But unprofitable servants are cast into outer darkness, and unfruitful branches are broken off and burned.
lol that is in PARABLE. They seem to be genuine servants but are NOT. that is the point of parable.
But unprofitable servants are cast into outer darkness, and unfruitful branches are broken off and burned.
Christ was very aggressive with the liars and hypocrites.
Christ was very aggressive with the liars and hypocrites.
Christ was very aggressive with the liars and hypocrites.
As usual you misrepresent Gnosticism. They believed they were 'saved' by knowledge LITERALLY, knowledge which came to them through emanations as they advanced from one to another. There was no goodness about it either imputed or imparted.
They did not believe in the Holy Spirit as we do. They believed their knowledge of emanations made them what they called 'spiritual'. Their flesh could be as evil as they wanted.. Their magic formulae pertained to their peculiar idea of 'Knowledge' which meant knowledge of higher emanations.
you should LEARN what they teach before talking about them.,
I think it never becomes useless unless we begin to walk in the same spirit. If we keep walking in the Spirit we know, there is always hope. But we let another spirit influence us and it goes downhill real quick.Hope, faith and love!
You are so ignorant about gnosticism, yet try to appear as if you know so much, that it makes me laugh.
so you think you are God the Son? that says it all !!!! you are to obey Him when He said be meek and lowly in heart, not follow His denunciations which condemn you as well
lol that is in PARABLE. They seem to be genuine servants but are NOT. that is the point of parable.
Originally Posted by valiantAs usual you misrepresent Gnosticism. They believed they were 'saved' by knowledge LITERALLY, knowledge which came to them through emanations as they advanced from one to another. There was no goodness about it either imputed or imparted.
They did not believe in the Holy Spirit as we do. They believed their knowledge of emanations made them what they called 'spiritual'. Their flesh could be as evil as they wanted.. Their magic formulae pertained to their peculiar idea of 'Knowledge' which meant knowledge of higher emanations.
you should LEARN what they teach before talking about them.,
You are so ignorant about Christian gnosticism, yet try to appear as if you know so much, that it makes me laugh.
Allegedly is the operative word. He is doing what all self-proclaimed heretic hunters do :..create suspicion to discredit something else that a person is actually saying. Heretic hunters have the habit of "twisting" some one's words to make them say something other then the intended use of them as we have seen done in this thread.
Even "IF" he did think that 20 years ago - which one of us has not changed our beliefs about the grace of God when the Holy Spirit gives us repentance to see the beauty of our Lord's completed work?...I would dare say none of us in the body of Christ has always known all things and will not ever know all things in it's fullness.
We will be learning and marveling at the beauty and grace of Christ towards us for all of eternity! Our Father can't wait to show us His grace in kindness.
Ephesians 2:7 (NASB)
[SUP]7 [/SUP] so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Our good, loving Father is awesome as is our salvation in our Lord Jesus Christ!
I've never been one to listen to sanctimonious Christian posers.
You are so ignorant about Christian gnosticism, yet try to appear as if you know so much, that it makes me laugh.
But they think they're servants. What's your point?
that they NEVER were real servants.
I've never been one to listen to sanctimonious Christian posers.
While being the very definition of sanctimonious yourself...
I've never been one to listen to sanctimonious Christian posers.
What distinguished you from them?
The only way I know to stop passive aggressive behavior is to not enable it by confronting it directly. I know what co-dependency is all about (fear on both sides).