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    Elect or Not Elect: Why ALL Should Be Alarmed

    Dear Earburner, What I am meaning is because the Holy Spirit of God is not within them, all who have died mortal death without Christ, they cannot be resurrected back to life, but rather to judgment/condemnation, which is the second death, cast into the Lake of fire. They will be...
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    Elect or Not Elect: Why ALL Should Be Alarmed

    Dear Ritajanice, You are right, God is not a God of confusion. But Satan is and that is why there is no unity in the apostate churches. With approx. 2,000 different denominations/sects of apostate Christianity, there is still very little truth taught in them. The tower of Babel and the...
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    Elect or Not Elect: Why ALL Should Be Alarmed

    CONTINUED FROM THE PREVIOUS POST... You said: Mat 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to DESTRUCTION, and many there be which go in thereat The strait gate (the straight pathway which represents faith in Christ) leads to life. In this...
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    Elect or Not Elect: Why ALL Should Be Alarmed

    Dear Lizbeth, You said: 1Pe 4:17-18 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the END be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? This passage...
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    Elect or Not Elect: Why ALL Should Be Alarmed

    Dear Earburner, You said: I agree to your understanding of the early rain and the latter rain, but that has been happening from Pentecost to NOW, during this PRESENT time of God's Age of Grace among mortal men. 1. Early rain: forgiveness of sin by faith in Christ's blood for atonement. 2. Latter...
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    Elect or Not Elect: Why ALL Should Be Alarmed

    Dear Ritajanice, You asked "what" within us is born again? Our "soul" (our individual consciousness) is born again and becomes a quickening spirit which is led by the Holy Spirit. 1Cor 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening...
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    Elect or Not Elect: Why ALL Should Be Alarmed

    Dear Ritajanice, I have shown you many scriptures which teach about what happens to a new believer shortly after they are given the Early Rain of the Spirit. They all say the same thing about Satan deceiving the new believer and spiritually killing them. When the believer is spiritually...
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    Elect or Not Elect: Why ALL Should Be Alarmed

    Dear Earburner, I didn't directly answer your question so I will do so here: You asked: Do you believe that all people now have the Gift of the Holy Spirit, without choosing to ask for Him to come into their lives? No, not all people are given the Early Rain of the Spirit. Most of mankind...
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    Elect or Not Elect: Why ALL Should Be Alarmed

    Dear Earburner, You said: Sorry, I don't believe in another age of mortality to come, after Jesus returns in all His Glory, as clearly shown in KJV 2 Thes. 1:7-10, which is a simultaneous event that transpires within a literal 24 hour period. 2Thes 1:7-10 is teaching about when Christ comes a...
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    Elect or Not Elect: Why ALL Should Be Alarmed

    Dear Earburner, I answered this question in my previous post. Joe
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    Elect or Not Elect: Why ALL Should Be Alarmed

    Dear Earburner, Christ will give the Early Rain of the Spirit to a person of His choosing and at a time of His choosing. His gift is given to them without their asking or permission. Paul received the Early Rain of the Spirit on the Damascus Road. Paul didn't ask for it nor did Christ ask...
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    Elect or Not Elect: Why ALL Should Be Alarmed

    Dear Earburner, You said: However, Jesus makes it plain and clear that in order for anyone to enter into the KoG. They must be "born again" NOW by His Spirit, aka the Holy Spirit, while they still have breath. No, scripture does not say that salvation is limited to this age. Being a chosen...
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    Elect or Not Elect: Why ALL Should Be Alarmed

    Dear Ritajanice, You are ignoring what scripture teaches: Mat 13:28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 30 LET BOTH GROW...
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    Elect or Not Elect: Why ALL Should Be Alarmed

    Dear Ritajanice, Conversion is to be changed from a child of the devil into a child of God. Conversion requires both the Early and Latter Rains of the Spirit before the precious fruit of the earth is ready for harvest into the Kingdom of Heaven. This verse also applies to conversion: Jer 18:4...
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    Elect or Not Elect: Why ALL Should Be Alarmed

    Dear Ritajanice, Yes, I completely understand what is it to be born of imperishable seed. It means to be converted. The seed is the Holy Spirit and it is imperishable because the Spirit does not sin. However, to be born of the Spirit requires BOTH the Early and Latter Rains. James 5:7 Be...
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    Elect or Not Elect: Why ALL Should Be Alarmed

    Dear Ritajanice, You are forgetting what Christ said here: Mat 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. If a believer is unconverted (Early Rain only), they will...
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    James 4:4 says whoever is a friend of the world is the enemy of God. But then how did God “so love the world” in John 3:16?

    Dear Behold, You do not believe God's Word. Christ loves all His enemies and His love and mercies never ends: Lam 3:22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; You are forgetting justice, mercy and faith and are believing as the Pharisees do when they...
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    James 4:4 says whoever is a friend of the world is the enemy of God. But then how did God “so love the world” in John 3:16?

    Dear BlessedPeace, Christ will bless the Sadducees and Pharisees before they perish in the Lake of Fire. They were not chosen to be blessed in this age but Christ will not forget them. Mat 21:31 Which of the two was obeying his father?" They replied, "The first, of course." Then Jesus...
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    Elect or Not Elect: Why ALL Should Be Alarmed

    Dear Ritajanice, Do you understand the implications of no one being able to call Jesus "Lord" unless they have the Holy Spirit? Those "implications" go against the teachings of orthodox Christianity, and because of such, most believers will deny the truth of what 1Cor 12:3 teaches. By...