Westminster Confession of Faith—Introduction

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"study to show yourself approved unto God a workman that needeth not be ashamed but rightly divides the word of truth"

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definition of the word binding: verb present participle of bind:1 to confine or restrain with or as if with chains

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Freedom in Christ
5 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

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2 Corinthians 3:7 The Glory of the New Covenant
6And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 7Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory, 8will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?…

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Unity in the Body
…13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ. 14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming. 15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.…

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I believe very similar to the old school Presbyterians that all scripture should be interpreted through the Westminster

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John 16 :13 The Promise of the Holy Spirit
…12I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it. 13However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.…

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Matthew 15:1-9
Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying, 'Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.'

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you dont need another document to subscribe to in the westminster confession to filter the bible through.

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You missed pauls mystery of the dispensation of Grace unto gentiles and the "law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus" and the infilling of the Holy Spirit. pauls instruction are the full instruction for the church regarding the law. "apart from the law sin is dead" "we died to the law through the body of

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we died to the law therefore are NOT BOUND we are free and fruit bearing. The law aroused sinful passions

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Peter 1:17-19
And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

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YOU ARE QUALIFIED AS A MINISTER OF A NEW COVENANT NOT OF LETTER BUT OF THE SPIRIT

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how is it that people NOT HAVING THE LAW can do it by nature? they have a conscience and "the strength of sin is the law"

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the kind of christians i want to associate with and submit to are those who submit to the word of God and the holy spirit and are therefore humble enough to recognize the equality of all believers in the Spirit and through conscience to have and use spiritual gifts that the Spirit determines as he sees fit. we need each part of the body not a westminster confession as a regulator and protection against miopic thinking.

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Struggling with Sin
12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good. 13Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful. 14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.…

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Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
…16And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever— 17the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you. 18I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.…

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"Let God be true and every man a liar so that you will be proved right when you speak and be justified when you judge" every person lies no one keeps the law of God and therefore proper humility leads us to the grace of God for individuals in the body of Christ in ages past, this present age, and the age to come. may we never see ourselves as so superior to THOSE PEOPLE that we do not humbly subject ourselves and our loved ones to individual scrutity in doctrine and practice. "speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the perfect law that gives liberty" the perfect law is not the law given to israel RATHER IS IT THE LAW OF THE SPRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST which sets us free.

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"There have to be differences among you to show which ones have God's approval" doctrinal differences and differences in practice by design teach us who has God's approval and who doesn't. its not who follows tradition who is "right" but those whom God approves as individuals in the sifting. "whoever loves is from God" "whoever listens to us is from God" "see to it that no one misses the grace of God" CHRISTIANS IN ALL AGES HAVE MISSED IT as individuals and so corrupting groups.

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1 John 2:27 Continue in Him(Not your denomination or system of theology)
…26I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. 27And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His TRUE and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught. 28And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.…