Recent content by Two-Edged Sword

Although I have not fully studied it, my impression is that the The "Abomination of Desolation" has to do with someone taking over the church and ruining it. Daniel 9:27 "And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the...

If seriously try to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength (Mark 12:30, Luke 10:27, Matthew 22:37) and understand that the "love" God wants is for you to keep his commandments (1 John 2:4 & context) your...

The possibility of Christ returning in (or before) 2028 is based on Psalms 90:10 "“The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years". If this is saying that a generation is 70 to 80 years, from 1948 it would end between 2018 & 2028. Some...

Correct, "what movies we watch" is nothing we need to be too dogmatic against but should be helping fellow Christians be holy. We Christians are commanded to be holy in 1 Peter 1:13-17. When you say “Judging” you imply we are condemning those who do such thing, that is not the case. Everyone...

It's not "finger pointing" to encourage and direct a person towards sanctification. We know that if we are not holy we will not see God (Heb 12:14) so our witness needs to be growth towards holiness. A Christian has the Spirit of God living inside them (Rom 8:9) and they belong to that Spirit...

I agree, we have to believe. As to Romans 10:9 I think many people see it as a one time thing, for example that they confess before the congregation and they walk out of church "saved". I believe it is a repentance, that we confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus ongoing forward. Lots of people...

Do you want all your prayers to be answered "yes"? - Just pray for God's will to be done in anything you ask. As Jesus prayed in Luke 22:42 "nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done."

As for our salvation, I don't believe we can take any credit towards it. I also don't believe we are saved because "we accept Him". I believe God saves in his own time. For me, I knew about God and gone to various churches in and out my youth. At a point I became serious about seeking God and...

The Bible is where we find all we need to know of God and have faith in Him. You can find dozens of different "Jesus" in dozens of different churches so get Jesus from the mouth of God through the entire Bible. “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” - Romans 10:17

It's a huge misunderstanding by many in our age that they are securely saved because they "believe" in their head/heart and how they live in this world has no impact. Believing includes faith/trusting which leads to obedience and as you show in the scriptures above (as well as others throughout...

It's commanded in the sense that 1 Thessalonians 5:18 commands "In every thing give thanks" and it is demonstrated by Jesus in your examples above as something we should doing. (Also shown at the last supper; Luke 22:19 "And he took bread, and gave thanks").

When people refer to the original sin, they are referring to mankind's first sin which separated us from God. Satan deceived us, but his sin was not our fall from grace, our sin was. You are on track to see Satan is the antichrist. I believe in the end times, which we may be in now, Christ has...

Why is it "cute" when a kid wears a mask and threatens a trick on you if you don't give them a treat but it's a crime when an adult showed up one night in a mask demanding your stuff and threating harm if you don't give it to them? - Teach you're children Godly virtues, not playing a criminal.

We are rewarded eternal life for our faithfulness, in fact if we don't have holiness (a life of devotion to God), we won't go to heaven (Heb 12:14). I'm not saying our works get us saved, they don't (see Ephesians 2:8-10). We are also rewarded here on earth also. For example God gives his saved...

I think repentance and believing the gospel have to go hand in hand. Obviously if I don't believe the gospel then I'm not going to repent; I'm not going to give up my beloved sins for something I don't believe in, right? I think Acts 3 shows it well - Peter caused them to believe with his...