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Doug, I will respond to your comments in your gospel post: You said: We are all sinners who cannot save ourselves. Agreed. You said: Christ died for our sins; He was our substitute; He paid the full penalty and debt for our sin by his blood sacrifice. I don't fully agree with this statement...

Dear Doug, I won't be able to respond to any additional posts until later today (as the Lord wills). Joe

Doug, Our faith is in Christ, in all that He is and all that He does and says. We must learn to trust Him completely for all our needs. To have true faith in Christ, our faith must be based on truth and that comes from understanding. A spiritually blind babe has no foundation of truth...

Dear Doug, But when we claim that our faith originated from within ourselves, it becomes a "work" and makes us unfaithful. As I said in my last post, all the churches of this world claim that a person's faith originates from within a person. Some conceal this belief but when you dig into what...

Dear Doug, Others can receive it but ONLY if Christ gives it to them. If a person believes that they can have it without Christ giving it to them, it becomes a "work" and will make them unfaithful. What I explained about faith in my previous post is contrary to the teachings of 100% of the...

Doug, Here is what scripture teaches: The New Covenant is "grace through faith". Faith is not our salvation but it is why Christ saves us. True faith is believing and trusting Christ for all the needs of our salvation. We contribute nothing. Christ's physical work at the cross is one...

Doug, I'm sorry. I thought I fixed that issue yesterday but the host provider must still be having some problems. I will keep trying. Since it is not too long, I will copy it in this post. Conversion Testimony of Joe & Julie Edwards In the year 2000, I relocated to Fayetteville, Arkansas...

Doug, Please read my conversion testimony on my website: www.greatmysteryofchrist.com for the details. My conversion started with a prayer for understanding. Then three days later, Christ lead me to a website that gave me the answer to my prayer. Christ then gave me the Latter Rain so that I...

Dear Doug, All mankind has sinned which means that all mankind are the children of the Devil. 1John 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whosoever...

Dear Doug, I want to leave you with one last comment. Understanding is only given by Christ. That is why Christ says to ask Him for understanding. If you read my conversion testimony, you would see that I asked for understanding just before Christ poured out the Latter Rain upon me. Jer...

Dear Doug, I did support it with scripture by showing how Christ uses His Sword to convert a person. Look at this verse: Rev 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast (Man of Sin/apostate babe)...

Dear Doug, The true church is made up of individuals who are in need of maturing into a perfect man. Their individual growth is the purpose for the gifts. 1Cor 13:8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether...

Dear Doug, Yes, the mystery of God was revealed to Paul but Paul also says that he teaches it in a "mystery". He does so by teaching it using Christ's spiritual language. I know that the "many" teach that truth is clearly presented in scripture but the scriptures that I posted teach...

Dear Doug, There is no scripture that supports your statement. The reason the churches of today do not have the gifts is because they are apostate. Also, for a person to have faith in Christ, Christ MUST give the person the Early Rain of the Spirit (the small amount). Without the Spirit...

Dear Doug, The Early and Latter Rain concept is taught in scripture but the apostate churches of this world are blind to it. The concept is at the core of the "great mystery of Christ and His church" (Eph 5:32). I had many more scriptures on the Early and Latter Rain in my earlier post but I...

Dear Doug, You said: I take it you are saying we get the Spirit in installments per se whereas the Bible says we receive it all and are sealed ........... Yes, the Spirit is given in TWO installments. Even the Apostles and Paul are shown to have received the Spirit in TWO installments. Here...

Dear Doug, You said: saints are holy as well so you cant base which is which on this verse alone You are exactly right. That is why we must look to other scripture to find out who comes back with Christ when He brings the Latter Rain and salvation. 2Thes 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest...

Dear Doug, I want to focus on 1Thes 3:13 because it is vital for a correct understanding of the second coming of Christ. First of all, the verse is not properly translated. It should read: 1 Thessalonians 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even...

Dear soberxp, You asked: What if we don't know the word of God? We will be like the world today, calling good evil and evil good (blind and Deaf)? The short answer to your second question is YES. Without the knowledge of the truth, a believer will call evil good and good evil. I will explain...

Dear Eternally Grateful, Satan the crooked serpent masquerades as an angel of light (Christ) and has deceived the church. Christ is not a serpent as you see Christ to be. If you won't receive truth from scripture, there is nothing I can do to help you. Joe