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Recent content by Jim1

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    Walking In The Spirit

    Romans 7 does appear to describe what happens in Judaism, people trying to make themself good through the law, and Romans 8 does appear to describe Christianity, people allowing God to make them good by relying on Christ and on his indwelling Spirit. Generally speaking, people in Judaism do walk...
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    Walking In The Spirit

    I think that if I'm relying on Christ's indwelling Spirit to enable me to do what is right, then I am walking by the Spirit, and that if I'm relying on my own will power to enable me to do what is right, then I am walking by the flesh. When I know that it's Him, then it's Him, and I'm walking by...
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    Baptism in Fire

    Hi, Is there a particular rule that I violated? Or are you merely suggesting that I get oriented to this forum? I saw the messages in this thread that I quoted in my first message, and I responded those messages, explaining that there is nothing wrong with the grammar in 1 John 5:8. Jim
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    Baptism in Fire

    Matthetes (message #119): Again the grammatical construction [in 1 John 5:8] is not a convincing argument. Dave (message #123): It should be to anyone that reads Greek. Without it [the Johannine Comma], it [1 John 5:8] is grammatically flawed. It has been documented as such, whether you...
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    KJV Onlyists: Is the Johannine Comma (1 John 5:7) Original Inspired Scripture?

    The Circular Reasoning of the KJVO Evaluation of Gregory, Cyprian, Nolan and Dabney KJVO evaluates evidence regarding the Johannine Comma on the basis of the Comma itself. According to KJVO, whatever supports the Comma must be true, and whatever refutes the Comma must be false. Validating...
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    the remnant: who are they, and are they saved by works or grace?

    stranger: Ezek 18:27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Now Paul tells us that those who die are paid the wages of their sin by death, that death frees a man from past sin...
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    the remnant: who are they, and are they saved by works or grace?

    Stranger: Paul contradicts your modern religious dogma, and says that these sinners [1 Corinthians 5:5] will indeed be destroyed in death, but "saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. ..." So you disagree with Paul then. Jim: No, I don’t disagree with Paul. As the quotations from Paul that I...
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    the remnant: who are they, and are they saved by works or grace?

    stranger (quoting Paul): ... 1 Corinthians 5:5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. ... destruction ain’t the end of salvation you see ... Paul (ASV) 1 Corinthians 3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak...
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    the remnant: who are they, and are they saved by works or grace?

    stranger: Jesus tell us how few [Rev 7:3-8 , also Jude 1:14 , showing there are literally just 144,000 , it is not symbolic because Enoch says there are but tens of thousands of saints with Jesus when he comes]. Revelation: 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show...
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    the remnant: who are they, and are they saved by works or grace?

    stranger: ... by your way of reading it , God has already judged sinners by the time they die in this life ... Jim: Not so. The unsaved dead await judgment. When they are raised in the second resurrection, that is when they are judged according to their works and cast into the lake of...
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    the remnant: who are they, and are they saved by works or grace?

    stranger: Why resurrect 12 billion sinners from this world just to kill them again ???? Jim: Because they have to be judged and cast into the lake of fire. According to your question, none of the ones cast into the lake of fire should have been raised in the second resurrection, and yet...
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    the remnant: who are they, and are they saved by works or grace?

    stranger: but the countless MANY saved after [Rev 7:9-10] who went through destruction in death and resurrection from hell clearly are saved by being freed from sin by death - as sin's sole wages is death ... Romans 6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin. ... Romans 6:23 For the wages of...
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    Romans Ch.9 - 11. Trying to understand.

    In Matthew 8:5-13 and 20:1-16 and Luke 13:23-30 and Romans 9-11, the last who become first are the Gentiles and the first who become last are the Jews, and all (both) receive the same thing (Christ), thus being made "equal" (Matthew 20:9-15 and Galatians 3:26-29 and Ephesians 2:14-18 and...
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    Romans Ch.9 - 11. Trying to understand.

    The unbelieving Gentiles are not in view in Romans 9-11. There are only two groups in view in Romans 9-11: (1) the Israel that believes in Christ (9:6-8), the vessels of mercy in 9:22-24, and the Israel that does not believe in Him (9:31-32 and 11:7), the vessels of wrath in 9:22-24. These two...
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    the remnant: who are they, and are they saved by works or grace?

    The context of Romans 9:25-29 is verses 9:22-24. The non-people who became His people in verses 9:25-26 are the Gentile aspect of “US” (the Church) in verse 9:24, and the “remnant” in verses 9:27-29 are the Jewish aspect of “US” (the Church) in verse 9:24...
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