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Recent content by Greg J.

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    Some Thoughts About Gender

    It is an essential skill to work toward (through regular Bible reading) to be able to tell when someone's comment is based on something directly from the Bible or something he/she has deduced from what is in the Bible. Even when a comment is based on something directly from Scripture (which...
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    Liturgical Christianity

    You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. (Isaiah 55:12, 1984 NIV) Even the trees clap their hands in their rejoicing of the Lord. If trees can honor the Lord, you can do the...
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    Is It Wrong to be a Christian out of Obligation?

    I like this question because there are so many facets to an answer. I wish I could spend more time on it. :) The simple answer is, not in the least! It's great! The NT, especially Jesus Himself, talks about serving with genuine love from your heart. Love the Lord your God with all your heart...
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    When God doesn't take away your pain.

    Because the title of this thread is "When God doesn't take away your pain."
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    When God doesn't take away your pain.

    We all experience lives in fallen bodies in a fallen world. While degrees of suffering vary, suffering is ubiquitous. The idea that we should be without suffering is a fantasy. Ultimately, relief from suffering comes through faith in God. One form of this is accepting God's wisdom as what is...
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    May lose my home.

    I agree with the others that you need to talk to a reputable housing attorney (who doesn't know the landowner or potential land purchasers, if any). Be sure to tell him what you wanted to do with the home and why. Some will do an hour of initial consultation at no charge. There are also...
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    lacking drive to seek Christ, though I know to not seek Him and love Him is Hell...

    Is it your will (only genuinely revealed by your actions [but not whether they are successful or not]) to obey the Lord? If so, you are not going to lose your salvation unless you choose to reject, and keep rejecting, God. We all eventually go through "dry" times with the Lord. It is an...
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    Is it really impossible for those who have been born again to depart from the faith?

    But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. (Matthew 6:15, 1984 NIV) In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. “This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your...
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    IS ISRAEL IN THE NEW COVENANT GOD'S CHURCH?

    "Righteous by faith" in this context means have believed in and entrusted themselves to God in their hearts with the type of trust that will produce works. The other use of "righteousness" in Scripture is to be living in a way that is pleasing to God (a consequence of the aforementioned...
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    6 figure income pastors

    When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?” Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.” (John 21:21-22, 1984 NIV)
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    IS ISRAEL IN THE NEW COVENANT GOD'S CHURCH?

    Which had nothing to do with how a person was saved at any point in time.
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    IS ISRAEL IN THE NEW COVENANT GOD'S CHURCH?

    Definitely not. Jesus died for all people. Anyone and everyone could turn to Him and He need not do anything further.
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    IS ISRAEL IN THE NEW COVENANT GOD'S CHURCH?

    A profound error that disregards many direct verses and indirectly "half" of Scripture in an attempt to explain a verse. No verse can be understood outside of the whole context of Scripture, which is all a revelation of God's nature.
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    IS ISRAEL IN THE NEW COVENANT GOD'S CHURCH?

    The passages I cited explain the way it is for all people for all of time. It explains how people were saved before and after Christ. It had and still has nothing to do with who a person is descended from. I know you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are ready to kill me, because you have no...
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    IS ISRAEL IN THE NEW COVENANT GOD'S CHURCH?

    Re: IS ISRAEL IN THE NEW COVENANT GOD'S CHURCH I've never understood why this is an "issue." How does Romans 9 fail to answer the question? It is not as though God’s word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. Nor because they are his descendants are they all...
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