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I am reading Walden right now....Thoreau might have borrowed it
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I am reading Walden right now....Thoreau might have borrowed it
Lol! My choice would be "bear"can't be Budweiser
Lions and tigers and beers oh my!!
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Shows the great value and importance of prayerfully feeding on God's Word day by day.
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you remind me of the manner in which Christ describes our possible salvation, as a recalling more than a learning anything new
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This blind man who required two touches...
"And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly." Mark 8:22-25
...corresponds directly to what Apostle Paul was writing about here:
"For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known." I Cor 13:12
Both Jesus and Paul were talking about improving our "eyes to see" so as to "see" [understand] better God's whole message to us. We need to be growing. John the Baptist speaks of the same thing here:
"He must increase, but I must decrease." John 3:30
This speaks of the new man in us [move toward the Life that Jesus is] growing while the old man in us is to diminish [move toward absolute death].
We may need to be touched by God more than one time in order to overcome the world of the flesh completely as did Jesus. We have been provided the means: scripture [flesh of Jesus] and blood [the quickening Spirit].
"Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed." John 6:53-55
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Mary had a doctrinal flaw when she didn't believe in the resurrection of Jesus but Jesus revealed Himself to her anyway.
Good thing Jesus sees past our doctrinal flaws and looks into our heart and even if we seek Him in the wrong places, He will say our name, and reveal Himself, just like He did with Mary.
Unless of course the doctrine we have believed leads us to a false confidence...and a non-seeking of God's presence.
The Pharisees said "we see" therefore they were condemned.
If you believe that your salvation is so secure that nothing you nor anyone else can do, or not do, to change it, you need to have a discussion with those broken branches lying around under the Vine waiting to be burnt. Our salvation is not unconditional.
All those scriptures are right and true, and are a great comfort to all who are in Christ. But they are no comfort at all to those who turn back... To those who love the things of the world and not the things of God... No comfort whatsoever to those who walk away from Christ, more those who profess Christianity but bear no fruit but love into themselves. No guarantees of salvation for those not abiding in the Vine. Our ultimate Salvation is contingent on our faithfulness... Jesus' finished work on the cross to justify us would have been useless if Christ was not raised from the dead, and our continuing abiding in Him is contingent on His ministry as our high priest in the heavenly sanctuary. Our place in glory is sure if when Christ comes out when we die, we are found in Him.
Please don't criticise what you have not seriously studied. The sins of Israel were recorded on the horns of the altar by the sprinkling of blood. The sins were transferred to the sanctuary through the medium of the blood. They weren't removed until the day of atonement and the cleansing process signified by the two goats. This was merely a type of aNT concept and truth being more carried out in the heavenly sanctuary. If you are interested I could offer a much more detailed explanation.
Our salvation is a supernatural work of God which is based solely on (1) the grace of God, (2) the perfect finished work of Christ on the Cross and in His resurrection, and (3) the perfection of God's salvation, which guarantees the glorification of His saints. Christians are sinners saved by grace and kept by the power of God.
TITUS 3
4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
1 PETER 1
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
Agreed. And there is nothing we can add to or take away from that blessed gift. That does not however remove nor take the place of our free will and or right to choose whether or not we remain in that position. Like the wicked servant who owes his master a huge debt... Was forgiven... But refused to forgive his fellow servant of a much smaller debt. His original debt though forgiven, was not forgotten. By the servants own choice, he lost his salvation.
EGW and the church which she helped to found did not nor has the church ever taught anything other than salvation by grace through faith. Obedience, or lack thereof, doesn't change that... But our abiding in Christ does. And that will always be our choice and the lack of obedience will reflect the choices we have made and our willingness to surrender to the authority of the God we believe in.
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