tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post8217487795733040167..comments2023-10-03T06:25:41.357-05:00Comments on Grace Roots Blog: Practically Speaking – Part 3 of 3Joel Bruesekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-87907337763924855012009-02-26T12:29:00.000-06:002009-02-26T12:29:00.000-06:00Leonard,Any time. :)Leonard,<BR/><BR/>Any time. :)Joel Bruesekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-1579293036631790882009-02-25T19:52:00.000-06:002009-02-25T19:52:00.000-06:00Thanks.Thanks.Leonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13127809388107620419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-77142657353128766232009-02-25T11:15:00.000-06:002009-02-25T11:15:00.000-06:00You said it better, Joel! Thank you!You said it better, Joel! Thank you!Bino M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02303467552834533436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-58585095311145830932009-02-25T11:04:00.000-06:002009-02-25T11:04:00.000-06:00Yep, Bino, I see what you're saying. Whether thos...Yep, Bino, I see what you're saying. Whether those words were written or whether they weren't written, we still have the potential to live by its truth as we walk by the Spirit or to not live by its truth as we walk according to the flesh.<BR/><BR/>I think in my case, as I've recalled those words, what it's done is that it has caused the light to go on in my head in the midst of various circumstances, reminding me of who I am, and therefore being a nice reminder to walk as who I am, by the Spirit, and not as who I'm not, by the flesh.Joel Bruesekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-81551402236764011552009-02-25T10:36:00.000-06:002009-02-25T10:36:00.000-06:00Joel, great posts!There is only one thing wanted ...Joel, great posts!<BR/><BR/>There is only one thing wanted to say: <BR/><BR/>For example, the verse “don’t return evil for evil”. Even if that verse isn't there, a person who is born of God usually wouldn't return evil for evil. The other side is also true, the fact that verse is there not stopping us (if we deliberatly want to) from doing it as well. We still have the potential to sin and we also have the potential to not to sin (because of the fact the law is now written on our hearts which enables us <I>naturally</I> not to sin)<BR/><BR/>I am sorry if I didn't make sense.Bino M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02303467552834533436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-73581325784027898902009-02-23T19:03:00.000-06:002009-02-23T19:03:00.000-06:00Yep indeed Phil, we are who we are, apart from any...Yep indeed Phil, we are who we are, apart from anything we do or don't do. We need to be grounded and established in our solid identity in Christ. From Christ's life in us and our life in Him, flows the "doing" of who we are. The horse must be put before the cart. :)Joel Bruesekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-5090900578954405132009-02-23T16:50:00.000-06:002009-02-23T16:50:00.000-06:00Thanks Joel, for that. 'be who you are, knowing fi...Thanks Joel, for that. 'be who you are, knowing first who you are'. Thanks for the input into my thick skull.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14063611909779154899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-27977679141362770592009-02-23T16:07:00.000-06:002009-02-23T16:07:00.000-06:00RJW,Thanks for the affirmation. :D I think we ag...RJW,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the affirmation. :D I think we agree on sooo many things, and on other things we can talk it out and still be cool!<BR/><BR/>Matthew,<BR/><BR/>The thing I like about Paul is his foundational teachings of grace and identity, and that it's woven into everything he says. He does say quite a lot of things that have been taken way out of context and way out of the original setting of grace, grace, grace, but when kept in the right context it is meant as encouragement to walk as who we are, by the Spirit and through nothing but grace.<BR/><BR/>The living out of who we are must be grounded in the foundation of grace, and never done by self effort. To me, I think that exhortations and admonishments such as the ones I've mentioned and that you've mentioned are a wonderful way of bringing out the Christ-in-us, always by the Spirit and never by self-effort.Joel Bruesekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-82712567987460072112009-02-23T15:31:00.000-06:002009-02-23T15:31:00.000-06:00Great posts, Joel. I'm now able to view much of Pa...Great posts, Joel. <BR/><BR/>I'm now able to view much of Paul's writings as encouragement to be who we are and not laws to live by. He usually always says something like "You are this! Now act like it!" <BR/><BR/>"For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light." (Ephesians 5:8)<BR/><BR/>"For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober." (1 Thessalonians 5:5-6)<BR/><BR/>"Since then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. For you have died and your is hidden with Christ in God." Colossians (3:1-3)<BR/><BR/>And many such things are written in the epistles. Now it's not condemning when I read them, nor does it make me groan to see how much I need to work on to make myself holy, but now I see I AM holy, I just need to ACT like it.Mattityahuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05549061279827942555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-5633008565318121972009-02-23T13:24:00.000-06:002009-02-23T13:24:00.000-06:00What lovely posts, Joel.I think we agree. :D ::SH...What lovely posts, Joel.<BR/><BR/>I think we agree. :D ::SHOCKER::Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16376340819465748862noreply@blogger.com