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Originally Posted by Esaias
Holiness people don't allow filth to be their source of entertainment, whether it's found on TV, internet, books, smart phones, or their own imaginations.
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Amen!
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Originally Posted by mfblume
But rules are not the cause of one who walks after the Spirit. they just witness of the person's righteousness which is of the Lord. Rule keeping is what I meant. When Paul said we will not violate the laws of God if we walk after the Spirit, He did not mean we will keep rules to get to that place. It's just that the Spirit does not lead people to commit things the rules speak against. It's living a life without getting there by rule keeping that rule-keeping could never get people to reach.
1 Timothy 1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
Romans 8:3-4 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: (4) That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
1 Timothy 1:14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. |
So true!
The Spirit is the best ruler, and guide to live by, not a set of man's laws and traditions, which like the Pharisees, only served to breed hypocritical attitudes. When the Spirit is directing and leading a person's life, they can be convicted of something by the Spirit, that may not be evil in its own right, but be bad for THEM. Which is why we MUST walk in the Spirit, and be led by the Spirit in
all we do.
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