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Recent content by Ron Coates

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    Should Christians rest on the Sabbath (saturday) and rejoice on the Lords day (sunday)?

    Christ died to free us from the law. If we try to obey the law, we are rejecting the freedom He purchased for us and putting ourselves back into slavery. Trying to be deemed righteous by obeying the law is doomed to failure. Why try to fulfill something you can't? Instead, enter into the Sabbath...
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    Assembly of God and Tongues

    Hi. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. You believe what a book tells you. I believe what God did with me and the scripture He later led me to in order to confirm to me that it was in line with scripture. Like He has always done. This is how I see it. I know it's not what you believe. I...
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    Assembly of God and Tongues

    Whenever I hear cessationists, I wonder why my Christian experience is so different from theirs. In 1975 and when I was 16, I was baptized. They insisted I speak in tongues, but I was unable to. I was given my prayer language in 2000. I didn't ask for it, at least not then. I was at a 5 day...
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    Believing VS Knowing

    In 1973, when I was 14, I was into sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. My dad was an avowed atheist. To me, God and Jesus meant Christmas and Easter. And nuns. This guy I had just met started nagging me to go to church with him. Of course I said no. But he kept at me. I finally made a deal with him that...
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    Christianity... and the fact of evolution

    I believe evolution is a lie. I also believe it is the foundation for the great end-time deception. People who are deceived do not believe they are. "There is no one as blind as the blind man who believes he sees." Peace
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    Lordship Salvation

    But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. James 2:18 - I stressed faith to show that it comes first. Living, active faith always produces deeds. Deeds without faith also misses the target. This can be...
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    Lordship Salvation

    Abraham believed God and God credited it to him as righteousness. Faith is something that grows. Walk in the light you have and ask God to increase your faith. The first word of God I believed was John 3:16. I knew nothing except God loved me, sent His Son for me, that I wouldn't die and that I...
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    Should Christians rest on the Sabbath (saturday) and rejoice on the Lords day (sunday)?

    I accept that God accepts me and that Christ's atonement is what I need. I've found that any effort I may make to be accepted is actually unbelief. Which is sin and something I need to repent of. Having said that, I believe a day of rest is a good idea. I no more keep the Sabbath than I keep the...
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    Does the Bible 'truly' teach us 'not to judge'?

    And yet He chose to love us, even when we couldn't love ourselves. We are safe with Him, He is actively fathering us. What an awesome God we have. Peace.
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    Does the Bible 'truly' teach us 'not to judge'?

    When it comes down to it, we are judged by the word. In turn, we are to judge according to the word. How do I measure up to it? This is not to condemn but to know what needs changing in us. It's the divine plumb line and it reveals my personality to me. So yes, we are to judge righteous...
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    (continued) This was in the late 80's. What I quickly learned was that if you didn't want to be hassled by police, you didn't give them a reason to bother you. I'm okay with this. Police are a necessity. It seems to me that the only black lives that matter to BLM are those taken by police. Many...
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    I'm a white, English speaking, straight, Christian male Canadian. I hear talk about white privilege but a secret I know is I'm poor and I've been beaten and humiliated by police. I know what it's like to be locked up. There was a time when the fashion was for a guy to have long hair and holes in...
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    Why are Christians so incredibly deceived about scripture?

    "There is no one as blind as the blind man who believes he sees." One of the hardest things for me in my Christian walk is to unlearn bad doctrine. One day awhile ago I saw that much of my doctrine were really my pet opinions. So I stopped trying to make doctrine fit my preferences. I asked...
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    Happiness in Heaven while Loved Ones Fry in Hell?

    I'm supposed to believe the God of love, who knows the end from the beginning, would knowingly make billions of people even though He knew they would end up suffering the worst possible agony for all eternity. Tell me why I should think psychopaths like Hitler and satan are as bad? Let alone...