirit, please read and understand this.......

Romans 8
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

Are you a "son" of your father? Nothing can change that fact .It is the same with God.

 

So when are you going to repent of your daily sins and mean it by not doing it over and over again? Or do you believe we can do as we please and then just tell God we are sorry before we go to sleep each day? What if you happen to die abruptly before repenting on a given day?