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Fact: Jesus told the thief he would be with him in paradise that very, same day. Fact: paradise and the 3rd heaven are one in the same.

You're wrong about paradise. The scriptures say it IS the third heaven. 2 Cor:2-4 2I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. 3And I knew such a man...

How? Like all other false teaching, predicted upon a lack of scriptural understanding.

Believers aren't necessarily priests, but Christians, all Christians, are priests which is beyond simply a believer. Belief + baptism into Christ = salvation, which makes you a Christian. Mk 16:15-16 15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature...

A Christian is one owned by Christ, one that has been baptized into the body of Christ which is his church. Let that definition fall where it may.

Aabsolutely! Otherwise, it would have ceased with the death of the apostles, and there'd be no church growth or continuity.

God doesn't tempt, but allows us to be tempted. James 1:13 13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

How do YOU know where Jesus was that day? If he said he'd be in paradise, then he WAS in paradise irrespective of what YOU think. And parable or not, it still infers the continuation of consciousness upon death. Jesus would not mislead or confuse by any statement he made, parable or otherwise.

Was the thief on the cross, who was promised would be in paradise with the Lord, taken there sleeping or to go to sleep? Likewise, was the rich man, in the story of Lazarus and the rich man, asleep or was he in torments of fire immediately upon death?

Two examples of what happens to the soul which is the entity, or being you become. One is the example of Lazarus and the rich man, who found himself in hell. The other is the exact opposite which is the thief on the cross who was promised he would be on paradise with the Lord.

So what specifically are the issues with each of these?

Just FYI: it's the spirit that returns to God who gave it, not the soul. Soul and spirit and two different things. Ecclesiastes 12:7—“Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it” (KJV)

Examples? I'm cognizant of a few anomalies, but I still prefer the kjv and have used it for many years. I also compare scripture with the original language as well, i.e.; Greek via the Interlinear.

Reading all the posts, debates, and definitive positions assumed, one must ask what are they based on? The bible is mum on this subject, and the bible addresses the sinful nature, fall, and redemption of man, not animals. Furthermore, animals can't sin, so, salvation is not a viable question...

For a starter, see the below. Washing of regeneration is a clear reference to baptism, and the 2 Cor scripture says "in Christ"; how does one get to be "in Christ"? We're baptized into Christ at which time our sins are removed and we become sinless as is a child at birth, and are added to the...

Being born again happens at the same exact time that you become a child of God, a Christian, and that happens when you're baptized into the body of Christ, the church, and your sins are removed. It all happens at the same time which is obvious when all scriptures are considered.

Hello. Just to supplement my previous reply to you regarding the church of Christ in the Uk. I see by a lot of the other postings and your questions that your perception of the church and Christianity is based on a view predicated upon the large institutional religious organizations you're...

Seek out the church of Christ https://www.churchesofchrist.co.uk/