When it comes to spiritual maturity, character and competency are both necessary and very much related. Are you growing in spiritual maturity?
When it comes to spiritual maturity, character and competency are both necessary and very much related. Are you growing in spiritual maturity?
When did the Law of God first come into existence? Why were men held responsible for their sins of murder, theft, lying, and etc. before the time of Moses if the Law did not appear until it was written on tablets of stone at Mount Sinai?
The Church has never had a monopoly on self-righteousness. Never. Remember, the Pharisees were not Christians. By and large, the Pharisees were the ones who rejected Christ. Contrary to Evangelical opinion, you can be a God-hating Liberal and still be a raging Pharisee.
Christ’s Principles, Apart From Christ’s Person, Will Never Produce Christ’s Peace
Satan reigns by death, and death reigns by sin through Adam. In contrast, God rules by life, and life rules by righteousness through Jesus Christ.
“Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.” (Hebrews 2:14-15 ESV)