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  1. BeforeThereWas

    KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS

    Since you gave no quote as to the context you were referring, it seemed as though you were forcing the kingdom concept into Jesus' statement about faith as of the size of a mustard seed. BTW
  2. BeforeThereWas

    KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS

    Faith alone teaches that following the commandments does not save anyone, and never will. Faith alone teaches the study of the commandments as a good thing, yes, and obedience to those things that pertain to universal and absolute morality is also good and right, the violation of which is...
  3. BeforeThereWas

    KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS

    The mustard seed had nothing to do with any kingdom. That was about individual faith. Context is king. BTW
  4. BeforeThereWas

    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    Umm, no. The hardness of heart had only to do with divorce, not a plurality of wives. BTW
  5. BeforeThereWas

    The founding fathers of modern-day Premillennialism were heretics - see the evidence

    Nope. I said nothing to elicit what you started out talking about. BTW
  6. BeforeThereWas

    KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS

    Really? Well, you can go ahead and try to live the commandments, but given that you too sin on a daily basis, none of that commandment-keeping will add to nor retain yours salvation from being lost. The absurdity is in those out there who think that they must retain their salvation through works...
  7. BeforeThereWas

    KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS

    Even the commandments are not what we are called to try and live. Keeping of the sabbath, for example, that has gone by the wayside because of its having been replaced by that which is superior. I don't need ordinances to keep me from abstaining from what Holy Spirit guides from within and what...
  8. BeforeThereWas

    The founding fathers of modern-day Premillennialism were heretics - see the evidence

    I can't say that I have any idea what you're talking about. The start of your reply seems to have been a comment on some other post. BTW
  9. BeforeThereWas

    The founding fathers of modern-day Premillennialism were heretics - see the evidence

    As a bloodline Israeli, I agree with the Lord who inspired John to write that there are those who call themselves Jews but are not: Revelation 2:9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, but thou art rich and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the...
  10. BeforeThereWas

    KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS

    You're right that the commandments are what shows to us what is good and what to avoid. You're also right that that we are saved by what was accomplished only by Christ Jesus. The problem is when people throw in "but" into that phraseology. They will say, "We're saved by the shed blood of Christ...
  11. BeforeThereWas

    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    Many who have conversed on this topic through the years have blindly assumed blanket intent behind God having given Adam only one wife. They do so with blind indifference to other considerations not in keeping with their assumptions nowhere stated in scripture. MM
  12. BeforeThereWas

    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    Feminism started in the Garden. First, Eve took upon herself the authority to state a falsehood to the serpent when claiming the Lord allegedly instructed them to not even touch the fruit on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Then she instructed Adam to eat of it after her disobedience...
  13. BeforeThereWas

    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    He winked at sin? Seriously? This sentiment makes God out to be a perpetrator of sin, then, because He gave David two of his already plural wives. Folks, please don't allow the pervasive, cultural tendencies of feministic bull crap tarnish ones understanding of scripture. MM
  14. BeforeThereWas

    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    It was never classified as adultery. If it were, we could expect to see Abraham and all the other Patriarchs burning in the pits of Hell. MM
  15. BeforeThereWas

    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    Actually, God gave to David two more wives in addition to what he already had. Nathan the prophet revealed that directly from God Himself. God commanded in the Mosaic Law the taking of a dead brother's wife if his brother died with no heir, and that command was not based on the living brothers...
  16. BeforeThereWas

    The founding fathers of modern-day Premillennialism were heretics - see the evidence

    The title of this thread is interesting. Given that we all are still sinning on a daily basis, aren't we all heretics when applying that test being applied to other Premillennials of the past, and done so with such foolish indifference to the actual origins of that path of eschatology dating...
  17. BeforeThereWas

    The founding fathers of modern-day Premillennialism were heretics - see the evidence

    Ok, so it looks like I'll have to use the cliche' of "I asked you first!" BTW
  18. BeforeThereWas

    The founding fathers of modern-day Premillennialism were heretics - see the evidence

    Yes, I already answered that with an affirmation for Systematic Thelogy as a practice. Amils are like anyone else when it comes to replacement ideologies concerning Israel. So, I have once again answered these two questions. BTW