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Dear Behold, You said: Notice also, ...you are 1st """SANCTIFIED "in CHRIST",.. and that precedes,..,= 2nd = the "called to be saints". Here is how that works. And example... You have to become a Christian, before you can be called a Saint. From your comments, I can tell that you do not...

Dear Eternally Grateful, Where is your scripture? It is easy to say someone is wrong but to present the scriptures that contradict what they have said is not so easy. Joe

Dear Eternally Grateful, This "idea" comes from God's Word. Shortly after I was converted in 2005, Christ taught me this truth along with many others. To understand what is involved for a person to be called to be a saint, one must understand the concept of the Early and Latter Rains of the...

Dear Earburner, Not everyone has the potential to become a temple of the Living God before they die. They have either been chosen to become a temple for God to dwell in or they have not. If they have been chosen, Christ will do all the necessary spiritual work to make it happen. As for your...

Dear Ritajanice, In this world, most of mankind is not called to be saints. They will remain unbelievers until they die. They have no choice in the matter. However, there are "many" people who are called to be saints. But from that large group of "many", only a "few" of them are chosen by...

Dear Behold, You do not understand Christ's plan for saving "all" mankind. You are only seeing the early portion of Christ's harvest of mankind. Don't you know that God's Word teaches that there will be TWO harvests of mankind? Exo 23:16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy...

CONTINUED FROM THE PREVIOUS POST... The second set of verses below represents Paul’s repentance and subsequent conversion: Acts 9:10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. 11 And the Lord...

Dear gordon7, "Doing good" is a result of conversion. The good works do not cause conversion to happen. Christ must clean the inside of the cup first so that the outside is truly clean (Mat 23:25-26). The Law (man's works) only makes a person appear clean on the outside when inside they are...

Dear gordon7, This verse applies: 1Cor 12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Spirit. When Christ is ready to call a person out of the world and into the church...

Dear Zao is life, Mark 8:15 And he charged them, saying, take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. 16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, it is because we have no bread. 17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, why reason ye, because ye have no...

Dear Zao is life, You said: Lol. Joe, Joe, Joe. The circumcision of the heart that takes place in the believer is not called or metaphorically referred to as "beheading" anywhere in scripture and such a ludicrous idea clearly never popped up in the minds of any the New Testament authors as you...

Dear Zao is life, What you stated in your post makes no sense. Rev chapter 19 and the first part of 20 is talking about the spiritual conversion of the Elect. Do you not understand conversion? You quoted this verse: Matthew 9:18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a...

Dear Zao is life, You need to read my post more carefully. You said: The word for alive in Rev 20:4 is zao and zao never appears in New Testament scripture in reference to any person who is not alive in the body. Zao always refers either to the living God or to a human alive in the body in...

Dear Marty Fox, You are right that Rev 20:4 is spiritual and it applies to every Elect believer at the time they are converted ("they came to life"). Here is what the thousand years represents as taught by the marriage analogy used in Revelation chapter 19 & 20: The book of Revelation teaches...

Dear gordon7, There are "works of Christ" and there are "works of man". A believer must understand the difference between these two types of works. I'll try to explain below: The apostate church claims their works as being their own works (as supported by the Doctrine of Free Will) which...

Dear gordon7, Did you not read the verses I posted? They are not hard to understand. Christ's work is spiritual which means it happens within mankind. He is the one who causes a believer to "will and DO of His good pleasure". The works that a believer does are CAUSED by Christ to happen. He...

Dear Godon7, Isa 26:12 O Jehovah, thou appointest peace to us, for, all our works also thou hast wrought for us. Phil 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Jer 10:23 I know, Jehovah, that the way of man is not his own; it is not in a man that...

Dear quietthinker, It is by the "foolishness of preaching" that an fallen away believer is told the truth of God's Word. If the believer is one of the Elect and Christ has healed their spiritual blindness, they will be able to receive the truth of that preaching. When they do, their restored...

Dear face2face, Yes, mankind (being carnally minded and sinful) has no ability to understand Christ or to have faith in Christ. Only the children of God (those who have the indwelling of the Early & Latter Rains of the Holy Spirit) have that ability. Because of such, mankind is totally at the...

Dear gordon7, You do not understand conversion or the plan Christ established to save mankind. Mankind is condemned already because of sin and everyone is headed for that death. Before that happens though, Christ will come to every person who has ever lived and freely give them a new birth...