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Originally Posted by aron
Never went to Austin. Maybe there it's different.
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The way of religion is in all natural humanity... So anywhere you find natural humanity you find humans taking the way of religion — in one way or another, and to one degree or another.
That's just how it is.
And according to scripture... In His great wisdom God chose to leave all born again eternally saved believers in Christ Jesus with our old fallen man for a time... Which means we will all struggle with the way of religion inherent within our old fallen man... For pretty much our entire earthly lifetime.
So anywhere you find born again believers in Christ Jesus... There is certainly the possibility to find expressions of our old fallen man.
But praise the Lord... According to scripture...
2 Corinthians 5:17... "So then if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away; behold, they have become new."
Which can often seem contradictory to what we see/think/conclude within our natural minds from the experience of others... And, if we're honest, with ourselves.
So then what?
What I have come to understand is that my reality in Christ is that I am a new creation (corporately, with all other born again believers)... But that I have a hard time believing/realizing this, and therefore I struggle in applying this reality in my daily living and being.
Which again is something that scripture tells us can happen.
Christ... Christ... And more Christ is what I need.
And this is true of any group of believers meeting in any place.