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This is a hard thing for those born of our own father's and mother's as all being separate people. But we are just a dim image of what is true of God, broken down in the most elementary of terms; and to think of the Father and the Son, both of whom are God, by the same dim terms as apply to...

If you did not hear or recognize the scriptures in what I wrote, then you missed it. But let me ask you then: Have you finished your work in service of God? Because if you have not and you still remain in the flesh...the war is indeed already won, but your own battle is still being waged...

You nailed the superficial historic context, but missed the greater scope and context of what pertains to the whole church. In other words, when Paul referred to the church he may very well have meant just that current situation, but the fact that it has been included in the eternal word of...

I am just now coming upon this thread and you have written much that I have missed. However, in this first post I can see that what you have begun to do is askew by a less than complete knowledge and acknowledgement of just how these things all fit into the various times of the gentiles...

Paul established the need of "rightly dividing" or handling the word of truth in his instructions to Timothy (2 Timothy 2:15). Which, if one is to look at the whole of scripture, it should be recognizable that even the gospel addresses both the living and the dead in Christ in one word which...

Yes...but that is Him (our Head) resting. As for the body, it is not over or "finished" until the end and the last man standing. Which is not to say that it is not "finished"- but rather that the finish is not fully played out in the (His) body in the sufferings and salvation experienced in this...

It would appear that you are mixing or confusing the rest of God with the fact that we can rest assured in what Christ has done for us. They're two different topics. Indeed, we can rest in what Christ has done for us, and the comparison to God resting when His work was complete is good. But...

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That certainly works as a simple analogy of what is meant by God's rest. But the greater reality, is that God's rest is biblically defined as Oneness with God, as being "in God" and as eternal or everlasting life. The "promised land" then is really just a worldly object or example of what the...

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Just as the ravens brought food to Elijah, and just as Nebuchadnezzar, an evil king, served the Lord for a time...the good was not their own, but of God. Every good thing is from God.

Regarding the question, "Does "Blotting out" a name not mean any acts of righteousness associated with, are not also removed from the records of God?"-- The answer is, No. Light is divided from darkness, no light is destroyed with the darkness.

Certainly it is good to know the scriptures (what's written in the Bible). But I dare say, it is far worse to know less but preach and claim much, than it is to simply be biblically illiterate. You who are without knowledge of the scriptures-- Welcome! (and beware)

Hebrews 10:26 is just another salvation not yet obtained but only "hoped for" passage as mere "knowledge." Looking rather at the complete and correct context, we can see that the author is not speaking to those who are already saved, but rather to those who are still in the repentance stage...

Jude 1:5-6 does not refer to "salvation" directly, but rather to specifically to "belief." Some apparently do not know the difference. Now "belief" has its promises from God, and yes, one must continue in belief to receive salvation. But indeed, they are not the same. One who merely "believes"...

This Jesus said before salvation had come--and therefore cannot be used to show a loss of salvation. But to clarify, He spoke rather of the events that would "shortly take place." He was preparing his disciples for that very near future time of when they would have to endure until His...

No, that is not what Paul set before them. But rather just as Moses set life and death before Israel and told them "therefore choose life", Paul also presented the Colossians with the "if you continue" option which they had yet to fully commit to, indicating that they had not yet received...

Context indeed! The context that Paul actually refers to in putting in the way that he did, is not regarding his salvation (or even that of the Corinthians), but rather the context of his mission and ministry. That according to his rationale, if he himself did not practice what he preached...

The key statement regarding Jesus' return, not believed or taught by most of Christendom, is this: "the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father" In other words, Jesus does not return in "glorified" flesh as many believe, but rather as "God is spirit", He returns in spirit.