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    Religion can take a hike

    We cannot have the Lord and be without religion! ;) Religion is life, the life of God, not a mere set of beliefs.
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    Religion can take a hike

    Yes, Christianity is a religion but there are too many in it who are "religious" but not spiritual. The Jews were very "religious" but spiritually they were dead. We are repeating their history to the very letter, even those who claim to have advanced truth.
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    Religion can take a hike

    Exactly, the matter of salvation is just as simple as ABC but we don't understand it. A. Now and ever, Jesus loves to have us come to Him just as we are, sinful, helpless, dependent. (Rom.7:14-24) B. Then we are to present our case before Him pleading the MERITS of the blood shed for us upon...
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    Religion can take a hike

    Of course, if by "religion" we mean all the "false religions" and there are so many that we have lost count of them, religion can take a hike because the enemy has deceived so many people through them. Even much of "Christendom" is paganism under the Christian name and what is called...
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    The finished work of Christ

    What I mean is that you seem to forget or to be ignorant of the fact that the type in the Old Testament had two apartments, the holy and the most holy places. Therefore the antitype in Heaven has two apartments. When Christ ascended up on High He entered the first apartment to begin the work of...
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    The finished work of Christ

    The works of the true children of God are the works of God, the works of faith which God prepared beforehand that they should walk in them. (Eph.2:10) These works, in and of themselves, do not act a part in the salvation of the soul or in merit and yet the Lord will reward us for these works as...
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    The finished work of Christ

    Any sin that is committed is covered in the ten commandments. The law of God is exceedingly broad. (Psalm 119:96)
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    The finished work of Christ

    Nothing happened in 1844 because a day does not equal a year in prophecy. All the time periods are literal including the 2300 days and 70 weeks. Who says?
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    The finished work of Christ

    Very true. Not one of us can be brought back to obedience unless we appropriate to ourselves the merits of the blood shed for us upon Calvary's cross. (Romans 3:25) The merits of Christ must be placed upon us and thus we become partakers of the divine nature for Christ became one with us that we...
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    The finished work of Christ

    Bloodygrace, if you had studied the earthly sanctuary services more carefully you would not be saying this. There was no atonement made until after the blood of the slain lamb was taken beyond the first veil and then sprinkled. The slaying of the lamb was not the atonement but the condition of...
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    The 144,000 Revelations 7:4

    First this message which invites to receive the righteousness of Christ, both imputed and imparted, by trusting wholly in the merits of His shed blood, must be proclaimed to the churches of the Laodiceans for the last time. Upon the rejection of that message comes the close of probation for the...
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    Could Someone Explain Calvinism?

    Calvinism in a nutshell: "Father, we had devised for ourselves many useless follies but You have placed Your word before me like a torch and You have touched my heart that I may hold in abomination all other MERITS save those of Jesus." John Calvin, Great Controversy, 221. For "The MERITS of...
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    The finished work of Christ

    bloodygrace said: ↑Thank you. bump for SDA who are trying to finish the already finished work of Christ. Praise Jesus!!! _____________________________________ It is true that on the cross Jesus said, "It is finished." What was finished? The condition of the atonement was complete. Christ's...
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    The finished work of Christ

    It is true that God chose us in Christ even before the foundation of the world, before we had any choice to do anything. (Eph.1:4) But Unless we appropriate Christ's merits to ourselves by claiming them, we cannot benefit from the plan of redemption for the Father receives us unto Himself only...
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    God's Wrath...To believe the OT or not.

    A good statement to start with in this connection is the following one: "God does not stand toward the sinner as an executioner of the sentence against transgression, but He leaves the rejectors of His mercy to themselves to reap that which they have sown. The Spirit of God, persistently...
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    God's Wrath...To believe the OT or not.

    The "wrath" of God has been misunderstood and misinterpreted. It would be wise to keep the following in mind when studying this subject. "Tradition and misinterpretation have obscured the teaching of the Bible [especially the Old Testament Scriptures] concerning the character of God, the nature...
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    how do adventists view of the trinity?

    "The Holy Spirit is a Person." Evangelism, 616. "The prince of the power of evil can only be held in check by the power of God in the Third Person of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit." Special Testimonies, Series A, No.10, p.37; Ev.617. "The Lord Jesus Christ, the divine Son of God, existed from...
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    how do adventists view of the trinity?

    It is to the pen of inspiration that we must turn to in order to know what is the true position of adventism on the trinity or Godhead. "There are three living Persons of the heavenly Trio." Evangelism, 615. Each Person of the heavenly Trio is God in the highest sense.