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(Re: Could Jewish Christians feel hated when other Christians tell them to forsake their Judaism?) All that Jewish Christians should be told to forsake is the abolished letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic-law Judaism (Ephesians 2:15-16, Colossians 2:14-17, Romans 7:6; 2 Corinthians 3:6-18...

(Re: But how are they ever going to call the Bible itself *hate speech?) One way this could happen is through a campaign wrought by adherents of the future Antichrist's religion, which is Satanism, also called Gnostic Luciferianism. For its secret adherents already run some major media outlets...

*Romans 6:10 / *Rom. 6:10 - (Once) This means that Jesus Christ died once for all time (1 Peter 3:18, Hebrews 7:27, Hebrews 9:26-28, Hebrews 10:10,12), not for all individuals. (See section 2 of John 10:11 above) ~ (Re: Means that there are no aliens?) Romans 6:10, 1 Peter 3:18, and...

*Romans 9:4 / *Rom. 9:4 - This does not mean that the New Covenant applies only to genetic Israelite Christians. For Gentile Christians are also saved under the New Covenant (Matthew 26:28; 1 Corinthians 11:25; 2 Corinthians 3:6, Hebrews 9:15). (See also the "Tribes" section of Romans 11:17...

(Re: Can God who is love, hate?) Yes (Romans 9:13), in the same way that God who is a consuming fire (Hebrews 12:29) can be like rivers of water (John 7:38-39). (See also 1 John 4:8 below) ~ (Re: But is not hate motivated by murderous intent?) God's hatred is different than human hatred...

(Re: Are you teaching *replacement theology?) No, for even though the Church is Israel (Revelation 21:9,12; 1 Peter 2:9-10), the Church does not "replace" Israel because Gentiles in the Church are grafted in by God to become only parts of an already-existing Israel (Romans 11:17,24, Ephesians...

*Romans 11:27 / *Rom. 11:27 - This refers to the New Covenant which God has made only with Israel (Jeremiah 31:31-34). Because the New Covenant is the covenant by which the Church is saved from hell (Matthew 26:28; 1 Corinthians 11:25; 2 Corinthians 3:6, Hebrews 9:15), this requires that the...

*1 Corinthians 1:12-13 / *1 Cor. 1:12 - (Re: *Denominations / *Calvinism / *TULIP) Christians should not be identified or identify themselves as Calvinists or Arminians, or as any other man-made denomination (1 Corinthians 1:12-13; 1 Corinthians 3:4), but should simply be "Christians" (Acts...

*1 Corinthians 9:1 / *1 Cor. 9:1 - (Re: *Paul) Do you reject the apostle Paul and so reject the books of the Bible written by him? If so, that is a serious mistake, for the basis for Paul's theology is direct revelation to him from Jesus Christ (Galatians 1:11-12). That is why his theology is...

(Re: Could a scientific *experiment prove that today's tongues and interpretations are miraculous?) Just as God has made it so that there is no way to scientifically prove the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to non-Christians (1 Corinthians 1:18 to 2:16), so it would not be surprising if He...

(Re: Having a real *relationship with God) / (And what to do *first as a new Christian?) If people do not feel any relationship with God even though they consider themselves to be Christians, this could be because they have subconsciously hardened their heart against God because of something...

(Re: Will we have to become purely spiritual like angels to enter heaven?) While some angels could be purely spiritual, other angels have fleshly bodies, so that, for example, they can eat and drink (Genesis 18:8) and physically grasp the hands of people whom they are leading to safety (Genesis...

*2 Corinthians 3:18 / *2 Cor. 3:18 - This does not refer to the future, instantaneous, physical changing (if alive) or resurrection (if dead) of the bodies of obedient Christians (of all times) into immortality at Jesus Christ's Second Coming (1 Corinthians 15:21-23,51-53), but to the present...

(Re: Is the third heaven not a place, but a future time?) No, the third heaven is not a future time, but a past, present and future place, just as the first two heavens are past, present and future places. The original Hebrew word (shamayim: H8064) translated as "heaven" in Genesis 1:20, which...

*Galatians 4:7 / *Gal. 4:7 - (Re: *Servants) Galatians 4:7 means that Christians are not only God's servants, but are His children. For Christians are God's servants (Romans 6:22, Philippians 1:1; 2 Timothy 2:24). People can be both someone's child and his servant at the same time (Malachi...

(Re: *Initial salvation / *Ultimate salvation) The ideas of initial salvation and ultimate salvation do not have to be explicitly referred to in the Bible as "initial salvation" and "ultimate salvation" for them to be true and supported by the Bible, just as, for example, the ideas of the unity...

(Re: Sometime after the first century AD, did not the Church lose its identity with Israel, and were not the Jews considered outcasts, so that any Jewish Christian had to give up his Judaism and Jewishness to become part of the Church?) In the Bible, no non-Christian elect Jew is an outcast...

*Ephesians 4:4-9 / *Eph. 4:4 - This means that all people with the one faith in Jesus Christ, including believers during Old Testament times (John 8:56, Hebrews 11:24-26), and including all Jewish and Gentile Christians (1 Corinthians 12:13), are now part of the one, New Covenant/New Testament...

(Re: *Calvinism's idea of *perseverance) Calvinism's mistaken doctrine of once-saved-always-saved through assured perseverance unwittingly ends up logically requiring that Christians are robots. For if Christians cannot choose to do evil to the point where they can ultimately lose their...

*Colossians 4:1 / *Col. 4:1 - (Re: *Slavery) At the time that the Bible was written, thousands of years ago, slavery was not at all based on race. For back then there were many more white slaves than black. And no doubt some of the white slaves had black masters. The Bible is not racist (Acts...