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GodsGrace101

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Yes sir.
But you do NOT understand what it means for God to be faithful to Himself. TO HIMSELF.
Why not do a study on this?
 
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Believing you could live as you might wish to, abandon God, trample the blood of Jesus underfoot...
and still be saved...
is the true attack on the integrity of our Lord and Savior.

Mathew 7:23 JESUS SAID
"Depart from me you who practice LAWLESSNESS."

Lawlessness is a life not in keeping with God's commandments.
Jesus did NOT come to abolish the commandments.
Mathew 5:17

Do you suppose Jesus came to separate us, and once we are on one side we can never go back to the other side?
If we can go from serving satan to serving God, we can also go from serving God to serving satan again. There is a road we travel...we can go either way at any time.
Mathew 10:33-39

Jesus said the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who bought a field because a treasure was hidden in it. The man sold all he had to buy that field. Have you sold what you had? Is the Kingdom that important to you? Why tell others NOT to sell what they have in order to gain the Kingdom of God and an eternal life with God?
Mathew 13:44

Jesus said we must be like children to inherit the Kingdom of God. Does a person who goes back to a life of sin act like an innocent child that trusts God?
Mathew 18:3

Sin will not enter heaven.
Revelation 21:27

Which of the two sons did the father's will?
Jesus stated that it was the one who did the will of his father.
Mathew 21:28-31

Who goes to judgement?
Mathew 25:45-46

Was Jesus just wasting His breath?
 
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It's rather intellectually dishonest of you to ask if I don't believe Jesus was a man and connect that to the anti-Christ.

I'd say the anti-Christs are those that teach doctrine that is not biblical and that could cause some to lose their salvation.

They will have God to answer to.
James 3:1
 
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Did you notice the seals? The believer has the same seal as the Son.

That seal can be rescinded?
 
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Did you notice the seals? The believer has the same seal as the Son.

That seal can be rescinded?
Already answered.
Why repeat?
You would actually pay attention and maybe believe me?
I don't think so.
 
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Already answered.
Why repeat?
You would actually pay attention and maybe believe me?
I don't think so.
Can Gods seal be rescinded?
John 6:27~~New American Standard Bible
"Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal."



GodsGrace101 said:
Kings would put a seal on an order of theirs. So, could the order be rescinded? Of course!
 
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1. I stated that the seal was on JESUS and not on man.
This is when I stated that Jesus was God and therefore HE would not rescind the authority of the seal.
I hope you know that the seal represents authority.

2. So you believe kings never rescinded an order?
 
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1. I stated that the seal was on JESUS and not on man.
And then I stated that the seal is the exact same seal that God puts on believers. If ours can be broken....Jesus' seal could also be broken.

New American Standard Bible
"Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal."

2 Cor 1:22~~New American Standard Bible
who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge.

Strong's Concordance
sphragizó: to seal
Original Word: σφραγίζω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: sphragizó
Phonetic Spelling: (sfrag-id'-zo)
Short Definition: I set a seal upon
Definition: I seal, set a seal upon.
 
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Your first paragraph is wrong.

God could do whatever He wants to do. He's not restricted by any of the laws HE put into place.

If you have the Holy Spirit, you have the seal.
If you don't have the Holy Spirit, you don't have the seal.

Easy.

Jesus said.

John 14:15
John 14:21
John 14:23
John 14:24
 
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Yes sir.
But you do NOT understand what it means for God to be faithful to Himself. TO HIMSELF.
Why not do a study on this?
Here is a start for ya:
Eph 5:30~~New American Standard Bible
because we are members of His body.
King James Bible
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

1 Cor 6:15~~ [URL='https://biblehub.com/niv/1_corinthians/6.htm']New International Version
Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never![/URL]
 
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If nothing can “separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord,” how could the “branch” become “unfruitful”? The dead branch is evidence that it has not been a part of the vine, or it would have been fruitful along with the live branches. The key description is the phrase “in Me” (John 15:2). Demonstrating that one who does not abide manifests the absence of that which ever abides—eternal life!

Only those who “abide in Me” (vs 5) show they are truly in Him, because only they will “bring forth much fruit” (vs 5). Thus it has been suggested that there are two types of branches in Christ:

“Every branch in me that beareth not fruit . . .” “There are two sorts of branches in Christ the vine; the one sort are such who have only an historical faith in him; they are such who only profess to believe in him, as Simon Magus did; are in him by profession only; they submit to outward ordinances, become church members, and so are reckoned to be in Christ.” J Gill (23 November 1697 – 14 October 1771)
https://www.christianity.com/bible/commentary.php?com=gill&b=43&c=15

“That beareth not fruit” - As the vinedresser will remove all branches that are dead or that bear no fruit, so will God take from his church all professed Christians who give no evidence by their lives that they are truly united to the Lord Jesus. He here refers to such cases as that of Judas, the apostatizing disciples, and all false and merely nominal Christians” A Barnes (December 1, 1798 – December 24, 1870)
https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bnb/john-15.html

“Every branch in me that beareth not fruit” – “Can anyone who is engrafted into Christ be without fruit? I answer, many are supposed (assumed-NC) to be in the vine, according to the opinion of men, who actually have no root in the vine.” J Calvin (10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564)
https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/cal/john-15.html

It’s interesting to note that there is a vast amount of NT Scripture that address those who profess to be in Christ but have never been, and have even been used by the Spirit in the work of God but not in Christ, i.e. Matthew 7:21.

The Lord also reveals this concept in Matthew 15:8 and in Mark 7:6 Jesus exposes false professors. James doesn’t fail in describing a false profession by the four words “A man may say” (2:18).

Just food for thought!
 
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I asked this:
"If by "sheep", you mean one of Jesus' sheep, He told us that He gives them eternal life and they shall never perish. Why don't you believe that?"
Still dodging the truth. LOL!!!
Still not answering questions, huh.

This is why you are considered a false teacher throughout all the forums.
Only by all the false teachers who feel threatened by the truth that I present from Scripture, unlike you. You only present your own opinions, unfortunately shared by other false teachers.

You can't answer a simple question honestly.
Ha. I've answered every honest question. Unlike yourself, who ignores questions.

If you believe this means unsaved, then your whole premise is bogus. You've failed to prove your premise.

Is the lost sheep that Jesus is teaching us about here in this passage, saved or unsaved?
Have you stopped beating your wife yet? yes or no.

I can ask the same kind of question that you come up with.

And you've never given me a straight yes or no answer to this question.

Yet you demand a yes or no to your false premise question. Hypocrite.
 
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So based on your theology, a sheep who is lost is still saved?
JLB
Go ahead and answer my questions and then I'll answer yours.

But I'll give a hint. In the parable of the prodigal, the father described his son (who remained alive throughout the narrative) as lost and dead. But what we know is that the son left the father in a state of broken fellowship, since asking for his inheritance was normally given AFTER the death of the father, so asking while the father was still alive was tantamount to telling his father he wished his father was DEAD already.

But never mind the facts. I know your mind is already made up.
 
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Yes, the Holy Spirit is promised to those who believe, we all agree on that.
No, you've got it wrong again! The Holy Spirit is GIVEN (not promised) to those who believe.

I'm not sure if you can appreciate the difference.

Pay attention to the question.
Oh, that's funny, Mr short attention span man.

Is someone who believes for a while, then no longer believes, still a believer?
JLB
No, but they're still sealed with the Holy Spirit until the redemption of God's possession, per Eph 1:14, and they still possess eternal life, per John 10:28, because they were born again of imperishable seed, per 1 Pet 1:23.

So all of this proves that they are still saved.

Check it out for yourself.
 
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Are you going to answer the question that is based in the teaching of Jesus?
Here's what I'll answer: honest questions that have no false premise. Your questions are devoid of honesty and truthful premises.

Is the lost sheep that Jesus is teaching us about here in this passage, saved or unsaved?
Have you stopped beating your wife yet? yes or no
 
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Stop lying!
Said the liar!

You can't even answer this simple question from your own scripture?
What a joke. Said the failure to answer man.

And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. John 10:28

What will cause Jesus to give a person eternal life based on this verse?
There is nothing in v.28 that will answer your bogus question. The answer comes from v.27; His sheep are given eternal life. As I've already explained many times.

Please pay attention, Mr short attention span man.
 
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Your doctrine that behavior or lifestyle determines salvation is false doctrine all the way.
 
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Yes sir.
But you do NOT understand what it means for God to be faithful to Himself. TO HIMSELF.
Why not do a study on this?
Do you really not understand that the Father, Son AND Holy Spirit are ALL God?

So that means that God the Father cannot deny God the Spirit (Himself). So it's you who doesn't understand what it means.
 
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Believing you could live as you might wish to, abandon God, trample the blood of Jesus underfoot...
and still be saved...
is the true attack on the integrity of our Lord and Savior.
Wrong.

The real attack on the integrity of our Lord and Savior is the claim that those He saves have more power than He and those He gives eternal life who rebel WILL perish, which only proves that He is a liar.

Why that FACT goes way over your head is amazing.
 
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