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Dear tranquiltestament, As you stated, the penalty of sin is death and that penalty was passed down from Adam to all his offspring. As a result, when a person is born, they are "condemned already": John 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned...

Dear beebster, Do you understand that the marriage analogy used throughout scripture is a teaching on the pathway to salvation that the Elect will travel? The time of engagement occurs to a person when Christ gives them the Early Rain of the Spirit. 2Cor 11:2 For I am jealous over you with...

Dear Jessicaleks93, The answers to your questions are a little complicated and involved so please bear with me. 100% of the Law is still required to be followed. It has not been abolished. Because mankind is still required to follow the Law but has no ability to do so (proven by the Old...

Dear Hobie, The scripture you quoted is a teaching on the bodily resurrection and is NOT is a teaching on the second coming of Christ. Matthew chapter 24 is a teaching on the second coming of Christ. That chapter presents the "signs of the times" that will occur before Christ returns to an...

Dear rockyopva, The Son of Man comes after an Elect believer has fully become apostate and is dwelling in peace and safety. Christ comes to all the Elect at this time - a time that they do not expect Him to come because they were spiritually blind to this truth. The scripture below applies...

Dear rocktopva, A couple of other comments: 1), The scripture you quoted (1Thes 4:16-17) is a teaching on the bodily resurrection of the dead and not a so called "rapture". 2). When Christ comes a second time to the Elect, He will gather the newly born child of God to heaven. This is not...

Dear rockytopva, The Second Coming of Christ is a reoccurring spiritual event that happens to each of the Elect when Christ spiritually returns to convert them. The first of the Elect to experience the Second Coming of Christ were the 120 Jewish Elect to whom the Lord returned on the Day of...

Dear Taken, You are still filtering your understanding of scripture your works based belief system rather than faith in Christ. If you can't receive the truth of the scriptures I have presented, showing you additional scripture will not help. I can do nothing more. Joe

Dear Taken, The Old Covenant, which is the crooked way of man's works, was given to be our schoolmaster to lead us to Christ who will do all the works of making us righteous before God. All the Elect will learn this lesson - but before that lesson is learned, they will continue drinking the...

Dear Taken, I do not accuse you of anything. I am only pointing out how Christ saves the Elect. He does all the work and has set a pathway in place for the Elect to travel to their salvation. It involves a time of being a "babe" when they will experience Satan's deceptions so as to become...

Dear Taken, There is much I could respond to you but you would not be able to receive it. Your understanding of salvation and how God works within mankind is so mixed with your own works, you are not teachable. You need the Latter Rain of the Spirit and the healing of your spiritual blindness...

Dear Taken, Again, you apply the teachings of Christ through a filter of man's works. It is solely the works of Christ that causes a person's conversion. Joe

Dear Taken, Your understanding of God's Word is founded upon the works of man and not the works of Christ. Joe

Dear Fred J, God created Adam and Eve spiritually marred (Jer 18:4) and subject to vanity (Rom 8:4). Because of these spiritual flaws, Adam and Eve became carnally minded and sinful. Eve even displayed her carnal mind prior to her sinning: Gen 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was...

Dear Taken, Scripture teaches that no man has a desire to seek out God (the true God) nor can they understand the truth of God. Rom 3:10 As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. And not only that, each...

Dear Hobie, God's Word says that Christ created mankind with a marred spirit. As a result of this marred spirit, mankind became carnally minded and sinful (subject to vanity). In this condition, mankind is said to be the children of the devil who CANNOT understand and receive the truth of God...

Dear marks, You said: Here is one of many verses that teach us explicitly that not all are saved. Here is another: Matthew 25:45-46 KJV 45) Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 46) And these...

Dear Jesusfollower, I have already been judged by Christ. Christ's judgment immediately followed my receiving of the Latter Rain of the Spirit. As for works of faith, they are the evidence of a person's salvation - they do not cause it. Phil 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to...

Dear Marks, The reason unconverted believers (who dwell in the wilderness) won't accept that Christ is the Savior of the world is because they have added a requirement of at least one "work" from mankind so as to qualify for the free gift of salvation. This mixing of works with faith is the...

Dear marks, To understand Christ's "spirit" words (John 6:63), you must look to other scriptures and see how they are used there. The wilderness is where the Nation of Israel wandered for forty years. Their wandering in the wilderness is a type for the apostate church which is still under...