Christ Expressed From Within

[OneLight]

Why dont some of you scholars in here start a thread of your own and lets take a look at your understanding, instead of you punching everyone around, use a little wisdom and be a little slower to speak and listen to the Spirit

When iron sharpens iron, sparks will fly. Can you handle it or should you just write a book?

[goldust59]

In defense of our brother Michae, I think a disservice has been done by calling his view gnostic. Same thing I have been accused of here before. Not true of me, nor I think of Michae.

The OT saints were saved by faith, as are we, but the Spirit would come upon them, not into them as Jesus made possible for us. The Holy Spirit within us has made it possible for Christ to be formed in us. The OT saints did not have that, Jesus made it available to us.

Paul speaking to the Galatian believers said he travailed about them til Christ be formed in them. They were saved, so what was he talking about?

Galatians 4:19~ My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

Paul also speaks of 'winning' (gaining) Christ, of pressing toward the mark of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Now we are certain that Paul was saved/born again, so what is he speaking of here? I believe he is speaking of us 'growing up into Him in all things' & becoming the one new man with Jesus as Head.

Philippians 4:8-12~ Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them dung, that I may win Christ, and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know Him , and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect : but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

There is something to the message Michae was trying to bring out. All i know to say is to take it before the Lord in prayer & see what He says about it.

[Michae]

Why dont some of you scholars in here start a thread of your own and lets take a look at your understanding, instead of you punching everyone around, use a little wisdom and be a little slower to speak and listen to the Spirit

When iron sharpens iron, sparks will fly. Can you handle it or should you just write a book?

My thought, is it pleasing to the Lord the way we handle each other in these forums, what I think or believe and what other believers think and believe doesnt really matter to the Lord, my opinion. The way we deal with each other and glorify Him in this world with the unregenerent has to be the greater issue

[nebula]

In what way do you perceive we acted in an unloving way towards you?