Unprofitable Servant wrote:
But even the apostle Paul said I die daily, so there is not a Christian who is breathing who does not battle daily with sin. The key here is we do battle.

Neil wrote:
No one is justified by works of the Law, Gal. 2:16.

Goldar wrote:
2John:9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds"

Rob wrote:
'do thy diligence'

Does this not also fit the context???

2Tim 2:15 (9) Study to shew thyself approved unto God a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, (*) dividing the word of truth (e) aright.

Mike wrote:
1) Let Scripture explain idols and images, Seaton. You left out of the 2nd Commandment the part about not bowing down to them. Convenient to the cause, but misleading....

2) ....the purpose of worshipping it is sin. It is not to forbid making an image of anything at all ...

3) I know no one who worships hymns, even if you do imaginatively stretch the idea of a hymn to be an "image."

Col 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is IDOLATRY:"

2) Whose talking about pictures? Idolatry is from the human heart not the inanimate object in view.

Norman, is Lexiconis dead? Did you tell Lurker that he was dead?

Dead or alive, can anybody remember anything he stood for other than chirp?