For the GRACE of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope--the glorious appearing of our great GOD and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to PURIFY FOR HIMSELF A PEOPLE that are his very own, EAGER TO DO WHAT IS GOOD. These, then, are the things you should teach.... (Titus 2:11-15)
The Jesus Loves Me Song is DANGEROUS
Was Johanna Michaelsen Really A Christian Spirit Medium
Is The Comforter of John 16:7 The Holy Spirit or Mohammed
Testimony of a Former Eternal Security Proponent [AUDIO]
Acid Test Question To Spot A License For Immorality
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On the appointed day Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. They shouted, "This is the voice of a god, not of a man." Immediately, BECAUSE HEROD DID NOT GIVE PRAISE TO GOD, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died. (Acts 12:21-23)
SAUL DIED BECAUSE HE WAS UNFAITHFUL TO THE LORD; he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance, and did not inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse. (1 Chron. 10:13,14)
Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that SATAN HAS SO FILLED YOUR HEART THAT YOU HAVE LIED TO THE HOLY SPIRIT and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied to men but to God." When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. (Acts 5:3)
But Er, Judah's firstborn, WAS WICKED IN THE LORD'S SIGHT; SO THE LORD PUT HIM TO DEATH. (Gen 38:7)
Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense; and THEY OFFERED UNAUTHORIZED FIRE BEFORE THE LORD, CONTRARY TO HIS COMMAND. SO FIRE CAME OUT FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD AND CONSUMED THEM, AND THEY DIED BEFORE THE LORD. (Lev 10:1,2)
The LORD saw HOW GREAT MAN'S WICKEDNESS ON THE EARTH HAD BECOME, AND THAT EVERY INCLINATION OF THE THOUGHTS OF HIS HEART WAS ONLY EVIL ALL THE TIME. The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. So the LORD said, "I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth--men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air--for I am grieved that I have made them." (Gen 6:5-7)Yet, God allows some VERY WICKED people to live long - another perplexing mystery. Job wondered:
Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power? (Job 21:7)In contradistinction, sometimes the following happens:
The righteous perish, and no one ponders it in his heart; devout men are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous ARE TAKEN AWAY TO BE SPARED FROM EVIL. Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death. (Isa 57:1,2)
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Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but WHOEVER DOES NOT BELIEVE WILL BE CONDEMNED. (Mark 16:16)Please notice that this verse refers to ONLY two types of people: (1) Those who believe and are baptized and (2) Those who don't believe. THIS VERSE DOES NOT REFER TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN JESUS, BUT HAVE NOT YET BEEN BAPTIZED. However, Jn. 6:47 DOES refer to that particular category of believers! Jesus said in that verse, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me HATH everlasting life." See also Jn. 3:15.
The "light" from these verses added to the "light" in Mark 16:16 clarifying, once again, that baptism has NO ROLE in our soul's salvation. (It is for a pledge of good conscience - 1 Pet 3:21. After all, since we are saved when we TRUST ON JESUS FOR OUR SALVATION TO THE POINT OF COMMITMENT (Jn. 3:15; 6:47; Acts 16:31), it should come as no surprise that we will be saved when we TRUST ON JESUS and get baptized as well - just as Mark 16:16a teaches! Can you see this truth? (The foregoing naturally includes repentance.)
Furthermore, the latter part of Mark 16:16 states what damns, that is, NOT TRUSTING IN JESUS! The latter part of Mk. 16:16 reveals whether it is BELIEVING and/or BAPTISM that is important for salvation. (This point is probably why many, who stress the first part of this verse, often avoid the last part of Mark 16:16!)
A comparable sentence construct to Mark 16:16 is: "He who starts his car and puts on his hat will drive home; but he that doesn't start his car won't." From this comparison, it should be apparent that putting on a hat (likened to getting baptized) has nothing to do with driving home (likened to getting saved). Does this metaphor help you understand Mark 16:16? Remember, we MUST find A HARMONIOUS INTERPRETATION THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE before we can be sure that we understand any given verse. IF you still insist on stressing Mark 16:16a, then you must ignore JN. 6:47! Are YOU willing to do that?
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Then God [plural] said, "Let us [plural] make man in our [plural] image, in our [plural] likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." So God [plural] created man in his [singular] own image, in the image of God [plural] he [singular] created him; male and female he [singular] created them. (Gen 1:26,27)The Hebrew term for God is ELOHIYM, which is plural. That compound unity of God is revealed as Father, Son and Holy Spirit - 3 DIFFERENT persons equal in nature, but the ONE true God.
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Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.... (Luke 3:8)A Radical Change is Needed. EXAMPLES:
(1) Zacchaeus
But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount." (Luke 19:8)
Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed their evil deeds. A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas. (Acts 19:18,19)(3) Backsliders at Ephesus were advised
Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first.... (Rev 2:5)
On the wicked he will rain fiery coals and burning sulfur; a scorching wind will be their lot. For the LORD is righteous, he loves justice; upright men will see his face. (Psa 11:6,7)
Galatians 5:19-21 includes selfish ambition as a sin that will lead to destruction. ** Please note that Christian unity must be based on God's Truth (scripture) and not a false, ecumenical unity.
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I will summon all the peoples of the north and MY SERVANT Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon," declares the LORD, "and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy them and make them an object of horror and scorn, and an everlasting ruin. (Jer 25:9)That is the perfect answer for all who erroneously imply only the godly can do things in accordance with God's will and not the wicked too (which Nebuchadnezzar was). Case in point are Catholic apologists who reason this way and who mention that it was Catholics who compiled the books of the New Testament to imply Catholicism is of God. Do not be fooled. Catholicism is far from the New Testament message.
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For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one we are the SMELL OF DEATH; to the other, the FRAGRANCE OF LIFE.... (2 Cor 2:15,16)
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW OF THE LORD, AND ON HIS LAW HE MEDITATES DAY AND NIGHT. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. (Psa 1:1-3)A mere salvation profession of salvation is NOT good enough. See Mt. 7:21.
God's Love For Us Is Totally Unlike Human Love
From Initial to Final Salvation [AUDIO]
ETERNAL SECURITY IS ANOTHER GOSPEL
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Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God. (Lev 19:31)Remember that verse, especially in our day when witchcraft is downplayed. **AVOID certain people, places and things. GUARD YOUR HEART.
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We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, SO THAT WE DO NOT DRIFT AWAY. (Heb. 2:1)
For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment, how shall we escape if we IGNORE [NEGLECT] so great a salvation? (Heb. 2:2,3)
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As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. (1 Pet 1:14)Remember 1 Peter 1:14. That is yet another scripture showing a true Christian can backslide, like various others, such as:
IF THEY HAVE ESCAPED THE CORRUPTION OF THE WORLD BY KNOWING OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST and are again entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. Of them the proverbs are true: "A dog returns to its vomit," and, "A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud. (2 Pet 2:20-22)
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1. This earthly life is VERY UNCERTAIN and can end at ANY TIME for any of us;
2. We will remain conscious THROUGHOUT ETERNITY in either God's holy presence in Paradise OR in Eternal Fire;
3. To serve God and live HOLY now will certainly bring trouble on us from the sinful, but such is part of the cost of having Jesus and his salvation, and is well worth any suffering.
I consider that our present sufferings ARE NOT WORTH COMPARING with the glory that will be revealed in us. (Rom 8:18)
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For OUR LIGHT AND MOMENTARY TROUBLES ARE ACHIEVING FOR US AN ETERNAL GLORY THAT FAR OUTWEIGHS THEM ALL. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (2 Cor. 4:16-18)
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It is not BECAUSE OF your righteousness or your integrity that you are going in to take possession of their land; but on account of the wickedness of these nations, the LORD your God will drive them out before you, to accomplish what he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Understand, then, that it is not BECAUSE OF your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people. (Deu 9:5,6)
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You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but SEE TO IT THAT YOU ARE NOT ALARMED. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. (Mat 24:6)
DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THOSE WHO KILL THE BODY but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. (Mat 10:28)
DO NOT BE ANXIOUS ABOUT ANYTHING, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. (Phil 4:6)
... BE CAREFUL to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. (Rom 12:17)
BE ON YOUR GUARD; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. (1 Cor 16:13)
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DAY AFTER DAY, in the temple courts and from house to house, THEY NEVER STOPPED teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ. (Acts 5:42)
So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith. (Acts 6:7)
Those who had been scattered [everyone, but the apostles] preached the word wherever they went. (Acts 8:4)
But the word of God continued to increase and spread. (Acts 12:24)
The word of the Lord spread through the whole region. (Acts 13:49)
Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed their evil deeds. A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas. In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power. (Acts 19:18-20)
In our day, we have gospel tracts, megaphones, gospel signs, gospel shirts, etc. to help us. MAKE SPREADING GOD'S WORD A MAIN PART OF YOUR CHRISTIAN LIFE. Remember Mt. 28:19,20 cf. Acts 1:8.
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Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. (Mat 25:34)
Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest. (Prov 26:2)
I am not ashamed of THE GOSPEL, because IT IS THE POWER OF GOD FOR THE SALVATION OF EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. (Rom 1:16)* The Greek term for "power" (dunamis) is where we get the word DYNAMITE from. To believe the biblical plan of salvation will result in a MIRACULOUS change in any person who repents, as they are freed from their sin addictions to become a slave of righteousness as a new creation.
Open Letter To An OSAS Missionary
Never a Christian and Once Saved Always Saved
The Salvation Recipients of God's Mercy
The Peculiar Love of the Lord Jesus [AUDIO]
How Significant Is Your Jesus Testimony?
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For we know that OUR OLD SELF WAS CRUCIFIED WITH HIM SO THAT THE BODY OF SIN MIGHT BE DONE AWAY WITH, THAT WE SHOULD NO LONGER BE SLAVES TO SIN - because anyone who has died has been freed from sin. (Rom 6:6,7)
I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that THEY MUST TURN TO GOD IN REPENTANCE AND HAVE FAITH IN OUR LORD JESUS. (Acts 20:21)
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For WHEN DAVID HAD SERVED GOD'S PURPOSE IN HIS OWN GENERATION, he fell asleep; he was buried with his fathers and his body decayed. (Acts 13:36)Could it be that each of us, just like King David, has a purpose to be alive - something we need to do before death - perhaps for another person OR was David different because he was a King?
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It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart; for whether I am IN CHAINS OR DEFENDING AND CONFIRMING THE GOSPEL, all of you share in God's grace with me. (Phil 1:7)Paul stated of himself that he is either in:
He [an elder] must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, SO THAT HE CAN ENCOURAGE OTHERS BY SOUND DOCTRINE AND REFUTE THOSE WHO OPPOSE IT. (Titus 1:9)
When Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On arriving, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed. For he vigorously refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ. (Acts 18:27,28)Those details EXCLUDE the MAJORITY of elevated spokesmen for Christianity today, especially since they also preach OSAS, the opposite of the Christian's conditional salvation security, which is basic to the true Christian gospel:
By this gospel you are saved, IF YOU HOLD FIRMLY to the word I preached to you. OTHERWISE, YOU HAVE BELIEVED IN VAIN. (1 Cor 15:2)The following is a command given to all of the saints, including women:
Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt I had to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints. For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord. (Jude 1:3,4)
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Now God had caused the official [Ashpenaz] to show FAVOR AND SYMPATHY to Daniel, (Dan 1:9)NOTE: Daniel is in sinful Babylon, and Ashpenaz is a pagan with power over Daniel, yet Daniel had his favor and sympathy. God can do the same for you on your job too!!!!!
"...I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth while in the presence of the wicked." SO, I REMAIN UTTERLY SILENT, NOT EVEN SAYING ANYTHING GOOD.... (Psa. 39:1,2)
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and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of THE DEVIL, WHO HAS TAKEN THEM CAPTIVE TO DO HIS WILL. (2 Tim 2:26)The above can even include your own natural family, but, at the end of the day, it is really the devil who is the source of strife and who is your enemy:
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, BUT AGAINST THE RULERS, AGAINST THE AUTHORITIES, AGAINST THE POWERS OF THIS DARK WORLD AND AGAINST THE SPIRITUAL FORCES OF EVIL IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS. (Eph 6:12)
May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, EQUIP you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. (Heb 13:20,21)
I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: SHE shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel. (Gen. 3:15, Douay-Rheims Bible)Catholics say that "she" is Mary!!!!! **The Douay-Rheims Bible also repeatedly replaces "repent" with their sacrament name "penance"!!!! That too is SHAMEFUL and DEMONICALLY DECEITFUL.
**BTW, a different CATHOLIC translation reads differently from the Douay-Rheims Bible at Gen. 3:15:
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; HE will strike your head, and you will strike his heel. (Gen. 3:15, New Revised Standard Version)Note the Hebrew for Genesis 3:15. The Jehovah's Witness Bible, the New World Translation, is another DEMONIC PERVERSION of scripture to avoid and to warn others of.
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2. Your SOUL is infinitely more valuable than your house, car, job, money, reputation, physical life, etc.
**GET DEAD SERIOUS about living HOLY. Note:
You are witnesses, and so is God, of how HOLY, RIGHTEOUS AND BLAMELESS we were among you who believed. (1 Th 2:10)
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The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God. Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way; say to those with fearful hearts, "Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you." Then will THE EYES OF THE BLIND BE OPENED AND THE EARS OF THE DEAF UNSTOPPED. THEN WILL THE LAME LEAP LIKE A DEER, AND THE MUTE TONGUE SHOUT FOR JOY. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert. (Isa 35:1-6)
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Your Soul - Your Most Valuable Possession
Second Vatican Council (Official Teachings of Roman Catholicism)
Innocent Party In Divorce Speaks Her Heart
Hand To The Plow and Eyes Straight Ahead
Evidence of Saving Grace [AUDIO]
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Greet Andronicus and Junias, my relatives who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among the apostles, and THEY WERE IN CHRIST BEFORE I WAS. (Rom 16:7)** The point [the beginning] of your salvation is when you repented and were set free from sin's addictions. IF that radical new creation in Christ experience never happened for you, then you have never been saved and are yet DEAD AND LOST, in need of true salvation, though you might be religious and wrongly claim to be a Christian. Unfortunately, most are not even aware of, must less understand, the difference between initial and final salvation - the latter being an actual entrance into the kingdom doors at the end of your physical life; OSAS doctrine does not allow for such depth and differentiation.
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...how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. (Mat 12:34)Anger, hate, compassion, love, etc. are all reflected in one's tone of voice and words.
For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and make a man 'unclean.'" (Mark 7:21-23)
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**To worship ANY creature is idolatry, and idolatry will drag you to the lake of fire (Rev. 21:8).
** What does it mean to be holy (synonymous with being pure in heart)? Holiness, including sanctification, means cleaning up the heart by ridding of the evils we just saw listed above in Mk. 7:21-23. We also see similar listings and commands to put away such sins in Col. 3:5-8, Eph. 4:31 and 1 Peter 2:1. The holy overcomers are victorious over their sinful nature as explained by the Lord Jesus in Rev. 21:8, and as also defined in Gal. 5:19-21.
Compare the following verses and note the overlap.
Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. (Col. 3:5)
But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips (Col. 3:5:8).
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. (Eph. 4:31)
Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. (1 Pet. 2:1)
Having PURIFIED YOUR SOULS by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, (1 Pet. 1:22, ESV)
Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. (Heb 12:14)
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In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and THE TRAIN OF HIS ROBE filled the temple. (Isa 6:1)Read the Isaiah 6 passage on down to verse 5; it refers to Jesus BEFORE coming to earth, based on John 12:41.
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"I have made you a tester of metals and my people the ore, that you may observe and test their ways. They are ALL HARDENED REBELS, GOING ABOUT TO **SLANDER. They are bronze and iron; they all act corruptly. The bellows blow fiercely to burn away the lead with fire, but the refining goes on in vain; the wicked are not purged out. THEY ARE CALLED REJECTED SILVER, because the LORD has rejected them." (Jer 6:27-30)Note how much God hates slander. (See also 1 Pet. 2:1, Eph. 4:31, Col. 3:5:8, among others). To remedy the situation, turn away from your sins. Forgive all who have sinned against you. GET DEAD SERIOUS ABOUT LIVING HOLY.
On a side note: Could it be that the slander of the Apostle Paul as the worst of sinners falls under this condemnation of slander?
Ponder the following verse.
See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. (Isa. 48:10)See also Mal.3:3, Prov. 17:3, and 1 Pet. 6:7, among others, which liken God's tests to the refinement of metals.
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**Your SOUL is your most valuable possession, and it is eternal.
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Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?" He answered, "For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it." (Gen 18:32)** The SALVATION ISSUE is getting "righteous" in God's sight, and staying righteous. The UNrighteous (or wicked) will not inherit God's kingdom (1 Cor. 6:9,10). NOTE where the RIGHTEOUS go:
Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but THE RIGHTEOUS TO ETERNAL LIFE. (Mat 25:46)JESUS is our righteousness and more:
It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God--that is, OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, holiness and redemption. (1 Cor 1:30)Do NOT neglect this truth:
Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey--whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to OBEDIENCE, WHICH LEADS TO RIGHTEOUSNESS? (Rom 6:16)
Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. HE WHO DOES WHAT IS RIGHT IS RIGHTEOUS, just as he is righteous. He who does what is sinful is of the devil.... (1 John 3:7,8)
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Yet BECAUSE I TELL THE TRUTH, you do not believe me! (John 8:45)There are religious people walking around in that state; they don't believe because they hear the truth! Read that again. Note the verses before:
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. Yet BECAUSE I TELL THE TRUTH, YOU DO NOT BELIEVE ME! (John 8:44,45)Related to that scripture is John 18:37.
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the Spirit of truth . The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. (John 14:17)
When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me. (John 15:26)
But when he, the Spirit of truth , comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. (John 16:13)
We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood. (1 John 4:6)That last reference informs us how to spot the "spirit of falsehood," that is, those who do not listen to the Lord's apostles (their teachings, as recorded in scripture).
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At a lodging place on the way, the LORD met Moses and WAS ABOUT TO KILL HIM. But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son's foreskin and touched Moses' feet with it. "Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me," she said. So the LORD let him alone. (At that time she said "bridegroom of blood," referring to circumcision.) (Exo 4:24-26)She too is yet another noteworthy woman for that act.
God's Discipline and Eternal Life
Is It Possible To Be A Christian And NOT Go To Church?
The Facts About Nostradamus Predictions and Prophecies
5 Prayers to Pray Daily [pdf]
Eternal Security Teachers Are Good People, IF... [pdf]
The Attack on Grace [AUDIO]
Practice Sin and Changing Saving Grace
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I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus. (Acts 20:21)At that point - which is salvation, that same person has eternal life (because he has the Lord Jesus, 1 Jn. 5:12). Salvation is present tense, ongoing and future. As long as one truly believes on Jesus (obeys), he has salvation (and eternal life) this side of the grave. Thus, the belief is a continuous belief, and it is not based solely on one past moment of faith, as the eternal security proponents imply and misrepresent; they are often slick talkers and good salesmen, **often ensnaring the unsuspecting (Rom. 16:17-18). Furthermore, eternal life is spiritual life, and that life is in the spirit of man (Rom. 8:10b).
Our sins are dragging us to eternal fire (Mt. 13:41,42), and we all need the one and only Savior (the Lord Jesus Christ) - Jn. 14:6; Acts 4:12; etc. NOTE.
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. (1 Cor. 6:9-11, NASB)
May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones. (1 Th 3:13)
See that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. IF IT DOES, you also will remain in the SON and in the Father. And this is what he promised us - even ETERNAL LIFE. I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray. (1 John 2:24-26)
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But rebels and sinners will both be broken, and THOSE WHO FORSAKE THE LORD WILL PERISH. (Isa 1:28)
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The length of our days is seventy years - or eighty, if we have the strength; yet their span is but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away. (Psa 90:10)The average between 70 and 80 is 75. ASSUMING you live to be 75 years old, to know how much of your earthly life is over (and what percentage is left) - multiple your current age times 1.33. Examples are:
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[**FYI, discipline does NOT always work (Jer. 32:33; etc.)]
The Lord Jesus mentioned Jonah (Mt. 12:39-41), thereby endorsing the event.
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All JWs will do a drastic, 180 degree change in their beliefs (and teachings), as quickly and as often as "Jehovah's mouthpiece", their corporate "prophet" leaders, likened unto Ezekiel, get 'new light' and changes.
They maintain a close submission to "Jehovah's organization" for salvation - believing ONLY their leaders can correctly interpret the scriptures. WHY? Because their leaders told them, and they believed it! Their trust of these leaders even includes their faulty belief that Jesus is Michael the archangel with NO scriptural proof, while ignoring many scriptures to the contrary, including Heb. 1:6 which shows all the angels, Michael included, WORSHIP Jesus.
Now you know what a Jehovah's Witness is the next time one comes to your door OR you see one standing by their magazine rack on the sidewalk.
Jehovah's Witness need salvation, but sadly refuse to go to Jesus for "LIFE" (Jn. 5:40)!
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But God found fault with the people and said : "The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant, and I turned away from them, declares the Lord. This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more." calling this covenant "NEW," he has made the first one OBSOLETE; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear. (Heb 8:8-13)Note the words: "NEW" and "OBSOLETE".
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