I am a convert to the Greek Orthodox faith and as someone who came from an evangelical background, the one thing I am currently struggling with is the Church's high mariology doctrines, one of those being that Mary is the ark of the new covenant, but did any of the early church fathers believe...
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Reader,
For you to go to Heaven, you have to become as Righteous as God. As it only the righteous who exist there and who are allowed to stay there once they arrive.
And the problem is, you have no way to become righteous. You have already sinned, so, that's it.
So, you now have this to...
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its pretty obvious that Satan's intent for everyone is to cause them to end up in Hell.
That's Job #1.
However, once you are born again, and have become a part of God's Heavenly Spiritual Family, .. Satan can't lead you to hell, so, he has a different plan for you if you are born again, and...
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Abiding in the vine" is to be born again.
The VINE is symbolic for/as : Jesus The Christ, and to be IN the VINE, is to be "In Christ", born again as "One with God".
This is the born again Spirit that "Abides" IN......the Vine., which is symbolic for The Christ.
Christ is also the "root"...
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"when i am weak, then i am strong."
I hope this Thread will help you go deeper into the true understanding of God's Grace, that is KEY to sustaining a beautiful discipleship.
Look at these these 2 verses.. Paul teaching.
1. """As many as be PERFECT"
2. ""the fullness of the stature of...
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Being a real disciple, .........
So, first..... lets qualify "REAL"
Everyone who is born again, has become a disciple.
This is like, everyone who has joined the army, gets a uniform, and learns how to march.
A disciple of God and Christ, "works out their salvation", not to stay saved, but...
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Did you ever wonder why God gave the LAW first, and much later Jesus was given as God's Grace?
Its because the Law is necessary to be in place to REVEAL us, as we are, in relation to God's Holiness.
This is the actual purpose of the Law, the specific purpose.
Its to reveal you, as...
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Now, if we really want to drill it down, then we surely understand that salvation started in the "foreknowledge of God", where everything began.
So, God created Salvation, in His Foreknowledge, as He knew what Satan would do, and He knew what Adam and Eve would do, and He knew what He would...
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To have Victory, is to be able to withstand the devil, and to be able to live holy.
That's the victory, that Paul defines as ...>"CHRIST always gives me the Victory"
So, how do you get that power, that is "always the victory"?
A.) You submit to God.
See, most believers, are not submitted...
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Sometimes a believer has issues with feeling not worthy to be helped by God.
Well, how to resolve this wrong mind.....this wrong faith ????
Its by understanding that you are made worthy to receive from God, because Christ is in you and this makes you ETERNALLY worthy and keeps you ETERNALLY...
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Saint,
How are you actually born again?
What literally happens. ?
I thought i would share this faith fundamental with you because its very possible you can be in Church for 50 yrs and no one there can explain it to you.
So lets look at what it means to be : BORN AGAIN.....how it happens...
There are 2 dominions, spiritually..... that exist In the Spiritual Realm.
1. Law
2. Grace.
WE<>Everyone : are under one or the other.
When we are under the law, the law has dominion and it judges us.
Its the law that judges and defines us as a : "SINNER".
When we are born again, we are...
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The confusion for most Christian, is that they are trying to stay MENTALLY DEFINED (wrong mind, broken faith) by what isn't able to define you any more.
They are trying to keep defining themselves as a "sinner" or a "saved sinner" when in fact they now spiritually exist in GOD, where there...
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Here is how you get eternal life.
Do you want it?
Ok...
Here is how you get it.
"The Gift of God is eternal Life".
See that?
"The gift of God.... >IS< ....eternal life".
So, to have eternal life, you have to get God's Gift.
You have to possess this "gift", as "Christ in you".
And who is...
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Satan is alive, and he's very clever.
He is a perfected deceiver.
He is the "father of lies", and is the trainer of religious pretense, that sounds legit, because it speaks advanced "christianese".
For example...> Satan has had more time with the Greek texts and the rest of the bible...
All the born again are "Saints".
That means you, if you are born again.
And, the history of Christianity has recorded the life stories and testimonies of some amazing believers.
If you have never read the life story or the testimony of historically remarkable "saints", then by all means
take...
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Lets look at a few verses that deal with growing in Grace as = how to effectively "work out your salvation">
1.)""" leaving the first principles""". Hebrews 6
Reader....The bible is a progressive reveal.
Its God revealing Himself, and its God's showing you how He deals with mankind from...
Here is how you get eternal life.
Do you want it?
Ok...
Here is how you get it.
"The Gift of God is eternal Life".
See that?
"The gift of God.... >IS< ....eternal life".
So, to have eternal life, you have to get God's Gift.
You have to possess this "gift", as "Christ in you".
And who is...
You are here because you want to serve God with power, and you want to know how.
You want to be an influence, and you want to do this, for GOD's Glory.
You want to go to bed at night knowing that your words, your deeds, your life, are all impacting others for God's glory.
How to understand...
How do you live the holy life.?
It could be stated that to say that we can't live a holy life, is to deny the power of Christ who lives in us.
It can be stated that to teach that you can't live the holy life, is to offend God's Grace and contradict the Cross.
There are plenty of forums and most...
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