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41 | Cannot Satan counterfeit fruit? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187260 | ||
Yes, but the fruit will be rotten. | ||||||
42 | Deceptive faith? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187261 | ||
For his Holy Spirit speaks to us deep in our hearts and tells us that we are God's children. Romans 8:16 |
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43 | Salvation a process? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187278 | ||
1) Romans 2:5-16 For there is going to come a day of judgment when God, the just judge of all the world, will judge all people according to what they have done. He will give eternal life to those who persist in doing what is good, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality that God offers. But he will pour out his anger and wrath on those who live for themselves, who refuse to obey the truth and practice evil deeds. There will be trouble and calamity for everyone who keeps on sinning-for the Jew first and also for the Gentile. But there will be glory and honor and peace from God for all who do good-for the Jew first and also for the Gentile. For God does not show favoritism. God will punish the Gentiles when they sin, even though they never had God's written law. And he will punish the Jews when they sin, for they do have the law. For it is not merely knowing the law that brings God's approval. Those who obey the law will be declared right in God's sight. Even when Gentiles, who do not have God's written law, instinctively follow what the law says, they show that in their hearts they know right from wrong. They demonstrate that God's law is written within them, for their own consciences either accuse them or tell them they are doing what is right. The day will surely come when God, by Jesus Christ, will judge everyone's secret life. This is my message. 2) Paul knew about himself and holds out the hope for other believers in 2nd Timothy 4:6-8 : As for me, my life has already been poured out as an offering to God. The time of my death is near. I have fought a good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful. And now the prize awaits me-the crown of righteousness that the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that great day of his return. And the prize is not just for me but for all who eagerly look forward to his glorious return. |
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44 | Performance? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187280 | ||
1) Clarification please : "salvation is irrelevant respecting the reception of God's love" Where did you get this idea? "Is not recieving God's love salvation?" ... Receiving and responding to God's love in Christ, yes. 2) Rom 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God 2b) No. That would mean that the gihad would have an argument for their paradise, obviously ludicress. |
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45 | Whose voice? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187283 | ||
You are responsible to determine the source of the voice. A born again individual is sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit, who speaks to their spirit(inner man). The devil speaks to the soul, through the flesh, or their mind (outer man). If you have peace about a decision, it was the Holy Spirit. If you still have anxiety, it probably is the devil (unless you have conviction without condemnation) Romans 14:17-19 For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. If you serve Christ with this attitude, you will please God. And other people will approve of you, too. So then, let us aim for harmony in the church and try to build each other up. |
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46 | Christians? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187288 | ||
If showing that repentance is turning from sin using two translations doesn't define it, what would? | ||||||
47 | Christians? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187332 | ||
Matthew 4:17 From then on, Jesus began to preach, "Turn from your sins and turn to God, because the Kingdom of Heaven is near." (New Living Translation) Matthew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. (King James Version 1611, 1769) Sins are acts we commit. Sin is the nature imputed to mankind through Adam. Jesus not only died for our sins, the acts we commit that fall short of the glory of God, but for sin, the nature that makes us blind to God's righteousness and our relationship to Him that is now restored through Christ. |
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48 | Cannot Satan counterfeit fruit? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187566 | ||
You have to start over. Definition of "genuine believer" : A person who places his trust in the finished work of Jesus Christ, whose sin nature has been crucified with Christ and has been born a new creation to good works in Christ. Note that believer in this sense is NOT one who acknowledges God's existence. No one can be so judged while still alive, since the grace of God is still in operation. That is ultimately between God and the individual, since only God can weigh the heart. |
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49 | Good Works Equal Born Again? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187633 | ||
Rom 10:8-10 Salvation that comes from trusting Christ-which is the message we preach-is already within easy reach. In fact, the Scriptures say, "The message is close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart." For if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved. 1) Luke 9:23 Then he said to the crowd, "If any of you wants to be my follower, you must put aside your selfish ambition, shoulder your cross DAILY, and follow me. Romans 6:5-11 Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised as he was. Our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin. And since we died with Christ, we know we will also share his new life. We are sure of this because Christ rose from the dead, and he will never die again. Death no longer has any power over him. He died once to defeat sin, and now he lives for the glory of God. So you should consider yourselves dead to sin and able to live for the glory of God through Christ Jesus. 1 John 1:6-10 So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness. We are not living in the truth. But if we are living in the light of God's presence, just as Christ is, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from every sin. If we say we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and refusing to accept the truth. But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong. If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts. 2) Works are not an issue for being born again. They are an evidence of family integrity and open communication with the head of the family. Hebrews 12:2-11 He was willing to die a shameful death on the cross because of the joy he knew would be his afterward. Now he is seated in the place of highest honor beside God's throne in heaven. Think about all he endured when sinful people did such terrible things to him, so that you don't become weary and give up. After all, you have not yet given your lives in your struggle against sin. And have you entirely forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you, his children? He said, "My child, don't ignore it when the Lord disciplines you, and don't be discouraged when he corrects you. For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes those he accepts as his children." As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Who ever heard of a child who was never disciplined? If God doesn't discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children after all. Since we respect our earthly fathers who disciplined us, should we not all the more cheerfully submit to the discipline of our heavenly Father and live forever? For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God's discipline is always right and good for us because it means we will share in his holiness. No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening-it is painful! But afterward there will be a quiet harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way. |
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50 | Whose voice? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187650 | ||
I just ran across an article which is a translation of Martin Luthers "definition of faith" which addresses all aspects of your question, I think. Faith is not what some people think it is. Their human dream is a delusion. Because they observe that faith is not followed by good works or a better life, they fall into error, even though they speak and hear much about faith. "Faith is not enough," they say, "You must do good works, you must be pious to be saved." They think that, when you hear the gospel, you start working, creating by your own strength a thankful heart which says, "I believe." That is what they think true faith is. But, because this is a human idea, a dream, the heart never learns anything from it, so it does nothing and reform doesn't come from this "faith," either. Instead, faith is God's work in us, that changes us and gives new birth from God. (John 1:13). It kills the Old Adam and makes us completely different people. It changes our hearts, our spirits, our thoughts and all our powers. It brings the Holy Spirit with it. Yes, it is a living, creative, active and powerful thing, this faith. Faith cannot help doing good works constantly. It doesn't stop to ask if good works ought to be done, but before anyone asks, it already has done them and continues to do them without ceasing. Anyone who does not do good works in this manner is an unbeliever. He stumbles around and looks for faith and good works, even though he does not know what faith or good works are. Yet he gossips and chatters about faith and good works with many words. Faith is a living, bold trust in God's grace, so certain of God's favor that it would risk death a thousand times trusting in it. Such confidence and knowledge of God's grace makes you happy, joyful and bold in your relationship to God and all creatures. The Holy Spirit makes this happen through faith. Because of it, you freely, willingly and joyfully do good to everyone, serve everyone, suffer all kinds of things, love and praise the God who has shown you such grace. Thus, it is just as impossible to separate faith and works as it is to separate heat and light from fire! Therefore, watch out for your own false ideas and guard against good-for-nothing gossips, who think they're smart enough to define faith and works, but really are the greatest of fools. Ask God to work faith in you, or you will remain forever without faith, no matter what you wish, say or can do. website: http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/luther-faith.txt |
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51 | No reprobates in the Bible? | Matt 12:31 | Aslans_Friend | 186817 | ||
'remember a born again Christian can "never" lose their salvation.' Really? No reprobates in the bible? |
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52 | Why do we try the Spirits? | Matt 12:31 | Aslans_Friend | 187058 | ||
The gifts of the Spirit can operate regardless of the presence of a spirit of error. 1 Corinthians is talking about the gifts. 1 John is talking about truth and error, a source of heresy for the church. (specifically, gnostic beliefs, I believe) |
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53 | Again I ask why do we try the spirits? | Matt 12:31 | Aslans_Friend | 187136 | ||
We are told to try the spirits for our own protection. | ||||||
54 | explain Jesus state of being | Luke 24:39 | Aslans_Friend | 187142 | ||
He was in a state that the disciples could relate to at that time; a supernatural-physical state. They saw Him as Jesus, the man; not the transcendent Christ, the Word. | ||||||
55 | Is flesh existing in heaven now? | Luke 24:39 | Aslans_Friend | 187145 | ||
My question is, why would it concern you? For example, it used to concern me that Christ rose bodily from the earth into the heavens, even though I "knew" that heaven was just a state of being all around the space-time continuum. If we have to understand everything, we will be double-minded. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong in establishing truth, as long as the criteria is founded upon the Word and not the philosophy of man which changes with the wind. I also believe that Christ Jesus is flesh and blood in heaven at this momment in time. Certainly the creator of heavens and earth can sustain the body which is resurrected, or is this not what you had in mind? |
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56 | Do Ghost's exist? | Luke 24:39 | Aslans_Friend | 187148 | ||
There are many spirits that do not need a body to interact with the corporal. Human spirits, however, need their 'earth suits' to interact with the temporal realm. There are incidences of apparent interaction with departed spirits that would suggest that evil spirits like to masarade as them to deceive the living. We are told by Isaiah in Isaiah 8:19 Why are you trying to find out the future by consulting mediums and psychics? Do not listen to their whisperings and mutterings. Can the living find out the future from the dead? Why not ask your God? |
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57 | what is the darkness | John 1:5 | Aslans_Friend | 187158 | ||
The darkness is the spiritual obscura that would relegate truth to something less than it is, to relegate the devine to a natural, or at least, a less than devine perception to created entities. Darkness is imperfection with purpose not imposed by devine decree. |
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58 | Light in the darkness | John 1:5 | Aslans_Friend | 187161 | ||
Jesus is the Light of the World. The world was made dark by the fall of man, but John recognized Jesus as the light. Ray C. Stedman says in WHO IS JESUS? : It (the introduction in the gospel of John) focuses on the central fact of Christian faith: Christianity is not a philosophy; it is about a Person, and that Person is central to all Christian faith. To take Jesus out of Christianity would be like taking numbers out of mathematics, like taking doctors out of medicine, or like trying to think of daylight without the sun. Jesus is absolutely central to Christian faith. That is what constitutes Christianity as a unique religion. All the other great religions of earth center upon the teaching, the ideas, the philosophies that are represented in them, but not Christianity. It centers upon a marvelous, beautiful, remarkable, astonishing Person. That is the Light of the world. |
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59 | what is the darkness | John 1:5 | Aslans_Friend | 187169 | ||
Thanks. I am just catching on to details on this site... LOL | ||||||
60 | babtisim and two places when you die | John 3:5 | Aslans_Friend | 187166 | ||
Baptism is not a requirement for salvation. It is an identifier to the world and the spiritual realm that your soul has been purchased and belongs to God. Why any believer would procrastinate the procuring of such a blessed covering, I cannot fathom. As for two places, according to Hebrews 9:27 "It is destined that each person dies only once and after that comes judgment." Hope this helps. |
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