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That's not true forgiveness. We have to wipe the slate clean and give the person another opportunity if we truly forgive them, just as Christ has for us. What if He said "Oh yeah I forgive you, but I haven't forgot all of your transgressions against me and I certainly am going to hold them...

The reason that what professes to be "Christianity" today is divided into hundreds of contradicting religions is that the heart of man is wicked and would rather choose a religion that fits himself rather than coming to know Christ on His terms. People band together in a mob mentality to protect...

Many man made religions today that profess to be "christian" have redefined the word "Church" itself which comes from the Greek word "ekklesia. It actually comes from two Greek words: Ek means out and Kaleo means call, and this is the verb form. When we put the two together and write the noun...

(DrBubbaLove;35633) It is true that All Christians are Catholic. A "universal" Church cannot by definitions exclude Christians, otherwise it is not universal. The word "church" in scripture is “ekklesia” comes from two Greek words: Ek means out and Kaleo means call, and this is the verb form...

Denominationions are created out of a mob mentality to protect false teachings rather than coming together and working through the disagreements until everyone is sure that God's true intent has been discerned. That is what the apostles always did when there were any disagreements, and the ones...

(DrBubbaLove;34742) The one you will read is the best one for you. That pretty much sums it up, although there are a few that are pretty poorly done and should be avoided. Most of the more literal translations say essentially the same thing with minor variances that are fairly insignificant. The...

Some people have apparently been reading the propaganda books by the King James Only crowd: Who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Thy Servant, didst say, WHY DID THE GENTILES RAGE, AND THE PEOPLES DEVISE FUTILE THINGS?" (Acts 4:25 NASB) "Who by the mouth of thy servant...

(kriss;34577) Sealed good verses but not one proves that you can not lose your salvetion should you fall awayOn the other hand there are many that warn us that we can lose our salvationshould we fall away No there aren't. There are verses that warn about falling away before one has had their...

Scripture clearly teaches that those who have eternal life will never lose it:1 John 5:13 “These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, in order that YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE!” John 5:24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears MY word, and...

Another passage that seems to support the fact that the Lake of Fire doesn't consume as much as torture is Mark 9 where Jesus keeps saying that "THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED." I'm not sure exactly what He means by that, but it clearly doesn't sound like annihilation and...

None of those verses even remotely imply what you're saying, so how can you call this "evidence"?SealedEternal

(Denver;33729) The phrase in Revelation 20:10, eis tous aionas ton aionon, roughly translates to the age of ages. Admittedly, this is the single verse where I can understand the belief for the everlasting punishment idea. However, when you understand how the three Earth Ages work, this...

(Denver;33641) As for Matthew 3:12 and Luke 3:17, Hebrews 12 answers that very quickly. If our Father is the source of the fire that devours, of course it would never be quenched. Hebrews 12 saying that God is a consuming fire doesn't cancel out the fact that scripture says that there will be...

Those are several different ways of saying essentially the same thing. Baptized is the transliteration of the Greek word "baptizō" which means immersed. Therefore it is saying that Christ was coming so that we may be immersed with His Spirit. Being "filled" with His Spirit is a different way of...

1 Timothy 2:3-4 This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all...

Ok, but what evidence are you basing your non-literal interpretation on?SealedEternal

Salvation is being freed from our enslavement to sin and born of God through the washing of regeneration and renewing by His Spirit:Romans 6:1-2,6-7,11,14-15,17-18,22 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin...

If you read the beginning of Genesis the three "heavens" are: first the sky where the birds fly , second outer space where the sun and stars are, and third the place where God dwells.SealedEternal

Matthew 25:41,46 "Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; "These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."Revelation 20:10 And the devil who...

1 John 5:18 WE KNOW that no one who is born of God sins; but He who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him. 1 John 2:3-6 By this WE KNOW that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. The one who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His...