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Does Regeneration Precede Faith?

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So The Bible states the second death is being cast into the lake of fire. So the first death must be the physical death of a person, so a person is not actually spiritually dead to the point they can not believe in God's promise of Eternal Life. To anyone who will believe in Jesus for Eternal Life.

Ephesians 2:1 just says a person is dead in trespasses and sins, If this verse is addressing spiritual death, well spiritual death (the second death) does not actually happen till after the great white throne judgment.
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An EBT Crisis?

They changed the title of the article but not the url.

Editor's note: This article previously reported on some videos that appear to have been generated by AI without noting that. This has been corrected.


That's pretty mild given the magnitude of the changes made in the article.

The archived original includes some details on some of the avenues by which the video went viral.

Fox News contributor Brett Cooper discussed the woman’s comments on her YouTube channel, calling the video "insane" before commenting, "That is [her] responsibility… It is not [the] American taxpayers fault that you have seven baby daddies who will not step up and help you pay the grocery bills."

Honestly, the fact that you would believe a statement like this is authentic tells us a lot about the bubble you live in:

"I have seven different baby daddies and none of ‘em no good for me," she said.
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Trump administration must release billions in SNAP funds, judge says

By "take doctor's away from sick people," he means reducing health insurance subsidies to people making over 250k per year. Democrats voted on this last year. So what changed?
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Trump administration must release billions in SNAP funds, judge says

A parable from Jesus Christ of Nazareth:

19 “There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. 20 But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, 21 desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 “Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented. 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.’
27 “Then he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house, 28 for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.’ 29 Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’ 30 And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ 31 But he said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.’ ”
Great! Now go feed the poor and stop demanding that other people do it for you.
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And what about these verses;
  • 1 Chronicles 16:30: "He hath fixed the earth firm, immovable."
  • Psalm 93:1: "The world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved."
  • Psalm 96:10: "He hath fixed the earth firm, immovable..."
  • Psalm 104:5: "Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever."
  • Isaiah 45:18: "...who... fixed it fast
Same. It’s all for His glory. Don’t make Him into a liar by assigning literal meaning to what is clearly imagery and poetic meaning.
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Who then can be saved?

Too bad they only went back to the 5th century. Personally I think the 1st & 2nd century theologians had a better idea of what the apostles taught because they were actually disciples of the apostles and disciples of the apostle’s disciples. Don’t get me wrong they had the right idea to get out of the Roman church but they still ended up with a heretical theology.
No sir, back to the first, second and third century. A time when the fathers unanimously believed in PSA, repentance of sins and against idolatry.
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The Thing Most Sabbath Keepers Do not Talk About.

Key word there for those who don't know is ALSO. That means two things are being spoken of. Not in contrast, but separate. One is the rest which is the subject of Heb. 4. Which is called the Gospel in verse 2. And the second is ceasing from work as God did. The word "as" is another important word that many do not consider. This word dictates a direct comparison. With this understood we known verses 4 and 5 that this ceasing from work is the one God did on the Seventh day. So we who are partaking of the rest which is the Gospel also cease from our own works as God did on the seventh Day as was spoken in that certain place Mount Sinai when the Law was given
If you want to continue to misunderstand the verse then go right ahead.

“Consequently, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

[there remains A sabbath rest. The word in this verse , σαββατισμὸς sabbatismos, "Sabbatism," is rendered "keeping of a Sabbath." It is a different word from σάββατον sabbaton - "the Sabbath;" and it occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. This is a shadow of the sabbath day not the sabbath day otherwise the writer of Hebrews would have used the common word for sabbath.]

For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His.

[Here His rest is Jesus rest not God rest as in Gen.2. The verse says that those in Jesus “rest” rest of their work just as God did after creation. The comparison equals Jesus rest to God’s rest after creation]

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭4‬:‭9‬-‭11‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬
[Annotations mine]
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The Thing Most Sabbath Keepers Do not Talk About.

Jesus appointed Paul as an ambassador to the Gentiles, teaching us the principles of the New Covenant. We can see this in Gal 3 where He called the Galatians foolish for listening to those who were trying to put them under the commands of the Old Covenant after he had taught them salvation by faith alone and not by the works of the Law. Law meaning Torah. We have his letter to the Galatians to remind us that we are not under the dictates of the covenant given to the nation of Israel. What could be any plainer than verse 19: 19 Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come.
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Yes, these are earthquakes but in these verses they are not.
  • 1 Chronicles 16:30: "He hath fixed the earth firm, immovable."
  • Psalm 93:1: "The world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved."
  • Psalm 96:10: "He hath fixed the earth firm, immovable..."
  • Psalm 104:5: "Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever."
  • Isaiah 45:18: "...who... fixed it fast
Immovable means that it cannot be moved - i.e by something or someone else.
Not that it cannot move at all.

The earth can rotate on its own axis and move, in a circuit, around the sun - that's it. It cannot go anywhere else.
It is not going to wander around the night skies, so that we get too close to/too far away from the sun and get burnt up or freeze. It is not suddenly going to find that it has wandered off, got lost and is in danger of falling down a black hole. And no other force in the whole universe - angels, demons or whatever are going to pick the earth up and put it somewhere else or throw it around. No wind can blow it off course.

Why can't it? Because God has made it that way. God wants it to be where it is so that we - the people he created, lived and died for - can have life.
I don't know any technical details but someone has said that if this planet were a fraction closer to/further away from the sun, life could not be sustained. If the earth rotated a fraction faster we'd fall off. If any things that sustain life on our planet were different, we wouldn't be here.
(Someone else here may know the full details.)
That is amazing. And it is so because God, our Creator, wants it to be so. None of it is down to luck, chance or whatever; God made it that way. God decided, God created, God established.

The Bible doesn't spell any of this out or give scientific/astronomic details - because it is not a scientific textbook and that is not its purpose. But, I am sure, that is what the authors meant - this is God's wold and it cannot be altered or moved by anything else.
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So far, at least nine (now ~40) (now ~160) judges, including Trump appointees, have called a halt to Trump executive actions

trump owns the Supreme Court Judges. They will not dare rule against their Dear Leader. Wake up.
Good propaganda line - but not close to reality.

The Supreme Court has rejected some Trump administration moves in small but meaningful ways​

they also have blocked almost 20 of Trumps actions -
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Who then can be saved?

Gods Word proves that your theology is based on false doctrine. You need to reject half of what God has said, to hold on to your private interpretations of Gods Word.

Those of us who know the truth of the gospel, know that salvation is of the Lord. And not of man as you claim, we know that salvation is by "grace" and not your false "saved by works" version of the gospel.
I challenge you to quote where I ever said anything that remotely supports your accusation that I teach a saved by works salvation. If you can’t then I suggest you stop spreading lies about me.
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Who then can be saved?

Gods Word proves that your theology is based on false doctrine. You need to reject half of what God has said, to hold on to your private interpretations of Gods Word.

Those of us who know the truth of the gospel, know that salvation is of the Lord. And not of man as you claim, we know that salvation is by "grace" and not your false "saved by works" version of the gospel.
Yet Genesis 6:5-6 completely escapes you, you can’t explain why God grieved in His heart because man was so wicked.
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Trump third term

No, he represents a toxicity that has damaged our relationships even with our closest allies and within ourselves. He is a toxic boor who has demolished the White House. I used to think Bush snd Chaney were bad for the country and still do. But Trump is also obnoxious.
Sounds like a typical I hate Trump rant. Our allies and enemies were either laughing at or shocked by the Biden fiasco. Demolished the White House??? Are you kidding?? If you are talking about the ballroom project, other presidents have also made physical changes and most likely they were at taxpayers expense. Trump is doing his best to save this nation from the certain demise we were headed for under liberal leadership.
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President makes historic trip to Asia

There is progress but we are still heavily dependent on China.
Glad you can recognize there is progress - I don't think anyone believe it would be solved instantaneously. Thank you for your honesty.
"The last nine months have been a waste of time."

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Media Research Center (MRC) has conducted studies showing that major networks like ABC, CBS, and NBC have produced 92–95% negative coverage of Trump

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Who then can be saved?

Mute point again, we have already established that your "saved by works" version of the gospel is not in line with what Gods Word has to say about it.

Sorry but God did not look down to corridors of time, to see Johnny boy, helping the old lady cross the street and decide to put his name in the book of life due to his good works.

You haven't explained how your version of the gospel, supports this idea that God chose to save His elect by looking into His time machine. There's nothing there to support that opinion.
Then by all means please do explain why we are chosen according to God’s foreknowledge.
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Who then can be saved?

Ezekiel 33:11 is an exhortation that applies to Gods Elect today, just as much as it did to Gods elect in Ezekiel's day. God still exhorts His elect to turn from our evil today. It's not a condition for salvation, it's merely and exhortation to resist evil temptation.
So what about Ezekiel 18? The entire chapter repeatedly explains the same message over and over in detail. In Ezekiel 18 God specifically states that ALL SOULS ARE HIS. Then He says the exact same thing that He says in Ezekiel 33:11 in the context of ALL SOULS, NOT just the house of Israel. The context is that the soul of the father and the soul of the son belong to Him and the soul who sins will die. And if the father is righteous but the son is wicked the father will not be punished for the sins of the son and vice versa. And verse 23 says the exact same thing as Ezekiel 33:11.

“Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked,” declares the Lord God, “rather than that he should turn from his ways and live?”
‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭18‬:‭23‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

And in verse 29 “God’s elect” (the house of Israel) says…

“But the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ Are My ways not right, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are not right?”
‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭18‬:‭29‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

Furthermore there were numerous Gentiles who also found favor with God in the Old Testament. Able, Enoch, Enoch, Lamech, Noah, Shem, Japheth, Job, Lot, Melchizedek, Abimelech, Hagar, Rahab, Nebuchadnezzar, Darius, I mean I could go on, none of these people were Jews. These people found favor with God because they humbled and subjected themselves to Him. So Ezekiel 33:11 obviously applied to these people as well. Nothing about finding favor with God had changed throughout the entire Old Testament.
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