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    The real prosperity gospel.

    I guess my point was a bit sarcastic. If we look at the lives of the Apostles, and their deaths, it's doesn't seem to match the prosperity gospel message. God plan for Paul's prosperous life. 2 Corinthians 11:23-28 Are they ministers of Christ?--I speak as a fool--I am more: in labors more...
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    Mary was born with a sinful nature.

    Hey T This idea, of innocence from ignorance is taught at different levels all through scripture. I believe that aside from what they were told not to do, Adam and Eve were in this state of innocence. When they sinned, they were made aware "Who told you that you were naked?". Aware of good and...
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    Mary was born with a sinful nature.

    Hey T I like to think of it as more of the motive, not the act that makes it sin. They knew it was wrong because God told them not to do it. They were capable of sinning all the time. The fall definitely had an effect. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is significant. I think that I...
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    The real prosperity gospel.

    I'll get on this one. Im out of time.
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    Mary was born with a sinful nature.

    Hey Something to consider... Adam and Eve were ignorant of good and evil, that's what made them sinless. It's the state of innocence we should be considering here. It's not that they couldn't sin. They showed us that they were very capable of sinning. But with that one sin, (eating from the...
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    The real prosperity gospel.

    How did the Apostles fair in life and in death as Apostles? What was God's plan for them? Prosperity?
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    Mary was born with a sinful nature.

    Some people these days are claiming that Mary was sinless. Just to set the record straight, and setting aside all the scripture that states all have sinned and fallen short of Gods glory. That would include Mary. The sinful nature of man is passed down through the man. Eve sinned first. but...
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    Is Baptism necessary for Salvation?

    Not the removal of filth from the flesh. You don't get to rewrite it.
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    Is Baptism necessary for Salvation?

    Noah was saved by the Ark. He was saved from the water (through), which was Gods judgment.
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    Is Baptism necessary for Salvation?

    The water in that illustration was God's judgment. As you can see, it's a very poor illustration of water baptism. But a perfect illustration of Spirit baptism. Antitype: something that is represented by a symbol. That symbol is the Ark which is a type of Jesus. We are saved from God's judgment...
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    Is Baptism necessary for Salvation?

    This is being made way more complicated than it needs to be. We know that there is a baptism that saves. Peter said so... 1 Peter 3:21 There is also an antitype which now saves us--baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the...
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    Is Baptism necessary for Salvation?

    Paul got it wrong... 1 Corinthians 1:10-19 Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. For it has been...
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    Is Baptism necessary for Salvation?

    Genesis 3:20-23 And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. Then the Lord God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his...
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    When does growth feel like backsliding?

    Positional is a legal sanctification. The progressive, or practical is our becoming what the 'legal' already reckons us to be "in Christ". God sees Jesus' perfect righteousness, and His perfect sinlessness in us. As if we did it. Legally, that's how we are saved. Now we need to begin to be...
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    Hebrews Outline

    Bump!
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    Is Baptism necessary for Salvation?

    Not a lot of time. Jesus is called the second Adam. We wouldn't have needed Him if the first Adam didn't fail. One sin.
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    When does growth feel like backsliding?

    I was thinking of that also, with regards to Paul. Interesting, I think, that the self righteousness vs. poor in spirit parable, Paul seems to use himself for both sides of that. First Philippians 3:1-10 as a Pharisee, then as a believer. (first half - self righteous) In another place, the...
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    When does growth feel like backsliding?

    That would be positional sanctification. The legality of our salvation is finished when we come to faith in Jesus, like you said. But there is another sanctification . Here we see both spoken of. First positional, then practical. Hebrews 10:14 For by one offering He has perfected forever...
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    When does growth feel like backsliding?

    I'm thinking sanctification. When it's mentioned in the Bible in the future tense, it's usually speaking of practical, or progressive sanctification. To borrow a phrase from Macarthur, that would be us "being conformed to what God already reckons us to be in Christ". Whereas 'sanctification'...
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    Self righteousness, a different look.

    Looking now, it seems I cannot press the "like" button on my own post anyways. I've got to quite posting when I'm tired.
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