He presents us with the seemingly impossible law of perfect holiness in the Sermon on the Mount and finishes with the statement: "Everyone then who hears these words of mine and DOES them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock...And everyone who hears these words of mine and DOES NOT DO them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand"
But how can we do these things without the grace of God? That we MUST do them is clear. But we cannot lest we be "born from above."

The redeemed are those who have been cleansed from all unrighteousness by the blood of the Lamb. Those who have repented and believed the apostle's report and been born again as a "new creature in Christ Jesus." We know that "without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins." Christ has shed the blood, we have confessed our sins (in repenting) and have been forgiven of all our former works of darkness, and have also been washed anew from all unrighteousness by the precious blood. We cannot stain our garments with sin a second time for there will be no more shedding of blood, for he has died only ONCE and "cannot be crucified anew."

Now lets move on to the redeemed...Pelagians contend that through the grace of God which "cleanses us from ALL unrighteousness" we are to be unconformed to this present evil world and totally conformed to our Teacher and Saviour, Jesus Christ. We are to allow Christ to manifest himself in our mortal bodies, so that the world will know that we are his disciples. Our virtues are to be superior to those of the best mortal men for we have "Christ in us, the hope of glory." No one can live the life espoused in the Gospel without the grace of God so let us no longer argue about the righteousness of carnal men.

The same can be said about many heretical "Christian" denominations. He has a remnant scattered throughout all of them.

Regarding Mother Teresa, I understand your qualms about her being a member of the Catholic Church. Without question her doctrine was off, but that did not prevent her from following the call of Christ. As a whole the Catholics are damned, but there are very, very few individuals scattered throughout (typically nuns or monastic) that are completely devoted to following Christ and denying self of all things for His sake, and they who "doeth the things the law requireth" shall be saved. St. Francis of Assisi is another example of one who "put on Christ" in the midst of heretics.

They don't preach abstract doctrines of regeneration, they rather deny themselves pick up their cross and follow Christ unto death and lo! and behold they actually LIVE the blameless, regenerated life on earth and simply continue to live the imperishable life in Heaven with a transfigured body. They alone shall inherit the kingdom for it is not the hearers that will be saved but those that "DO THE WILL OF THE FATHER." They alone have a right to be called Christian(Christ-like disciple).

Boy o boy, all of those silly saints and martyrs who actually thought they had to "work out their own salvation." Who naively thought that when the Holy Spirit warns that "without holiness, noone shall see God" that he meant it. And those damnable rigorists of the early church who thought it meet to cast out sinners from their midsts and provide no means for their return, like Esau who had sold his birthright and was granted no forgiveness though he repented

For we know that "God is not mocked" and he "will render to each one according to his WORKS: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking and DO NOT OBEY the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury."

So surely IRA/sinn Fein are no different

Are you joined at the hip to the Pope?

If anything, it's a message to the 2 governments that Loyalist parties aren't to be left out of these talks. Mark my words, in the coming months they will seek the same privleges that IRA/Sinn Fein would have. They nationalist community will be outraged.

You couldn't make it up. It wouldn't surprise me if Stoner copied Bobby Sands and made hinself available for future elections.

Terrorist prevents Terrorists from talking their ministerial position

Info and video included in the link below.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6179792.stm

Should Michael Stone be offered a Ministerial Office in order to move things forward....? Works for republicans.

I suppose I was being optimistic for a while, thinking that it will all sort it's-self out.............how wrong an I????

Your're right, we have alot of things to sort out first, we have to make sure terrorists don't get into government.

are the DUP selling us short???.....I don't know, but I'll not be voteing for Bob McCartney and his cohorts, which will split the Unionist vote further

When all this is played out he can't be a deputy minister in N.Ireland and all future ministers will have to squeeky clean