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  1. Episkopos

    The false premise of Universalism.

    Ah! But the righteous are not claiming to be holy. They are humble. We set the judgment by our own claims. By our words we will be justified or condemned. So if you don't claim to be something you're not...no condemnation. Like the Pharisees who said they could see...so their sin remained.
  2. Episkopos

    The false premise of Universalism.

    Agreed. The righteous are honest, humble and respectful...without all the boasting and claiming to be more than they are. So the modern believers don't see that as important....they are programmed that way. But the righteous, as you say, are not without flaws and weaknesses. Only the holy are...
  3. Episkopos

    The false premise of Universalism.

    Like what? ;)
  4. Episkopos

    The false premise of Universalism.

    Exactly! We are those rocks. We are but dust. God has raised us up from nothing...and back to nothing we can go. The ones who realize this and fear...and learn humility...have a chance to remain in the house of God. Don't be fooled into thinking how special and precious you are...
  5. Episkopos

    The false premise of Universalism.

    Of course. But Christians are also grafted into Israel. We are NO BETTER than they...which is a huge hit to the pride of people who have been spoiled and catered to in the institutional religious franchise businesses. We are also of that one lump. We are ALL one flock. There is no difference in...
  6. Episkopos

    The false premise of Universalism.

    Of course not. You are overreacting here and overreaching with your display of outrage. You should understand the judgments of God. But the wilderness is there to teach us something that we would be wise to notice. God grades on a curve...according to what we have been given. Moses wasn't...
  7. Episkopos

    The false premise of Universalism.

    There are many instances in both testaments. Look up outer darkness....but there are other references....like being spit out or castaway, or rejected...etc. Rejected from God's house. Vessels of shame and dishonour. Even Yom Kippour...with the scape goat sent away into the wilderness.
  8. Episkopos

    The false premise of Universalism.

    Actually what you have learned in church. The churches are built like businesses...they don't want to upset you...so they downgrade the truth so that carnal people are not offended. THAT is what you have received in the guise of instruction up until now. But look at Jude... 11 Woe unto them...
  9. Episkopos

    The false premise of Universalism.

    God cast out His people from natural Israel. And we are not more special than they are. So you will have a hard time wrapping your head around the fact that God calls a lot of people...but only a few are deemed worthy of being actual saints. Out of the very SAME lump...God makes vessels of both...
  10. Episkopos

    The false premise of Universalism.

    Rev. 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. What is implied here is that we keep our garments clean...whiter than snow kind of thing. To have soiled your garment means you can't keep it. Who puts on...
  11. Episkopos

    The false premise of Universalism.

    Nothing that is presently hidden...the tense here is important. Judgment day doesn't last forever. On that day everything will be exposed. And God always does things with both a good AND a bad outcome. And that includes they who are under grace. Under the law there is just life and death. But...
  12. Episkopos

    The Pillar and Ground of the Truth

    It seems that unless Paul says it...it isn't true. So people should call themselves Paulians not Christians.
  13. Episkopos

    The Resurrection ???

    It was a visitation...an inter realm apparition. We see this all through the bible. Like when Stephen saw Jesus on His throne in real time. Or Elishah saw the army of God.
  14. Episkopos

    Dogmatic Certainties

    What's up with you lately? What is eating you up?
  15. Episkopos

    True believer?

    Yes. I'm not secular....you are just religious. Love your neighbour is the person next to you. The next person you meet. Learn from Jesus who taught that a man of a hated religion...a Samaritan...was compassionate and treated a Jew as his own neighbour...treated him as himself. In Hebrew the...
  16. Episkopos

    All Israel will be saved

    Of course not. You are a Messianic who is ideologically against the truth of the gospel. You hold to an eternal carnal DNA over Christ.
  17. Episkopos

    The Pillar and Ground of the Truth

    I'm not following your reasoning...but if we do not depart from iniquity we will be rejected and cast into outer darkness. IF we purge ourselves...through our ACTIONS...from iniquity to do what is right in the eyes of God...then we will have good salvation. The truth goes way deeper than...
  18. Episkopos

    The Pillar and Ground of the Truth

    No one is saved by mouthing a creed or accepting a ready made formula that seeks by self-interest to save an unregenerate person. EVERYONE will be judged by the deeds...not their belief. If a person experiences the risen Lord so that he claims that Jesus is God...then that one did so by...
  19. Episkopos

    The Pillar and Ground of the Truth

    You are not seeing the conditional IF. And remember that Jesus is speaking. No man can replace Jesus and His words. Jesus also declared the sinner on the cross to be saved. But no man can do that. So you are double thinking this and missing the larger point. Jesus chooses His own disciples...
  20. Episkopos

    Dogmatic Certainties

    I wait for your hizzy fits to subside....get it off your chest. Best to not type out every thought that flicks through your brain though. To be agnostic just means to "not know". Some agnostics get offended with anyone who speaks with more certainty than they do. Ring any bells?