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That was said regarding one who bore no fruit at all; a dead branch that is broken off and burned, i.e. completely lost. WM's scripture quote pertained to some loss of potential reward, but no loss of salvation. Two very different issues.

I was referring mainly to things said on Justin's website (which, btw, has many things I do agree with), and to your comments that implied anything that disturbed unity was evil. That mindset reflects an emerging trend (key word there) that considers doctrine evil and unity through community...

Yeah the deadness is due to the fact that people don't see their freedom in Christ, and how incredibly magnificent GOD's grace is. We, sinful beings worthy of death, stand in humility and awe as GOD passes over the judgment due us. That is grace. People have the wrong focus. They are told to...

Yeah, sometimes I get that too. You'll have to shop around until you find an image with an extension like .gif, .jpg, .png. If you can point me to an example, maybe I can figure out a work around for you.

Division is the very nature of the walk in Christ. The word discernment basically means division, i.e., to distinguish, or make a division. There can be no walk in Christ without separation from evil. That requires discernment, or division, between good and evil. When there is proper division...

It's good to read someone making this distinction. All of scripture (except possibly the book of Revelation) was written from this perspective.

Oh sorry. I got mixed up.

Where does it say that GOD can't see our sin? I think the bible says quite the opposite. Look at the warnings and rebukes to the 7 churches of Asia in Revelation.

I wanted to subliminally proclaim the good news to everyone's minds at every post. A most interesting idea that I have never even thought about. I haven't delved into what you've provided, but at face value and by logical extension it would seem that a soul is the awareness that results from...

D, you can stand as a Christian without religion (which I interpret to mean apart from religious organizations), but you cannot stand as a Christian apart from doctrine (which just means the instructions of the apostles and others). The words of the book point us to life; their message is the...

My question is, can you do so? Why don't you put forth what you believe? Did you consider the possibility that maybe he doesn't really know what he delights in pretending to know? Soulish knowledge of scripture is not true knowledge by any means.

If you click the More Reply Options button on the bottom right when you are editing, you will go to a page that has more options. One of those is an icon (first square from left on bottom row) that you click on and it will insert the codes automatically. All you have to do is paste in a URL to...

What is Com 1:16-17?

Again, the word firstborn refers to a position of inheritance. Ephraim was neither the first born of Jacob, nor GOD's first born, but he did by GOD's choice inherit the rights of the firstborn, and was thus called GOD's firstborn. The word firstborn below is the exact same word in Colossians...

Well please be prayerful and have an open mind, and do realize that you learned Jesus was a created being from a cult. Which means that he inherited the rights of the firstborn for all creation, not that he was first created.

It's like WM said, the word translated firstborn in the biblical context refers to position, not necessarily birth sequence. Ishmael was the first born, but Isaac became the firstborn. Same with Esau/Jacob, Reuben/Joseph, Manasseh/Ephraim.

What's the saying? You can take a Jehovah's False Witness out of the cult, but you can't take the cult out of an ex-JFW? The antithesis of the teaching you are warning against is really the essence of the JFW cult. You may have left it, but apparently it hasn't left you. I really do hope and...

Well said. Stopping tithing would cause much of the phony religious system to collapse.

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Those who read the bible without hearkening to the voice of the shepherd will be deceived.