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So you think covenants and institutions are the same? What God established in covenant, man makes into an institution. Man tries to continue the covenant in his own strength, the institution, then, becomes subject to the world. Like marriage. The covenant of marriage never included man...

That's why you cannot understand. You believe the Kingdom is not here yet. In truth, it is here now. It is within those in Christ. The KoG is not like a terrestrial kingdom. It is a way of life within the Holy Spirit (“righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit”). So, practically, we...

Man's understanding vs. God's understanding. When you are debating principles of the Kingdom of God which one benefits you more?

That's not what that means. Paul is talking about government within the church. Unless you want to call the North Korean government "God’s minister to you for good." Let me guess: an American patriot taught that it meant "Obey the US government". :rolleyes: The writer of Hebrews would say it...

Those mandates are given to the church not to a particular nation. The KoG is never ruled by the consent of the people. What you are suggesting sounds like 7 Mountain Mandate stuff whereby people of God take over institutions of the world to change the world and, you know, rewrite the ending of...

Let me ask: according to the scriptures, by the end of the Age, does the world become better or worse? Also, are there any nations that do not bow to the rule of the Antichrist?

Only according to the law because there are laws that govern rights within a family. God does not treat "family" as an institution. But the constitution of the US did not come first. The Kingdom of God came first and set the standard for life in the Spirit. Most are so immersed in their...

Do you even hear yourself? Institutions cannot be governed by God's Spirit because He does not inhabit anything made with man's hands. More shoe-horning.

No they are not. Legally, an institution is governed by bylaws designed to preserve the institution. Theoretically you could have one person who comprises and institution. The key is not how many people are in the corporation but the by-laws that govern it. An institution, because it must serve...

"Salt" and "light" are not for institutions. They are for people. You're trying to shoehorn your ideas into God's kingdom. It doesn't work that way. It has never worked that way.

I guess "be wise as serpents" means "draw broad conclusions from a single anecdote".

So you have just established two different standards of being: one requires the Spirit of God in the person, another requires obedience to God (or rather, obedience to what others say God is saying) without the Spirit of God in them. Our laws in the US govern terrestrial men with the earth being...

The Spirit of God does not inhabit governments or institutions.

But God did not come to renovate the governments of men. For some, that is where the hang up is.

The moment you institutionalize righteousness you disconnect from the source of righteousness, Christ. What you are left with is a powerless form of God's kingdom. What your left with are people fattened by Biblical information without ever living the truth of the Word.

This is a fairly comprehensive writing comparing the Muslim Messiah ("Mahdi") with the Biblical Anti-Christ at the end of the age. https://answering-islam.org/Authors/JR/Future/ch05_comparing_the_biblical_antichrist.htm To be sure I am not endorsing all of his eschatological ideas just the...

Trace minerals in sea salt and other salts may help the body more efficiently process the NaCl molecule thus reducing incidences of hypertension. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5328355/ Nutritional "studies" typically only comment on the amount of sodium in refined table salt vs...

There was a time that I worked very closely with many people who had trouble with alcohol either recently or in the past. During that time the Lord forbade me to drink. So I didn't drink. Later, after several years, I asked the Lord if it was okay to have a drink again. He said it was. It is...

@Melach You wrote "Gospel is preached to all, the elect respond" How does this affect your life? What is the behavioral consequence if what you wrote is true? This is a question to everyone: If you believe that God saves only those who are elect then how does that change your behavior?

You have been warneder. You are the warnederist.