Redbaron ---you said ----Allow me to disagree with your disagreement. -----
I say ----you can do that --I have no problem with you disagreeing with what I said -----
Redbaron ---you said ----One of the letters to Timothy reminds us that 'The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.
I say -----this is that scripture you talk about ------this is talking about False Prophets ----who are Professing Christians -----not true Christians ----
1 Timothy 6:3-10 (ERV)
False Teaching and True Riches
3 Some people will teach what is false and will not agree with the true teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ. They will not accept the teaching that produces a life of devotion to God. 4 They are proud of what they know, but they understand nothing. They are sick with a love for arguing and fighting about words. And that brings jealousy, quarrels, insults, and evil mistrust. 5 They are always making trouble, because they are people whose thinking has been confused. They have lost their understanding of the truth. They think that devotion to God is a way to get rich.
6 Devotion to God is, in fact, a way for people to be very rich, but only if it makes them satisfied with what they have. 7 When we came into the world, we brought nothing. And when we die, we can take nothing out. 8 So, if we have food and clothes, we will be satisfied with that. 9 People who want to be rich bring temptations to themselves. They are caught in a trap. They begin to want many foolish things that will hurt them. These things ruin and destroy people.
10 The love of money causes all kinds of evil. Some people have turned away from what we believe because they want to get more and more money. But they have caused themselves a lot of pain and sorrow.
Redbaron ----you said ----And a person who tries to walk in the direction set out by Jesus may, indeed, be responding to the grace of God.
I say ------Which grace are you referring to ---Common or Saving grace cause only one Grace helps a person walk in the direction set out by Jesus --and that is Saving Grace that comes through the right Faith ------see my above post
Redbaron --you said ---- It is NOT your place to decree and declare that it isn't possible.
I say ---no you are right there --it is not my place -----but it is God's place in His word to decree and declare that ---- He does it very well in the full scripture your stated here ---letters to Timothy --and I quoted above -----
Redbaron --you said ----Your particular path may be the path for you. It is NOT the ONLY path. Maybe if you opened your mind and heart, you might understand that better.
I say ----Yes you are right there ---it is the best path and i chose well for myself -------
To your next statement -here --- It is NOT the ONLY path.----I say --well it depends on what your talking about here -----if your talking about following Jesus path -----then the scriptures make it very clear that there is only one path ------Grace through Faith ----- and it is not common Grace or human faith -----it is Saving Grace who is Jesus which comes through Saving Faith ---
KJV Dictionary Definition: faith
Evangelical,
justifying, or saving faith, is the assent of the mind to the truth of divine revelation, on the authority of God's testimony, accompanied with a cordial assent of the will or approbation of the heart;
an entire confidence or trust in God's character and declarations, and in the character and doctrines of Christ, with an unreserved surrender of the will to his guidance, and dependence on his merits for salvation. In other words, that firm belief of God's testimony, and of the truth of the gospel, which influences the will, and leads to an entire reliance on Christ for salvation.
Redbaron ---you said ------Maybe if you opened your mind and heart, you might understand that better.
I say -----Your statement here goes right back at ya ------LOL
