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I am basing my answer strictly on what I read in the scriptures. The writer of the book of Hebrews covers this situation in chapter 6 verses 4-8. Apostasy is...
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What does John 3:16 mean?
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How is Christ "our peace"? Ephesians 2:14-17
Hebrews 2:3-15
Hebrews 2:1 - 18
The short answer is because Christ rose from the grave. His resurrection is the assurance believers have in knowing they too will go to heaven some day. In...
Ephesians 2 – Christ, Our Peace (I found an excellent 3-point outline though the source is unknown) I. Christ preached peace (Eph.2:17) “He came and preached...
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Romans 5:1-2 (verses I cited in my last paragraph) Peace with God Through Faith 1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God...
In the context of these verses, the Apostle Paul, who was sent to preach the gospel to the Gentiles, was making it clear that there was no more hostility...
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"For God caused Christ, who himself knew nothing of sin, actually to be sin for our sakes, so that in Christ we might be made good with the goodness of God."...
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How can you be 100% sure you are going to heaven when you die?
Yes, definitely pray for him. I prayed for my dad for 20 years for God to save him. He did!
God is Love (1 John 4:7-8) and peace is a fruit of the spirit of God: Gal 5:22: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,...
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David, I think I understand scripture, somewhat; it is with science that I seem to struggle. I don't understand the science of the day and night sequences...
Ephesians 2:14-17 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishin...
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Did Jesus fulfill all the Old Testament prophecies?
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How can you be 100% sure you are going to heaven when you die?
Should a Christian be patriotic? Our citizenship is in heaven, not this earth (Philippians 3:20). I am more than joyful to be a patriot of my heavenly...
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Yes, I agree. God consists of three persons. That is the only way we can describe God. He is beyond our full understanding.
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Yes, I agree. We cannot comprehend God. He has no beginning. He always existed. He created from nothing. We can only know what God has revealed to us in His...
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Same to you, Mark.
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Yes, and I quote, "[but] one thing all the viewpoints agree on is that Paul is not saying women are granted eternal life by having babies. That not only...
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Mark, I appreciate your emphasis on context and your desire to take Scripture seriously. I agree that God existed before creation and that Genesis is written...
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What does it mean to run the race set before us?
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What is the pseudepigrapha?
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I hear what you're saying, Janet. The exegesis of "I never knew you" that you provided can't be argued with; they were not saved! And why were they not...
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Those "workers of iniquity" were more proud of their own self-righteous efforts, than recognizing God's righteousness. Their iniquitous works we're "as...
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Danny, I agree we can't WORK our way to redemption, but the verses I referenced above have more to do with Jesus not approving of one's conduct, and in that...
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Revelation 7:9 tells us, "After this I beheld, and Lo, a great multitude which no man could number." So, a massive amount of precious souls will be saved....
Ephesians 5:1 remarks that believers are to be imitators of God, as his dearly loved children. The culture of Ephesus at that time embraced all forms of...
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I will, Shirley!
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Amen Danny! It's either a promise or it is not. Titus 1:2 "In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began."
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Why did David seem so proud of his humility (Psalm 131:1)?
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The scriptures you're using here to make your point makes a different point than what you're using them to say. Those 'I never knew you' scriptures teach...
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I believe that the multitude will include the tribulation saints, also the believers who are Jews and Gentiles. Pray that it will be A REALLY GREAT MULTITUDE...
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Good teaching, Mark! I like your summation to this anonymous person: "Be comforted." I say, Amen! That's a whole sermon in itself. Today's ODB spoke to me...
In Ephesians 4 and 5 Paul is discipling the Ephesians and teaching them to grow in Christ. In doing so he is instructing them how to maintain a good witness...
Matthew 12:32: And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be...
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Ah, yes, thank you, Jack! After Jesus' resurrection, He taught for 40 days & AFTER that He returned to the Father where He was at His right hand. Thank...
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How do you get others to respond to constructive criticism (Prov. 29:19)?
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What is the sword of the Spirit?
They are tribulation martyrs and survivors. When John asks who they are, the elder answers plainly: “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation”...
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Kelly Fuller, DON'T listen to anyone who tells you that the person you're concerned about is going to die and stay dead (Hell) because he or she was addicted...
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Janet, thank you for this thoughtful answer. I especially appreciate how you highlight Jesus’ humility within the Trinity and His willingness to put others...
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Who are the people in this "great multitude"? Revelation 7:9
In my opinion, Proverbs 3 is Solomon, in his wisdom given by God, teaching his son (and all who read it) life lessons about how to live not just a life that...
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Jeremiah, what if a Muslim NEVER heard of Jesus, but loved God with his whole being? Wouldn't that Muslim go to heaven?
Yep! He'll be there. He once believed, and here's what happened at that moment: Eph 1:12-13 "That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted...
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I believe it is a contrasting direction of behavior, rather than a correlation. Rather than participate in the things mentioned, we should utilize our...
Romans 8:34: Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh...
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