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    OMC reacted to reader's post in the thread Reflective time with Like Like.
    Exactly, pondering about that performative part of the "human experience" . We all do it to an extent, in all fairness.
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    Show the text please.
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    Paul's Letters are vital to numerous key aspects concerning the Church. It is interesting that at least 8 of the Churches he set up...
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    I have given the scripture on the matter and it's up to you how you take it. I'm going to follow what it says.
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    The debate is whether the apostolic writings teach that Sabbath observance itself remains a binding New Covenant obligation. That is...
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    OMC reacted to Lanolin's post in the thread Different up bringing with Like Like.
    I have a similar thing of being 'different' from everyone else, but I put that in my own thread 'Everyone's different'. (on this family...
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    OMC replied to the thread Obedience REQUIRED.
    oh wow, just got it. You are from the church of christ yes? Restoration Movement theology?
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    OMC replied to the thread Obedience REQUIRED.
    I would respectfully disagree, because genuine repentance is not a promise that one will never sin again but a real turning to God, and...
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    OMC replied to the thread Obedience REQUIRED.
    I agree that we can and should repent, obey, resist temptation, and pursue holiness, but Scripture distinguishes between what believers...
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    May I ask why? I ask because you are the first person I have run into to say that. I am most curious and I am being honest in my inquiry.
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    OMC replied to the thread Obedience REQUIRED.
    I appreciate the spirit of that prayer. Scripture does point toward the day when sin will finally be gone from God's people. Yet...
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    OMC replied to the thread Obedience REQUIRED.
    No, resisting temptation is not evil. No, repentance is not evil. No, baptism in the name of Jesus Christ is not evil. Scripture...
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    Well Watchman ...let's not continue to post each other. I do not see how there would be any common ground, you are steeped in ... more...
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    OMC replied to the thread Obedience REQUIRED.
    From my experience, I can say that what he claims is true for me. I knew nothing about God, nor did I care. But when He found me, it...
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    OMC replied to the thread Obedience REQUIRED.
    Paul is certainly arguing against reliance on works for justification, and in Romans 4 his immediate examples include circumcision (Rom...