Grace doesn't please the flesh, it pleases the Spirit.
And please don't forget that pleasing the flesh came by Adam & Eve first stretching out their hand to eat of a forbidden fruit so that they might figure out what they could DO to be like God.
A gospel that tries to add to what God has done is what pleases the flesh.
It puffs itself up, calls itself Lord, and tries to pick up where Jesus left off.
It rationalizes, analyzes, and justifies its self-driven actions while pitting itself against the Spirit.
Paul tells us to be wary of any foolishness that says, we must complete by the flesh, what was started by the Spirit.
The flesh doesn't understand the power of cross, so it believes it must do something to keep itself. And when asked why they should be able come face-to-face with their Lord will they point to their works or will they point to His?
Make no mistake, those who take the lowly seat not the high seat will be exalted. What is the lowly seat? I am here because of You Lord. And later He will bring up your works and He will bring you in honor to another position of the table, but make sure you're wearing the wedding garments which is Christ's righteousness.
Why do you think it is said let us go beyond elementary things? Because you first discover who you are in Christ by the Spirit so that you might be lead by the Spirit and go on into maturity.
And until we see each other and ourselves by the Spirit, we are being flesh lead not Spirit lead. Until we are Spirit lead we see many believers instead of One Body, we have many "self-lead minds" instead of being lead by One Mind (The Mind of Christ) together by His Spirit.
First we are REBORN to be enter into the Kingdom of God. We are not reborn, fall away, and reborn again, fall away, and reborn again. This is foolishness that doesn't understand spiritual things. This idea denies the reality of who we are in Christ. It IS unbelief. Which leads to doubt.
And further, God said He would never leave us, the argument to this is well He didn't say we wouldn't leave Him! This is crazy talk, if I tell you I'm not going to leave you EVER and you try to leave me, I'm going to follow you around. I'm not going to leave you. The only way we "leave God" is through our minds being darkened to the goodness of God.
This is why RENEWING of the mind is so important. A renewed mind is lead by the Spirit. An unrenewed mind is lead by the flesh.
Grace is the Spirit's leading. We don't need to minimize it. We need to maximize it.
Only FAITH pleases Him. Of which the flesh has none.
And please don't forget that pleasing the flesh came by Adam & Eve first stretching out their hand to eat of a forbidden fruit so that they might figure out what they could DO to be like God.
A gospel that tries to add to what God has done is what pleases the flesh.
It puffs itself up, calls itself Lord, and tries to pick up where Jesus left off.
It rationalizes, analyzes, and justifies its self-driven actions while pitting itself against the Spirit.
Paul tells us to be wary of any foolishness that says, we must complete by the flesh, what was started by the Spirit.
The flesh doesn't understand the power of cross, so it believes it must do something to keep itself. And when asked why they should be able come face-to-face with their Lord will they point to their works or will they point to His?
Make no mistake, those who take the lowly seat not the high seat will be exalted. What is the lowly seat? I am here because of You Lord. And later He will bring up your works and He will bring you in honor to another position of the table, but make sure you're wearing the wedding garments which is Christ's righteousness.
Why do you think it is said let us go beyond elementary things? Because you first discover who you are in Christ by the Spirit so that you might be lead by the Spirit and go on into maturity.
And until we see each other and ourselves by the Spirit, we are being flesh lead not Spirit lead. Until we are Spirit lead we see many believers instead of One Body, we have many "self-lead minds" instead of being lead by One Mind (The Mind of Christ) together by His Spirit.
First we are REBORN to be enter into the Kingdom of God. We are not reborn, fall away, and reborn again, fall away, and reborn again. This is foolishness that doesn't understand spiritual things. This idea denies the reality of who we are in Christ. It IS unbelief. Which leads to doubt.
And further, God said He would never leave us, the argument to this is well He didn't say we wouldn't leave Him! This is crazy talk, if I tell you I'm not going to leave you EVER and you try to leave me, I'm going to follow you around. I'm not going to leave you. The only way we "leave God" is through our minds being darkened to the goodness of God.
This is why RENEWING of the mind is so important. A renewed mind is lead by the Spirit. An unrenewed mind is lead by the flesh.
Grace is the Spirit's leading. We don't need to minimize it. We need to maximize it.
Only FAITH pleases Him. Of which the flesh has none.