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    Salvation An Hierarchy ? Or The Same For All ?

    Bigabe... you have some really good insight on the scriptures but, let's get some basic understanding of the Laws of Redemption. Under biblical law, men were bondservants until their debts were paid or until the Year of Jubilee, when all debts were cancelled by grace. Bondservants were forced...
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    Salvation An Hierarchy ? Or The Same For All ?

    The overcomers are the meek (obedient) who will inherit the earth (Matt. 5:5). The whole earth will be divided into sections over which the overcomers will have the highest authority (Luke 12:42-44). The rest of the believers will receive some limited kind of judgment. The parable of Luke...
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    Salvation An Hierarchy ? Or The Same For All ?

    An overcomer is not the same as being a mere believer in Jesus Christ. In John's message to the Seven Churches, the word was given to the entire Church, but the rewards were reserved for those who overcome. The clear implication is that not all believers would actually overcome. The...
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    Salvation An Hierarchy ? Or The Same For All ?

    In order to understand the rewards given @ the time of the First Resurrection, we must first comprehend the feast days and their purpose. Many Christians will be like the five foolish virgins, who lacked sufficient oil in their lamps to attend the wedding at the Feast of Tabernacles (Matt...
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    What About Other Religions?

    Now that will knock some religion out of you...it's called reasoning. I agree totally with Miss Hepburn and Isick... God is much bigger than what we can comprehend. He will not leave His Creation in vanity. How can an all Loving, and "All merciful " God leave one person that He died for in the...
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    Election The Chosing Of God

    Butch, that is the best question that not only you ask but many people ask this same question. The short answer is: God has appointed times. Let me give you the long answer so we can build a foundation and have the ability to understand it a little better. Jesus Christ is, of course the great...
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    Election The Chosing Of God

    You're getting tougher and tougher with these questions. I guess I'll try to answer all of them in one post. I hardly know where to start. When I use the term “law,” I refer to any command that God gives us, whether part of the written record of Scripture or by a direct leading of the Holy...
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    The Holy Trinity

    That is a good question. The short answer is NO. Let me talk about it for a minute. Col. 2:9 says, 9 For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, Thus, the Father ( which is the Spirit ) dwells in that man. That man wasn't the Deity when He died on the cross... it was the...
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    Election The Chosing Of God

    I couldn't have said that any better JJ. That is exactly what I wanted to say but Butch keeps the pressure on me with them really good questions. I guess I will try to add a little more to it so as to answer the " who did he buy it from". The Hebrew term for sin is khataw, which means “to miss...
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    The Holy Trinity

    You have some very good questions but at the moment I am pressed for time. I will respond to your question tomorrow. Logabe
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    Election The Chosing Of God

    God's Word is God's Law...Gen.2:16-17, 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Thus...
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    The Holy Trinity

    You have to see it by the Spirit. 2nd Cor. 5:19, 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. We have to recognize the Spirit was in the man and I know it takes the...
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    Election The Chosing Of God

    Building a doctrine: Hope not...just helping you to understand the scriptures a little better. I didn't owe a debt: David was a man after God's own heart and he said in Psalm 51:5, 5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. Sounds like David didn't have...
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    The Holy Trinity

    Let me address this issue so we can clearly know who our God is. We read in Acts 2:34-36, 34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool. 36 Therefore let all the house of...
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    Election The Chosing Of God

    I thought I answered that in the last post. I will get specfic so you can see where I'm coming from. Matt. 6:12, 12 And forgive us our DEBTS, as we also have forgiven our DEBTORS." Luke 11:4, 4 And forgive us our SINS; for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is INDEBTED to us… Question...
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    The Holy Trinity

    God spoke to Moses in Exodus 6:2, 3 and explained to him two names, 2 God spoke to Moses and said to him, I am the Lord [literally, “Yahweh”]; 3 and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty [literally, “El Shaddai”], but by My name, Lord [Yahweh] I did not make Myself known to...
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    Election The Chosing Of God

    Biblical law is based upon the principle that sin is reckoned as a debt. That is why Jesus' parables about debtors always referred to sinners, such as in Matt. 18:23-35. Likewise, in the Lord's Prayer, Matt. 6:12 says, 12 And forgive us our DEBTS, as we also have forgiven our DEBTORS." In...
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    Election The Chosing Of God

    The Birthright includes Authority and Responsibility in equal measures. It is the Dominion Mandate and the Fruitfulness Mandate. To be "chosen" (or "elected") means that God gives Authority and with it comes the responsibility to bring forth the fruits of the Kingdom. This was the main...
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    The Holy Trinity

    Let's use your translation because I think it is very helpful. Revelation 1:8 calls Him “the Almighty.” What does this signify? Revelation 1:1 says that this is the revelation of Jesus Christ. Verse 8 identifies Jesus as “the Lord God” and as “the Almighty.” The Greek word translated...
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    Election The Chosing Of God

    Being "chosen" brings authority and responsibility. Whenever God sold Israel, it was because they failed in their responsibility, and God held them accountable. Israel experienced six distinct captivities in the book of Judges, and each time they were "sold" into the hands of a different...