tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787192881528040602.post3090096726692383876..comments2024-02-13T10:04:50.839-06:00Comments on a day in the life - walking with God: Where Do You Live?Debra@CommonGroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04830455848744270459noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787192881528040602.post-54901813591014013562010-09-13T14:59:06.268-05:002010-09-13T14:59:06.268-05:00Awesome and timely posts. While we love our Jewis...Awesome and timely posts. While we love our Jewish brothers and sisters, we should not be provoked nor intimated to put into practice Judiasm....<br /><br />Paul addressed it several times in the NT ...Ga:2:4: And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:<br /><br />Ga:2:11: But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.<br />Ga:2:12: For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.<br />Ga:2:13: And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.<br />Ga:2:14: But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?<br />Ga:2:15: We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,<br />Ga:2:16: Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.<br />Ga:2:17: But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.<br />Ga:2:18: For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.<br />Ga:2:19: For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07375492504110313091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787192881528040602.post-14266630900866534982010-09-10T19:36:45.184-05:002010-09-10T19:36:45.184-05:00I just discovered your blog today Debra and I love...I just discovered your blog today Debra and I love the post for today. I like to think of myself as a Christian but I carry this guilt because I have never been baptized. I know people who believe if you have not been baptized you cannot be saved. It worries me to some degree but less now that I read your blog - unless I am misundertanding it.Brenda Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16645594441980170427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787192881528040602.post-84252349091036934992010-09-08T21:03:10.334-05:002010-09-08T21:03:10.334-05:00why is it so hard to continually
walk in grace?
...why is it so hard to continually <br />walk in grace?<br /><br />it all depends on it.myletterstoemilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17555607498974287844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787192881528040602.post-22264140621889334962010-09-07T18:02:28.952-05:002010-09-07T18:02:28.952-05:00Debra, there is so much I learn here. I'm sur...Debra, there is so much I learn here. I'm sure my willingness to start reading the Bible helps that matter. I thank you for that. Your dedication to scripture and your search for truth, has given me hope that even I can be inspired by the Word. Thank you for this lesson.<br />~love~G~Glendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05594726120487407823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787192881528040602.post-6028127438262143692010-09-07T12:22:20.728-05:002010-09-07T12:22:20.728-05:00This was a good lesson. I feel like I have so muc...This was a good lesson. I feel like I have so much to say on this subject. My husband is a pastor here in the North and so many that we know in ministry are in bondage to man's rules and regulations. Bondage brings misery and these people are truly miserable. On the flip side, my husband and I seem like we've gone over the deep end. We haven't. We've just learned that God is a God of Grace and Jesus came to set us free from the bondage of man's laws. God's laws show us how far we fall short of His glory, but we don't need to live under that law anymore. Jesus fulfilled the law for us. Anyway, I'm going on and on. I'm sorry. It's just a conversation my husband and I end up on all the time. Sometimes we questions our own freedom to walk in God's grace, because of others. Do you know what I mean? It's easy to fall into bondage.<br /><br />Sorry for blabbing.<br />-FringeGirlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787192881528040602.post-69350240508856691472010-09-07T11:04:56.170-05:002010-09-07T11:04:56.170-05:00Great lesson! I think you explained it so well. Th...Great lesson! I think you explained it so well. The church that we left when we moved a couple of years ago, acknowledged the Jewish feasts and holy days, just to learn about them. But the feast of Pentecost was one we chose to celebrate because it was a time to pray, praise God, and bring a freewill offering. It was pointed out that the offering was only as the Lord laid it on your heart and families were encouraged to bring it to the offering plates and pray together. We looked forward to it each year as a very special time with our church family. Those offerings were a big part of keeping our church out of debt even during a building program.<br />I guess I chased a rabbit there, sorry. Really enjoyed the devotional, Debra!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410942491983930819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787192881528040602.post-25297699062624076002010-09-07T09:08:13.027-05:002010-09-07T09:08:13.027-05:00Morning Lovey, it is very easy to become legalisti...Morning Lovey, it is very easy to become legalistic. But living in grace is by far better. I have friends who have so many rules they are rigid and unhappy because they are essentially trying to live under the OT law. Thanking Jesus today today for the practical applications of these verses. You explained them very well. loveya♥oliveOlivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562775041134498313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787192881528040602.post-64180849854848450522010-09-07T08:06:15.254-05:002010-09-07T08:06:15.254-05:00Good morning Debra! So much to think about in you...Good morning Debra! So much to think about in your lesson this morning. I'm so glad I got a chance to read it. Thank you for all you do and your faithfulness for sharing it with others.<br /><br />love, Tracy :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08643279791342765171noreply@blogger.com