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    WHAT IS THE WATER IN JOHN 3:5?

    Dear nedsk, I quoted you the scriptures, you just do not believe them. The gospel that is taught in the apostate churches of this world is a false gospel that mixes man's work with the works of Christ. Because the apostate churches require certain works from a person to be saved, they say that...
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    WHAT IS THE WATER IN JOHN 3:5?

    Dear nedsk, Why would anyone want to be baptized in water if they have no faith in Christ? Only those who make a confession of faith are to be baptized in water. A person's faith comes from having a small measure of the Holy Spirit (Early Rain) within them when they hear the Gospel preached...
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    WHAT IS THE WATER IN JOHN 3:5?

    Dear nedsk, Why do you think that I am ignoring Mat 28:19??? Mat 28:19 is saying that we are to teach and baptize people in water in the name of Jesus who have made a confession of faith. The people who make a confession of faith do so only because Christ has given them the Early Rain of...
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    WHAT IS THE WATER IN JOHN 3:5?

    Dear GodsGrace, You asked: So when Jesus sent out the 12 in Matthew 28:19 - the great commission - and He said to baptize in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, what did He mean? Christ is referring baptizing a person in water. Only Christ can spiritually baptize a person...
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    WHAT IS THE WATER IN JOHN 3:5?

    Dear nedsk, Here is why Christ teaches in His spiritual language: Isa 28:9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts (converted believers). 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon...
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    WHAT IS THE WATER IN JOHN 3:5?

    Dear GodsGrace, The baptism of the Holy Spirit is what the Jewish Elect received on the Day of Pentecost and what Paul received after being in Damascus for three days. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is the spiritual baptism that physical water baptism foreshadows. This concept applies: first...
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    WHAT IS THE WATER IN JOHN 3:5?

    Dear nedsk, This is why: John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. Christ teaches using "spirit" words. Spirit words have meanings that are different than what man's wisdom teaches: 1Cor 2:13...
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    WHAT IS THE WATER IN JOHN 3:5?

    Dear GodsGrace, Hos 6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he (Christ) shall come unto us as the Rain, as the Latter and Early Rain unto the earth. Job 37:6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small...
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    The Tribulation Isn’t What You Think

    Dear Taken, You literally have no scriptural support for your beliefs. You said: You have “them” being “indwelt” with the Spirit… Before “submission.” Yes, and I say that because that is what scripture teaches: 1Cor 12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit...
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    The Tribulation Isn’t What You Think

    Dear Taken, I will reply to your last comments. You said: If you believe God “Forces” a man to Believe in Him, as you Imply..I disagree with you. Why do you think that I believe that God forces us to have faith in Christ? I have never said anything of the kind and neither does scripture...
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    The Tribulation Isn’t What You Think

    Dear Taken, Your comments are not supported by God's Word. Just because scripture says to make a "choice", that does not mean that the choice we make is free from divine intervention. You are adding your already existing belief in free will to scripture. You need to let scripture teach you by...
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    The Tribulation Isn’t What You Think

    Dear Taken, There are zero scriptures that state mankind has a free will and there are many scriptures that teach just the opposite. Even a person's faith comes from God and not from within themselves. Look at what Christ said to Peter: Mat 16:15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am...
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    The Tribulation Isn’t What You Think

    Dear Taken, The gospel you are teaching is a works based gospel whose foundation is the false Doctrine of Free Will. Only God the Father is sovereign and has a free will. When you claim a free will ability for yourself, you are elevating yourself to be like God. 2Thes 2:3 Let no man deceive...
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    The Tribulation Isn’t What You Think

    Dear The Gospel of Christ, I agree that the rapture is a completely false doctrine and I agree with some of your comments. However, you are still missing the truth of what Jesus was actually teaching in Matthew chapter 24. The teachings of Matthew 24 and most of the book of Revelation teach...
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    THE ELECT

    Dear Doug, YLT The Greek word "aion" means an age of time. The Greek word "aionios" is its adjective form and means pertaining to the age/age-during/happening during the age. Neither word should be translated as eternal/everlasting/forever. However, most translations will translate these...
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    THE ELECT

    Doug, In this present age, Christ is only saving the Elect who will be joint heirs with Him. The inheritance that they will receive is having life during the final age where they will reign with Christ over the earth. Tit 3:7 that having been declared righteous by His grace, heirs we may...
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    THE ELECT

    Dear Doug, Gal 3:16 Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,” who is Christ. As the verse above says, Christ is the seed and heir of the promises made to Abraham. When an Elect person is converted, they...
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    THE ELECT

    Doug, I answered this question in my earlier posts. Joe
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    THE ELECT

    Doug, You are not understanding Christ's plan of saving the world. In this age, Christ in only saving those individuals who were chosen from the foundation of the world to be the heirs of Abraham. They are also said to be Christ's bride and the first fruits of Christ's harvest of mankind. In...
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    THE ELECT

    Dear Doug, The "fathers" are the same fathers who are presented in Hebrews chapter 11. They are the OT faithful who are also Elect. They will be made perfect (Latter Rain & judgment/conversion) upon their resurrection: Heb 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith...