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1 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | NewCovenant7777 | 143472 | ||
Final point: Sin is anything not of faith (Rom 14:23). Obvious sins such as fornication, adultery, lying, coveting, stealing, murder, lust, etc...are indeed sins, however the most egregious sin a soul can commit is to build in what is seen/the mammon system. To find your life is to lose it and to lose your life is to find it (Matt 10:39) Apostate Christians say, "well, God has given me these talents (as He did the wicked servant)and he has helped me get my education, career, etc...but again there is only one "foudational problem", the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob doesn't sow or reap in the mammon system. Apostate Christians reason, "Well, we may not live just like Jesus, the Disciples, or the First Century Church, but we are still doing good works." Oh, really? Woe to them that call good evil and evil good...It is obvious what the church is doing isn't "good" because they are using the same principles, methods,and means as the world, and they desire and claim God "blesses" them with the same things the world desires and calls blessings. Please read Colossians 2 to see the faithlessness of this... "Handle not, Taste not, and Touch not"...amen and amen One "Very Important Point" is that the Physical Jews were desring and "Earthly Messiah" to give them victory over their earthly enemies. Now, why would they want this? Well the answer is obvious...They wanted to rule politically, socially, academically, and have "heatlh and wealth prosperity just as the Apostate Church does today. A few more things to chew on: One, Solomon, who was the wisest man ever to live, declared everything of this world "meaningless". So, my question to "Professing Christians" today is, "Why are you trying to find "meaning in a meaningless world"? Jesus, Paul, and all other True Crucified Christians in the Bible came to the same conclusion. Also, Paul said that, "The Wisdom of this world is foolishness to God", yet "Professing Christians" are building their towers of academic accomplishments. Question is, why? Thanks again, for responding...and please understand I share boldly the truth in love because "Only the truth sets a soul free". Error enslaves and holds a soul captive to the seen world/the mammon system. I hope the truths Christ has shared through me are edifying... |
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2 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 143488 | ||
New Covenant 7777 - Even though I've been a student of the English language for something over 50 years and have read more than a few English-language books, magazines, newspapers, billboards and automobile license plates in my day, your language confuses me greatly. Would you mind terriblly to illumine your Post 143472 with a few definitions and, where applicable, explanations, of such words and phrases as follow: ....... (1) What on earth do you mean when you say "world/mammon system"? ....... (2) Exactly what is this thing you call "Apostate Christian"? (3) You use the term, "Jesus, Paul and all other True Crucified Christians in the Bible." (a) What is a "True Crucified Christian"? (b) How does Christ fit into this line-up? Is Christ a Christian? ..... (4) Who is this bunch of "Professing Christians" (whatever that means in your context) who are "building their towers of academic accomplishments"? What towers? What academic accomplishments? (5) What do you mean by "Physical Jews"? Are they a breed apart from, let's say, "spiritual" Jews? Do these "Physical Jews" have a counterpart in "Physical Gentiles"? ....... You closed your post with the hope that "the truths that Christ has shared through me are edifying." I am far from being convinced that you are the mouthpiece of Christ, but I am completely sure that your post has not edified me in the least. --Hank | ||||||
3 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | kalos | 143503 | ||
Ditto! And I believe you would agree, Hank, there is no such thing as an "apostate Christian". A person is either one or the other, not both. To use the term apostate Christian is to demonstrate that one does not know the meaning of one or both words. Grace to you, John |
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4 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 143507 | ||
Indeed I would agree, John (Kalos), that an "Apostate Christian" is as much a contradiction of terms as, say, using an expression such as "regenerate infidel" or something of the sort. How often, alas, we see on these pages certain "pseudo-theological" terms -- and long dissertations in their wake -- profferred in the obvious hope of projecting profound theological erudition, private revelation and supernatural insight; but invariably they turn out to be nothing more than smoke and mirrors, glitter and fluff -- sheer gobbledygook and deceptive withal. --Hank | ||||||
5 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 143512 | ||
Greetings Hank! I remember when I was in college that an author came to speak to us about the gift of 'carnality'. :-( He tried to build the case that some Christians acutally have a gift of carnality. Since that day, I realize that anything is possible! ;-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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6 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 143515 | ||
Hi, Tim - Paul must have forgotten about the gift of carnality and jumped straight into his list of spiritual gifts :-) Perhaps he'll mention it when he gets around to updating his letters! --Hank | ||||||