"To believers, it is our actual death, burial, and resurrection with Christ. The circumcision done without hands." Maybe to a very tiny subset of believers that believe in the power of outward things and add elements and concepts to the text that are not there. There is no evidence in scripture tha...

We disagree on this. Crucifying the flesh is simply a term like putting away the flesh, turning from sin, etc., and is an action of the individual. It is because you don't believe in the effects of water baptism that you say that. To believers, it is our actual death, burial, and resurrection with ...

Spiritblade Disciple wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 19, 2019 7:19 pm

Wasn't the Mosaic Law was only ever for the biblical nation of Israel?

I can't really say, but I know that Gentiles were converted to Judaism, so in effect the Law was for the whole world.

Didn't other nations have their own laws in addition to the Law of Conscience?

Probably so.

Do either of you eat dog meat? Only "hot" dogs. I've had "baegles" for breakfast. I've eaten "shepard's" pie. I've drunk "maltesed" beer. I've ridden in a "greyhound" bus. I've used "terrier" cloth towels. I fell in a "poodle" once. I "wolfed" down a burger and fries. I worked in a "lab". I dated a...

They were unclean to eat.Is that right? I can't really tell if the Leviticus verses are still focused on "eating" by mid-chapter, or if it has transitioned to "touching" unclean things, or if both are still to be considered by the end of Leviticus. Again...thanks be to God for freeing us from the L...

I am curious as to what you base this statement on? From what I have read and studied over the years, men in the old testament and the new testament have the same power to control the flesh. Men in the old testament crucified the flesh with the affections and lust. Enoch, John the Baptist, the disc...

Spiritblade Disciple wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 18, 2019 5:34 pm

Leviticus 11:27 defines all that go upon their paws that go upon all fours as unclean. This includes the dog.

Ahhh, OK: I had never put that together before.
Thanks be to God for removing those "laws".

Spiritblade Disciple wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 18, 2019 5:14 pm

Kinda what I was thinking... But, there were celebrations in Old Testament times where strong drink was permitted.

There is a difference between "permitted to" and "encouraged to".
In the OT, men couldn't control the flesh like those who have crucified the flesh can now.
Thanks be to God.

Spiritblade Disciple wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 18, 2019 10:33 am

How else would the life of a legendary Christian be celebrated?

Certainly not by catering to the flesh with drunkenness.

Spiritblade Disciple wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 17, 2019 4:01 pm

The Bible gives instruction concerning which animals are clean and which are not. Dogs, according to the Bible are unclean.

Where?