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  1. Episkopos

    How Important is doctrine? Part 1

    This is all a strawman...you are doing what you are saying I'm doing. I am speaking to you from the whole counsel of God and you are arguing from Luther's false understanding of Paul. Exactly what you are doing...the opposite game. Either you are that blind or you are disingenuous and an...
  2. Episkopos

    How Important is doctrine? Part 1

    Can you see where it says....UPON ALL... and not "imputed"? Justified by God. It doesn't say...I believe therefore I am just and I declare myself righteous and have the righteousness of God to myself. And who has faith nowadays?
  3. Episkopos

    How Important is doctrine? Part 1

    men Amen. In Him is no sin. If someone claims the exclusivity of being chosen in Christ then let that one testify to the power of an eternal resurrection life that one experiences IN Him. However, if we are humble and God-fearing God's mercy remains on us. It's all about what we claim for...
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    How Important is doctrine? Part 1

    You have a dogmatic religious viewpoint that obscures the teachings of all the authors of the bible. You are the one judging here...and your judgments don't compliment Jesus...they take away from His mission.
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    How Important is doctrine? Part 1

    Or as you mean...to name and claim. That is false. We are meant to be reconciled to God...not be reconciled to dogmas.
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    How Important is doctrine? Part 1

    That's not what we are presented with in the bible. The stories that Jesus told help us with forming a sound doctrine based on understanding what God sees as doing right. But, as I state in the video...not everyone has the same level of choices. Lazarus in the parable had no choices to make...
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    How Important is doctrine? Part 1

    Correct. No person can justify themselves based on ANYTHING they do...whether by works or imagined beliefs about God. And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Ps 143:2 People are brainwashed to CLAIM to be righteous...just like the...
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    How Important is doctrine? Part 1

    In this part 1 of a series on the importance of doctrine we begin with what the bible has to say on the subject. We should ask ourselves...what is the doctrine I have believed doing for my obedience to God's commandments? What have I become based on what I believe? Am I still open to correction...
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    The Warnings of Jude

    An excellent post brother. May the Lord console you on your journey of faith. You exhibit humility and remorse which are good in God's sight. You are in my prayers. Bless you brother! :) <><
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    The Warnings of Jude

    God first rescues us from the world. Then He rescues us from ourselves.
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    The Warnings of Jude

    How open are we to being corrected from what is written in the bible? Surprisingly few will listen to a balanced message from the bible that is taken from the whole counsel of God. In this episode we focus on the warnings from Jude, the brother of Jesus. No warnings, no glory.
  12. Episkopos

    Predestination VS Free Will

    What is black and white is holiness and the higher walk. What people do is lower the standard to "feel" like they are the chosen. The Pharisees did exactly the same thing. Why do you make judgment black and white? God only rejects those who enter into delusion...who pretend to be something...
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    Predestination VS Free Will

    The law of righteousness given by God states that we become what we FINISH with...not what we start with. People who justify themselves based on a new birth don't understand righteousness and need to learn such IF they wish to progress and not just bury their talent of INITIAL grace. The full...
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    Predestination VS Free Will

    So you are defending the man who received the first talent of initial grace and did nothing with it...??? If you were wise you would ask...why is there none who received MORE than one talent rejected???? Maybe more talents are given to those who use the first one properly. Do you think...
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    Predestination VS Free Will

    That is as false as can be. This is your extremist black and white simplistic way to self-justify and take away righteousness from the righteous...to claim it exclusively for yourself. When Jesus called the Pharisees children of the devil He was being specific to RELIGIOUS people who claim to...
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    Predestination VS Free Will

    I think you are missing the point here. Saul lacked good character...righteousness. And yet he received a new heart and became a new man by anointing by the Spirit. I don't know what it will take to wake up all these people who claim to be untouchable based on a claim of being born again. Saul...
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    Predestination VS Free Will

    Concerning king Saul... 1 Sam 10:6 And the Spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man. 9 And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.
  18. Episkopos

    Predestination VS Free Will

    Yes and agreed. However, the only spiritual battle of the saint is external to himself. Those who struggle with sin are still MIXED. The cross of Christ un-mixes people into a pure and holy walk by the keeping power of God, by crucifying the outer man sin nature that comes from the devil's...
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    Predestination VS Free Will

    Jesus did not come to crush people. The devil's seed is not the same as him creating people. All souls are God's. You have yet to add that into the equation....so you are taking a wrong and polarized view...as MOST people will do...rather than finding the correct balance. The devil's seed is a...
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    Predestination VS Free Will

    Of course. There is no "serpent seed" people whereby the devil created a different race. We are all human...all souls are God's. He says...ALL SOULS are mine. You might need a few years or so to wrap your head around that. Such confusion. Having accepted a god of your own creation...how...