The Path of Truth Forum

Mike, it's true you've never offered your life as a pleasing sacrifice, which you wouldn't so readily confess if you had taken up the cross, the “reasonable service” required of all forgiven and regenerated souls:

“I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service” (Romans 12:1 MKJV).

Therefore we can't “resume being on the same page” because we never were on the same page. You've never been with the Lord or us - you've only presumed so, your surrender to Him imaginary and on your terms.

Here's what's happening now:

Matthew 22:11-13 MKJV
(11) And the king coming in to look over the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.
(12) And he said to him, Friend, how did you come in here without having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
(13) Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

This certainly doesn't fit into your doctrine, just as you don't fit into the Kingdom of God. Out you go, friend.

Paul

Paul, "out I go?" Sorry Paul, I have surrendered my will to Jesus 41 years ago and "offered my life as a pleasing sacrifice" to God. It is no longer "my life" but His. I deny myself "daily" and therefore "die daily" like Paul explained, I therefore pick up God's will for me "daily" as the scriptures also declare.

Again, you have missed it this time. We all miss it once in a while Paul so I forgive you. God put me "in Christ" many years ago and I enjoy walking in the results by being in the Spirit each and every moment of each and every day. I serve Him by letting Him love me at the "whipping post" and the Cross to purchase my forgiveness and my co-death with Him. As a result I live in the resurrection life of Christ and am NOW seated with Him in Glory at God's right hand. "In the Glory", I love whoever God's sends by my path and look for EVERY opportunity to bring Christ to him or her. I wear the wedding garment of HIS righteousness and not my own Paul and looking forward to the supper of the Lamb.
Amen