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If They Say, "Come With Us"SJL, Thank you for your time in response. Mine was not a wolf in sheep's clothing but my own father, who knew the real Truth. Yet, I am still...
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If They Say, "Come With Us"Jim, thank you for reading and for responding and for sharing your thoughts on this subject. It would take a book to share it all with you, and...
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If They Say, "Come With Us"Dear Christsfreeservant, Thank you for sharing your spiritual insight. Your topic is very timely, personally speaking, as I have struggled with...
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Learn to EndureYou are loved by God and nothing will change that. There will be more in the future. Jesus knows all of it, yet loves you with an eternal heart...
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Rom 10:17 Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God
John 15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you
Acts 15:9 Peter said; God made no distinction between Jews & Gentiles, cleansing their hearts by faith
Acts 15:9 And put no difference between us and...
Why was sinless Jesus was baptized. He was sinless (2 Cor 5:21, Heb 4:15, 1 Jn 3:5 1 Pet 1:19, 1 Pet 2:22). And had zero repent from.
John the Baptist was a priest & prophet:
Matt 11:9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
(MY NOTE: Jesus...
1 Cor. 2:
7 but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom once hidden [from man, but now revealed to us by God, that wisdom] which God predestined before the ages to our glory [to lift us into the glory of His presence].
8 None of the rulers of this age recognized and understood this...
Rev 7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
This verse clearly says; from ALL the tribes of the children of Israel/Jacob.
Rev 7:5-8 confirm 12,000 x 12 tribes - 144,000 - Not...
The high priest serves as a mediator between God & the people. Jesus is Our High Priest
Heb 3:
1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was...
Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words: definition - Seal
English "seal" = Greek "sphragis" context as a Noun - Strong's ref #4973
(a) "the seal of the living God," an emblem of "ownership & security" the persons to be "sealed" being "secured from destruction & marked for reward"...
Christ's sin atoning sacrifice, made 2000=+ years ago, paid for ALL a believers sins.
Every sin any believer today has ever committed, was committed AFTER-FUTURE of Christ's finished sin atoning sacrifice & resurrection = FORGIVEN!
Rom 4:7 Saying, Christ's sin atoning sacrifice, and whose...
2 Judgment Day's where people face the Lord?
1) Judgment seat of Christ (2 Cor 5:10) = Believers Only
2 Cor 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
(MY...
Rom 6:23 the wage (cost/price) for sin is death.
The 1st animal sacrifice for sin happen in the garden of Eden. Where Adam & Eve CHOOSE to SIN/transgress heavenly law. Their sin/transgression had to be paid for. They sin were covered with the sacrificed skins - Gen 3:21.
God accepted a...
Rom 4:
1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather [a]humanly speaking, has found? [Has he obtained a favored standing?]
2 For if Abraham was justified [that is, acquitted from the guilt of his sins] by works [those things he did that were good], he has something to boast about, but...
KJ Dictionary Definition: CHRIST, n. THE ANOINTED; an appellation given to the Savior of the World, and synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah. It was a custom of antiquity to consecrate persons to Priests and Kings into office by anointing them with oil.
John 7:
38 He that believeth on me, as the...
Below find : 4 Bible translations pre 1611 KJV that ALL say departure not falling away.
A falling away/departure from what? The Christian faith or the earth?
KJV Dictionary Definition: DEPARTURE, n.
1. The act of going away; a moving from or leaving a place; as a departure from London.
The...
Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel, the LORD is our God, the LORD is One".
In Deut 6:4 The Hebrew word "Echad" translates ONE & means "ONE in UNITY" not singularity. Top synonym for the word unity = oneness with His/the Lords, Father.
In Context the LORD here is Jehovah the Son. Read verses 10 &...
If you're a Christian & think you've committed the unforgivable sin, you haven't & you CAN'T!
Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
(MY NOTE: Scripture proclaims, ALL to be sinners)
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through...
Dispensation & the gospel of grace
Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words: Dispensation [ 1,,G3622, oikonomia ]
primarily signifies the management of a household or of household affairs" (oikos, "a house," nomos, "a law"); then the management or administration of the property of...
Judge, Advocate, Believer, Judgment Day
Strong's #3875 — Noun Masculine — parakletos — par-ak'-lay-tos ) Advocate:
"called to one's side," i.e., to one's aid is primarily a verbal adjective, and suggests the capability or adaptability for giving aid. It was used in a court of justice to...
Holy
Context is always key
The Temple had HOLY vessels, utensils, a holy place & the holy of holies.
QUESTION: What act of good works or will did the vessels, utensils of sanctuaries do to be called holy?
ANSWER: None! They were purified by being anointed with oil [the oil was a foreshadow...
1 Corinthians 7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
1st thought, sanctified & saved are not the same thing, nor, are they interchangeable.
God sanctified (set...
Perfect/complete
Thayer's Greek Definition #5046 Perfect , [ teleioi ], or 'complete,'
Strong's Definition #5049 Perfect: teleios "having reached its end" (telos), "finished, complete, perfect
Mounces' Definition perfect: mature, finished
Vines dictionary Definition PERFECT: It is used thus...
Hebrews chapter 10 Who is the speaker/writer talking to? = Hebrews/Jews steeped in OT Levitical laws & sacrifices.
What is the speaker/writer talking about? A new BETTER eternal Melchizedek covenant with a BETTER sacrificial sin management system
Christ mediated New Covenant is BETTER: Better...