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21 | are believers still considered sinners ? | Romans | Aslans_Friend | 187067 | ||
I Corinthians 15:45-49 The Scriptures tell us, "The first man, Adam, became a living person." But the last Adam-that is, Christ-is a life-giving Spirit. What came first was the natural body, then the spiritual body comes later. Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while Christ, the second man, came from heaven. Every human being has an earthly body just like Adam's, but our heavenly bodies will be just like Christ's. Just as we are now like Adam, the man of the earth, so we will someday be like Christ, the man from heaven. This is the concept of the two Adams. The first was the firstborn of death, the second was the firstborn of the living. |
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22 | Is perseverance certain? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187065 | ||
A better translation that gives an alternate verb tense for Hebrews 10:14 is the English Standard : For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified. |
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23 | Christians? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187062 | ||
Without the grace of God, none would be saved. It is our faith in His Provision that saves us. Not of works, none can boast. Salvation comes after repentance, it is a process, not an event. |
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24 | What happens to Christians that die 2day | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187061 | ||
According to 1 Thess 5:23 the nature of man is spirit, soul, and body. I quote from THE SPIRITUAL MAN by Watchman Nee: The body is the "world-consciousness," the soul is the "self-consciousness," and the spirit is the "God-consciousness." There are five organs in the body which afford man the five senses. This physical body enables man to communicate with the physical world. This is why it is called the "world- consciousness." The soul comprises that part in man known as the intellect, which makes man's existence possible. The part of love generates affections toward other human beings or objects. Affections originate from the senses. All these are parts of man himself; they form the personality of man. Hence, they are called the "self-consciousness." The spirit is the part with which man communicates with God. With this part man worships God, serves Him, and understands his relationship with God. Hence, it is called "God-consciousness." Just as God dwells in the spirit, the self dwells in the soul, and the senses dwell in the body. The soul is the meeting point; here the spirit and the body join. Man communicates with God's Spirit and the spiritual realm through the spirit and receives and expresses power and life in the spiritual realm through this spirit. He communicates with the outside world of senses through the body; the world and the body interact with one another. The soul lies in between these two worlds and belongs to these two worlds. On the one hand, it communicates with the spiritual realm through the spirit, and on the other hand, it communicates with the physical world through the body. The soul has the power of self-determination; it can make decisions concerning the things related to it in the environment and can choose or reject them. It is impossible for the spirit to control the body directly; it requires a medium. This medium is the soul, which was produced when the spirit touched the body. The soul is in between the spirit and the body; it binds the spirit and the body together as one. The spirit can rule over the body through the soul and subject it under God's power. The body can also induce the spirit through the soul to love the world. The soul is the seat of personality; man's will, intellect, and emotion all lie in the soul. The spirit is the part with which man communicates with the spiritual realm. The body is the part with which man communicates with the physical realm. The soul is in the middle of these two parts. It exercises its judgment to determine if the spiritual realm is to rule or if the physical realm is to rule. Sometimes the soul rules through its intellect and senses; when that happens, the psychological world rules. Unless the soul yields its rule to the spirit, the spirit cannot rule. Hence, the soul has to authorize the spirit to rule before the latter can rule over the soul and the whole body. The reason for this is that the soul is the origin of man's personality. The soul is the master of a person because man's will is part of the soul. When the spirit controls the whole being, it is because the soul has yielded itself and has taken a lower position. If the soul rebels, the spirit will not have the power to control it. This is the meaning of "free will" in man. Man has the absolute right to make his own decisions. He is not a machine which turns according to God's will. He has his own faculty of deliberation. He can choose to obey God's will, and he can choose to oppose God's will and to follow the devil's will. According to God's arrangement, the spirit should be the highest part and should control the whole being. Yet the main part of man's personality, the will, is of the soul. Man's will (soul) has the power to choose to let the spirit rule, to let the body rule, or to let the self rule. Because the soul is so powerful, the Bible calls it "a living soul." |
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25 | "Saved" but not saved? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187054 | ||
Matt 6:19-21 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. | ||||||
26 | Is Jesus "equal to god"? | Phil 2:6 | Aslans_Friend | 186751 | ||
The history of the Watchtower Society starts with a group called Russellites, who followed a false prophet of the day (19th century) who proclaimed the end of the world was scheduled for early 20th century. A publisher in New York City found he could make a lot of money from the followers and, through a greedy plot, conspired to organize the society into a religious works mill. Adherants must work to earn salvation through quotas and distribution of written materials. At first, they used the King James bible, but now have their own authorized translation that twists the original Hebrew and Greek to their own advantage. |
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27 | jesus spoke to dead | Eccl 9:5 | Aslans_Friend | 186749 | ||
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has appointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to announce that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed. Isaiah 61:1 quoted by Jesus and presumably refering to those is "Abraham's Bosom" who were released from Sheol as Christ assended on high with captives. |
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28 | Nephilim Humans? | Gen 6:4 | Aslans_Friend | 186744 | ||
I have studied this through several commentaries. There is varied opinion, to say the least. The most sensible, in my opinion, is that the Sons of God, refering to the godly descendants of Seth, used no spiritual discrimination in chosing wives for themselves, and married descendants of Cain for beauty alone. This led to ungodliness and perverted the gifts of God towards humanitarian achivements. (commentary : Clark?) | ||||||
29 | Would Adam and Eve have fallen? | Gen 3:13 | Aslans_Friend | 186736 | ||
As finite creatures, we have a hard time reconciling free will and predestination. We are part of the space-time but God is transcendent. God has no contingency plans. He knew you before the beginning. (and loved you anyway) That's why the actions of the devil are so irrational, he knows God's nature and his ultimate end, but his hatred leads him to... steal and kill and destroy [John 10:10] |
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30 | Bible inerrancy versus author's mistakes | 2 Tim 3:16 | Aslans_Friend | 186686 | ||
While reading Dr. Bart D. Ehrman's MISQUOTING JESUS, I see that Mark 2 says that Jesus said that King David went into the temple while Abiathar was the high priest, but according to I Samuel 21, it was Ahimelech. | ||||||
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