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Pope Leo says he opposes open borders, blasts Trump's deportation of illegal immigrants

He's welcome to come and live amongst the rapists and terrorists invading the UK.
Considering he’s going to spend the rest of his life at the Vatican, not possible. I also think a lot of his words were taken out of context.
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What Does It Really Mean to Serve God Full-Time?

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it really means to follow Jesus with our whole lives — not just on Sundays. Many of us may feel we love God sincerely, but we still find ourselves caught in the weekly grind, serving money more than Him without even realizing it.

I just made a video exploring what full-time devotion to God could look like in the modern world — practically, spiritually, and relationally. It also shares some of my own testimony of how Jesus’ teachings changed my life.

If this topic resonates with you, you’re welcome to watch and share your thoughts:
[Serve God Full-Time — YouTube Video]

I’d genuinely love to hear how others have wrestled with this calling.

Grace and peace to all.

Do the Ten Commandments still apply under the new covenant today?

Sure it refers to Christ blood but how are you going to receive it (Christ blood) at the present time?
We already received it by the grace of God through faith as a result of His ultimate sacrifice for the propitiation of our sins.
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Do you keep the Sabbath? (poll)

You have not posted one verse that says God's commandment meant Moses
What do you mean? The Mosaic law WAS given to Moses to give to Israel.
or that Moses is God
Nope. He isn’t.
or that God's people do not need to keep God's commandments.
Never argued that so Strawman. The thing is that now we walk in the Spirit which guides us and shows us the way to repentance which is something that the law never could do.
Or that God made a mistake when He stated clearly what we eat has some serious consequences. Isa66:17
No mistake. He gave that command to those under the law, Israel. He did not give that command to the gentiles. In fact, you can read which commandments were repeated to be part of Jesus two love commandments and the dietary laws were not,
When Jesus literally tells you what the parable He is speaking about means Mark7:20 Mat15:15-20 faith is about believing Him. But just like those before us, didn't either Mat15:14 probably best I take His advise on this as well.
Jesus literally tells you that He fulfilled the law and that all foods are clean. Literally.

Still waiting for that verse that shows that the Mosaic law was given to the gentiles.
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Do the Ten Commandments still apply under the new covenant today?

Actually it refers to the blood of Christ who provided the ultimate blood sacrifice for the redemption of our sins.

“And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup, which is poured out for you, is the new covenant in My blood.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭22‬:‭20‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬
Sure it refers to Christ blood but how are you going to receive it (Christ blood) at the present time?
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Anti-Muslim Bigotry Directed at Mamdani

pssst... we're talking about the new Mayor of NYC...
It really seems that you don't like the guy and that he's going to be bad new for NY. I think you don't want him to do well. But I Really like that you don't feel that you always have to agree withTrump. That's quite refreshing.

From here: Trump says he ‘absolutely’ would live in Mamdani’s New York during unexpectedly cordial first meeting – US politics live

'When asked by a reporter whether he would live in New York under Mamdani’s leadership, Trump said “absolutely”. “We agree on a lot more than I would have thought,” Trump said. “I want him to do a great job, and we’ll help them do a great job.”
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Why Zohran Mamdani won and New York will pay a terrible price

in my own experience it was a problem. They just went to another agency
I LOVE unions.

But dang if they do far too much to protect bad eggs.

(I don't see it as much as a teacher but when I was working as a counsellor at a govt. facility for youth, there were people being protected and coddled. I did not like that).
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What is the meaning of Total Depravity?

That is the logical consequence of the sovereigny of God (Ro 9:19-24).
Ok so God created them in a fallen state knowing that they are incapable of meeting His expectations unless He was to intervene and enable them, then punishes them for failing to meet the expectations that He already knew that they were incapable of meeting when He created them?
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Do the Ten Commandments still apply under the new covenant today?

# 1 I never saw the words new covenant IN Heb. 9:18 !!

# 2 And Col 1:25. and what apostles are you seeing in Col 1:25. ??

# 3 YOU mentioned the word Dispensation and are you a DISPENSATIONALIST ??

dan p
The word "covenant" is not there in Heb 9:8 But the writer is explaining and comparing the old covenant with it's regulations and worship to the new covenant. With the earthly temple verse 1, heaven temple verse 24 etc

If you start reading from chapter 8, then chapter 9 is a continuation from there.

In regards to Col 1:25 Paul (an Apostle of Christ verse 1) wrote regarding the knowledge of Christ in fulfilling the fullness of God to His people ie verse 19,20 this is new covenant teachings
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What is the meaning of Total Depravity?

Yes. . .one who is spiritually dead cannot "choose" to spiritually believe. He must be born again into eternal spiritual life to be able to make a spiritual choice of faith.

Rebirth is by the sovereign will (as unaccountable as the wind, Jn 3:6-8) of the Holy Spirit (Jn 3:3-5)
So how do you interpret John 12:36?

“While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light.” These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and hid Himself from them.”
‭‭John‬ ‭12‬:‭36‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

Jesus says while He is with them, these gentiles who wanted to meet Him, that they should believe so that they may become Son’s of Light. In other words believe so that they may become children of God. How do you explain this?
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the myth of flat earth debunked again

Sir, I have not failed. Because I wasn't trying to convince you of anything to begin with. I presented for your observation, an alternative view. Do with it what you will.

I have no arguments to make. Why would I argue with anyone about the shape of the earth? Especially when I know already that any such argument would surely be in vain.

Standing water is always level. The molecular structure of water does not allow for it to curve over a ball. That's not an argument, its an observation.

NASA actually means to deceive in Hebrew. Again, not an argument, just an observation.

No matter how far above the earth a person goes, the horizon always rises to eye level. This would not be so if the earth were a ball. Another observation.

Satan is a liar, and the whole world, with the exception of a few faithful believers, are completely under his control. Now that's an argument. And it cannot be refuted.

Believe what you will. Search the scriptures. Draw your own conclusions. Or trust what you have always been told. It matters not to me one iota. Neither will it even slightly diminish the love I have for you in Christ.

Be well. Be blessed. Be at peace.
You do realize that thousands of airplanes a day travel around all areas of the globe, right? You do realize that if you are in one of these thousands of planes that fly every day cruising at 35,000 feet that you can clearly see the curvature of the earth, right? Have you ever been on a plane?

Heck, let’s have some fun. Go to a pier and watch ships disappear in the horizon. What do you see? You see the bottom of the ship disappear first and then progressively disappear from bottom to top until the top of the ship disappears. Do you know why that is? Because of the curvature of a spherical earth.

The fact that the earth is a sphere is not up for debate since it has been fully proven. Any other argument going against a fully proven fact is just absurd.

God created a spherical earth that spins on its axis every 24 hours and goes around the sun every 365 days. God created every other planet in our solar system and beyond to also be a sphere. The sun and the moon are spheres. Therefore the earth is a sphere.
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Why do people hate ICE...

Nah, this us the garbage the Democrats have been feeding the blacks for decades. Much like the more recent claims of "the GOP is full if Nazis". Utter junk. Its a shame they've been able to bamboozle people like that.

So you are going to dismiss what I'm telling you about my own community? Democrats don't have to tell Black people anything. We have eyes and ears.
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