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Are you taking the time to pray? Christ is the answer in times of need
https://christianforums.net/threads/psalm-70-1-save-me-o-god-lord-help-me-now.108509/
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Wearing the right shoes, and properly clothed spiritually?
Join Elected By Him for a devotional on Ephesians 6:14-15
https://christianforums.net/threads/devotional-selecting-the-proper-shoes.109094/
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Sympathy for the Lost
And how are you born again? By repenting and being baptized. By confessing with your mouth and believing in your heart, etc. -
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Sympathy for the Lost
Islam, and the other world's religions, have many teachings that stray away from the character of God and are false religions. However, if a Muslim who studies the Bible , personally rejects the incorrect teachings of Islam and follows the commands of the God of the Bible, then I believe the... -
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Sympathy for the Lost
Ed, Paul says that when the Gentiles who do not have the law do that which is required by the law they show that they have the law written on their hearts (paraphrasing Rom 214-?), and that God's invisible qualities have been clearly seen in creation so that men are without excuse (paraphrasing... -
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Sympathy for the Lost
Well, first I wouldn't say that a tribe member in the deepest darkest forest is innocent. There are some tribes that had never heard the Gospel yet were brutal cannibals and they were innocent by no stretch of the imagination. You do correctly identify the concept of those who have never heard... -
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Sympathy for the Lost
HI mutzrein, sorry no one wanted to answer this right away. My perception is that the writers of the Bible, the OT and the NT were often grappling with the weightier issues in life. Much different than say the people whre I live in Southern California for whom the hardest decision of the day... -
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Sympathy for the Lost
Hi Tina, I agree with this text in that those who know of God (our God, Yahweh, and His son Jesus) and call on His name will be saved. Providing they also believe in their heart, etc. But for those who don't know or never hear His name, I believe they can still do the things required in this... -
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Should we Question Christianity?
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Should we Question Christianity?
Absolutely you should test things of faith. And should be in two levels. First one needs to test the scriptures to make sure that the holy book that one is considering can hold water. (In my view this of course is only the Bible.) Once you are satisfied that the scriptures are the inerrant... -
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Sympathy for the Lost
Ah, very good points Ed. In John 14:6 Jesus said "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.†But how exactly is Jesus the way? He obviously is talking figuratively for certainly we do not pass through His physical body. So how should we... -
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Sympathy for the Lost
My point is two-fold. First, we really shouldn't judge someone else's salvation position. We can judge someone else's actions to be sure, but for us to conjecture where someone else has wound up? For example, Hitler was responsible for the death of many million innocent victims. Those actions... -
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Sympathy for the Lost
Ouch, Joe. Gandhi is burning in Hell right now? Really? You know that? I think that probably when the Bible teaches us not to judge others, it literally means do not pass judgement as to someone else's eternal fate. And are you sure Ghandi was not a follower of Christ? Does "being in... -
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Baptism - Salvation - Bible Contradictions ... ???
Re: Various Stages of Salvation ... ??? Hmm, good question. Progressive? I know I've never considered it progressive, as I can't identify any stages, as you put it. Just that Christ died as a permanent sacrifice for our sins so that God can look at us, not as the sinners we are, but as His... -
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Baptism - Salvation - Bible Contradictions ... ???
Thanks bstrong for the excellent post. And vja4Him, I actually believe you're place in Heaven is reserved when you first decide to follow Him, but you don't actually receive everlasting life until your temporal life passes away. So in a sense, you can't ever lose your salvation, because it's... -
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Baptism - Salvation - Bible Contradictions ... ???
Hi bluegray, Actually, I completely feel for you. You're right to see difficulties in the scriptures when it comes to faith alone teaching. Because the way you are probably being taught 'faith alone' is a misunderstanding. We do have to have faith in God. Many teachers have said that works... -
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Death to the son who curses his parents??
Which book are you reading from that has a Matthew chapter 14 like that, it certainly isn't the Bible of the Christians... Oh, you meant chapter 15! lol Here Jesus is pointing out that the Pharisees' teachings that were added to the Word of God, the "Mishnah" teachings were foolish. And that... -
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Limited atonement and 2 Cor 2:15,16,17
I think all of your assertions here are flawed, quite frankly. First, Christ died for the elect but all people are elect, the Jews first and the Gentiles next. There are no "unelect." Second, Christ died to justify us before God, wiping away our sins, as long as we accept this gift. He's... -
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Baptism - Salvation - Bible Contradictions ... ???
What is required is belief. But what is belief? Belief as outlined in the Bible is to be understood with two parts, the assention of our will AND the following with our actions. The two parts are intertwined. We must assent to God's authority over our lives, AND repent of our sins, be... -
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Predestination
My two cents. Three cents. However many... Your definitions of ominpotence and omniscience are not congruous. You say you understand omnipotence to mean all powerful and omniscience to mean all knowing, so to be congruous shouldn't omnipotence mean all doing? Or omniscience be all... -
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Free will or no free will?
I couldn't wait any longer, sorry. Even though I probably don't believe your assertion is true that man couldn't have free will if he wasn't truly independent of God, I can still answer your proof question. Man can choose, that's right choose, not to live by the constraints placed by God's...