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Never considered that. You got me there! Have to think on it some... :)

Obviously playing to your audience. I post scriptures that show a mercy side of God...and you will have nothing of it. Talk to Peter, Jesus, and all the other writers of the bible you have issue with. if you want to be a fundamentalist and be stubborn about it...fine! But don't expect for those...

As you judge so you will be judged. You reap as you sow. Check it out.

I can cherry pick verses too...AND I understand their context. :) For the umpteenth time.....you have to see the difference between holiness and righteousness. The people of Israel (Judea) saw Jesus do His mighty works....they will be judged against holiness. Wrath comes on those who hate...

Yes. But in the case of those who built with a mixture of flesh...not just miss rewards...but suffer loss. Ending up with less than they had before. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

Sure. But do you realize that in a great house are both vessels of honour AND vessels of dishonour? Some to everlasting life and others to everlasting contempt. Eternal life is not always what people think it means. There are different judgments included in that. Do a study on it! :)

My main supporter is in heaven. If you mean SBG, she does have sense of humour, doesn't she. And good timing too. True. Being born of the Spirit for real gives a person a taste of eternal consciousness...a touch of heavenly light and life...as a sample of course...because that initial...

And then there's the terrible twos..with tantrums and dirty diapers. Some babies grow out of it sooner than others or so it seems.

I'm not seeing any content that can stand up to the biblical text...that points to being born again as a sample of initial grace. Sure, people will attack the messenger. But it's always been that way. Very few will progress beyond the free sample. Soon, as the oil runs out, a religious...

Did you listen to the video? Have you read through the thread? Do you have something to get off your chest?

Enough slandering please. Do you have anything of value to add? Do you see being born again as a final act of God? Or the first step in the race of faith?

OK. Rant noted. Are you here to proclaim yourself or Christ? Can you contribute to the thread or just call attention to yourself?

It's obvious you don't see yourself that way. :backtop:

As great as you may be...this thread is not about you but about the responsibility thrust upon those who have been born again....by the Spirit. Now, many claim the race as won without ever taking a step into it. But with a gift comes a responsibility...like receiving the one talent. There is...

Amen. The way of God in Christ appears upside down to carnal reasoning. Religion is diametrically opposed to the kingdom of God.

For those who understand the ways of God...Jacob is the inner man and Esau...the twin...is the outer man. Yes. Not all believers. This is where you are making a blanket dogmatic statement that shows a lack of looking at the equation. Only half of believers are taken...the other half...

That is not so. What is being peddled as doctrine is the idea that God imputed HIS OWN righteousness onto Abraham...rather than Abraham's. We are justified by God by faith and works. But no one is to claim that justification for oneself. When justification is used by the uncrucified person...it...

Have you not heard of the revival happening at a college in Kentucky? Here is a link. But there is a LOT of commentary and such going on about it.

This thread is called...What does it mean to be born again? Did you listen to the video? Did you appreciate my analysis of the current situation we find ourselves in the church at this time? I mean, placing too much emphasis on how we begin a race and not enough on how we are to conduct...

Quite the opposite. I'm against reading the SELF into an equation...because the SELF is biased towards self-preservation. Jesus said if we seek to save our lives, we will lose them. So then the motivation to read oneself into the good sounding verses is obviously the flesh trying to preserve...