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  1. Phoneman777

    Here is why, as an Adventist, I believe America is in Trouble.

    When you step into the shadow of a tree and follow it, you eventually bump you head on the tree and have no more need of the shadow. When you step into Jewish Passover, meat offerings, drink offerings, etc., you eventually bump into Christ the Lamb and High Priest and have no more need of the...
  2. Phoneman777

    Here is why, as an Adventist, I believe America is in Trouble.

    Paul says faith ("substance & evidence") in God is the means by which we're saved - not by works. James says true faith - "living faith" - is demonstrated by keeping the Law of Liberty - Ten Commandments. John says living faith is demonstrated by obedience, and those who claim living faith but...
  3. Phoneman777

    Here is why, as an Adventist, I believe America is in Trouble.

    I always remind people that 1 John 2:3-4 KJV indeed says our outward actions demonstrate our inward spiritual condition - not for the purposes of condemning anyone - but to answer the false charge of "legalism" by those who don't understand why obedience is integral to salvation: that obedience...
  4. Phoneman777

    Here is why, as an Adventist, I believe America is in Trouble.

    The truth I preach sets us free from spiritual bondage. The OSAS License to Sin is pocketed by the spiritually bound who try to cling to both Jesus and sin. Genesis says God made the Sabbath because he rested from six days creation! What Bible are you reading, friend? ...which says "Blessed...
  5. Phoneman777

    Here is why, as an Adventist, I believe America is in Trouble.

    "I will write MY LAWS (the Ten Commandments) in their minds and on their hearts." "Pray that your (Christians) flight be not on the Sabbath day". "Continue in grace" - Paul, to those wanting to hear him preach the next Sabbath - not the next Sunday There was no need to correct anyone because...
  6. Phoneman777

    Here is why, as an Adventist, I believe America is in Trouble.

    I think confusion over the Sabbath commandment which God wrote with His own finger in stone is failure to differentiate that from what Moses wrote by his hand in a book. The only things nailed to the Cross were "shadows of things to come" aka things which pointed to Christ's work as our Lamb...
  7. Phoneman777

    Here is why, as an Adventist, I believe America is in Trouble.

    Messiah is our reward...does that mean we can start robbing banks? Messiah is our truth...does that mean we can start telling lies? Messiah is our faithfulness...does that mean we can take the neighbor's wife? Messiah is our lifegiver...does that mean we can start taking life? (The fact that...
  8. Phoneman777

    Here is why, as an Adventist, I believe America is in Trouble.

    Hebrews 4:9-10 KJV absolutely refers to the seventh day Sabbath, so please stop trying to spiritualize that away by convoluted reasoning which makes no sense. These two verses plainly state it's our duty to keep the seventh day Sabbath because those who are resting inwardly in Christ are to...
  9. Phoneman777

    Here is why, as an Adventist, I believe America is in Trouble.

    Not so, friend. Seeing that in Hebrews 4:9, the Textus Receptus has "apoleipo" which is correctly translated "remaineth" - which is why the KJV translates the verse, "There remaineth therefore a rest (Sabbatismos) to the people of God"....... .......and that the Peshitta goes one step further...
  10. Phoneman777

    Here is why, as an Adventist, I believe America is in Trouble.

    Actually, my idea of the kind of "work" from which we are to rest is the same kind of "work" from which God rested, but what kind was that? By process of elimination, we can rule out: 1. "rest from works of sin" - because God has never sinned. 2. "rest from trying to earn salvation" - because...
  11. Phoneman777

    Here is why, as an Adventist, I believe America is in Trouble.

    I appreciate your perspective, and agree that the "rest" is not limited to merely a "day", but indeed a "way". And...just as water baptism is the outward expression of our inward decision to die to self and be made alive in Christ, so the weekly Sabbath rest is the outward expression of that...
  12. Phoneman777

    Here is why, as an Adventist, I believe America is in Trouble.

    There is no spiritual Switzerland...are we obligated to keep the 1st commandment, or are we at liberty to break it?
  13. Phoneman777

    Here is why, as an Adventist, I believe America is in Trouble.

    Look closely and you'll see that he didn't profess to observe "all" the commandments since his youth...only the ones Jesus named...which didn't include the tenth. He wanted to show the young man that his love of money was greater than love for others - and not fit for heavenly citizenship...
  14. Phoneman777

    Here is why, as an Adventist, I believe America is in Trouble.

    How exactly do you reason that we are not to keep the commandments that are written on our heart? If we're not to obey them, why not just erase them instead of writing them? Because everything the Bible says about the character of God it says about the Ten Commandments - that's why. To have...
  15. Phoneman777

    Here is why, as an Adventist, I believe America is in Trouble.

    We can say "belief in Christ" means to "rest in the bosom of Christ while believing He's paid our sin debt". Sadly, the OSAS crowd inflates this to "rest on the bosom of Christ while driving fresh nails in His hands and feet".
  16. Phoneman777

    Here is why, as an Adventist, I believe America is in Trouble.

    Wow, how blessed are you of God! However, my point still stands...you may spend "a large portion" of everyday with God because of your privileged situation, but the fact remains you don't "spend everyday with God" in the way He asks us to spend "the Sabbath day" with Him, which is laying aside...
  17. Phoneman777

    Here is why, as an Adventist, I believe America is in Trouble.

    The only difference between the OC and the NC is where the Ten Commandments are written. God still expects us to obey - unless we're now free to worship Satan, bow down to images, blaspheme the Lord's name, sleep with another man's wife... ...which makes one wonder how in the world a true...
  18. Phoneman777

    Here is why, as an Adventist, I believe America is in Trouble.

    Actually, there's only one way, which is so simple, a child can understand it: "...but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it thou shalt do no work". See? Simply lay aside work, focus on God, the brethren, our "Father's business". By that logic, if I keep the 1st...
  19. Phoneman777

    Understanding the 'Little Horn' power of Prophecy in Daniel.

    Because I spit nothing but facts? Jesuit Futurism was unknown to the world before the 16th century, and was thought up as a countermeasure to Protestant Historicism which was tearing the papacy apart! A "beast" is a kingdom, not a singular man as you claim. The "man of sin" is no more refers...
  20. Phoneman777

    Here is why, as an Adventist, I believe America is in Trouble.

    Please don't be offended as I attempt to reason with you about this: Think of the most intimate moments with your significant other (you know what I mean)...now imagine yourselves in that moment while you watch TV or fold laundry or change the oil in your car...do you really think a few moments...