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  1. MatthewG

    Should I buy a sword?

    The Old Testament often reveals Yahavah through qualities we tend to associate with strength, justice, protection, and righteous authority. When Jesus comes in the flesh and lives fully by the Spirit, we also see qualities like compassion, mercy, gentleness, nurturing, and self‑giving love...
  2. MatthewG

    Should I buy a sword?

    I didn’t ignore your question — I just don’t accept the framing that God’s “solution to evil” is Him violently annihilating people. That’s not how Scripture presents His character or His judgment. The imagery of the Lake of Fire in Revelation is apocalyptic symbolism, not a literal picture of...
  3. MatthewG

    Should I buy a sword?

    I hear what you’re saying, but I think the way you’re framing it leaves out some important context. I’m not trying to “win” anything here — I could be wrong, and I want people to think for themselves and test everything, just like Scripture says (1 Thessalonians 5:21). So here’s the fuller...
  4. MatthewG

    Noahs flood NOT worldwide ???

    Okay sir. I’m not hear to argue for real for real. I just share information. I know some people are very picky on how they see things and to me that is A-okay. Cause everyone is responsible for themselves. I just encourage people to check into to stuff or not. There are people who hate people...
  5. MatthewG

    If sealed with the HS, how does one become UNsealed ?

    “I want you to bug off – I want you to leave me alone.” “I don't need you in my life” — those are truthful statements. Not everyone is meant to be in everyone’s life, and Scripture even shows moments where separation is the right choice. Jesus Himself said that sometimes you simply shake the...
  6. MatthewG

    Please be very careful to not believe people if they just simply say “they are sent by God.”...

    Please be very careful to not believe people if they just simply say “they are sent by God.” There are people out there who want to control and manipulate you. It’s a reality. Be careful, think for yourself. Test all things, by the Spirit!
  7. MatthewG

    If sealed with the HS, how does one become UNsealed ?

    Okay well good. You’re someone that drives me mad and I hope you will do what God would want you to do and leave me the heck alone. Cause if you don’t then you’re just an abusive person who doesn’t care about boundaries and is insensitive to what’s going on cause you don’t care. That worries me...
  8. MatthewG

    If sealed with the HS, how does one become UNsealed ?

    If it’s not personal to you then. Leave me alone out here on the open forum and stop telling me that I’m not sharing the Bible. You just fringin on being abusive and not helpful at all… you could have just said hey Matthew I don’t believe what your saying and I would say hey that’s okay I’m...
  9. MatthewG

    Noahs flood NOT worldwide ???

    Ok. It doesn’t really matter to me. Just sharing. Global / regional / Pangea. Whatever. Regional seems to be the best fit though. People choose. It’s not something to hate people for.
  10. MatthewG

    If sealed with the HS, how does one become UNsealed ?

    What do you mean by that? That's such a weird thing to say to me. Like I need your grace? It's so strange. Yes. I am a weird a person who believes Jesus came back and I dont have to be sealed, and I am not going to experience what those people in that day in age had to go through. Im free in the...
  11. MatthewG

    If sealed with the HS, how does one become UNsealed ?

    Scott, I’m not trying to judge your experiences — I’m just being honest about what I believe. And yes, you’re right: I don’t believe God is sending people today to declare themselves the Bride of Christ. The apostles are gone, and the Bride has already been gathered just like Scripture shows...
  12. MatthewG

    If sealed with the HS, how does one become UNsealed ?

    Hey Scott, you keep saying you’re “correcting” me, but most of the time when I share Scripture, you just shut it down with a quick “no.” So I’m honestly not sure what you mean by caring correction, my guy. I’m not upset — it’s just a little inconsistent. And yeah, there are a couple thousand...
  13. MatthewG

    If sealed with the HS, how does one become UNsealed ?

    That is enough. I dont have to even pick up the bible to know what it means to live by the spirit. I mean listen dude you are the one who thinks he has a mission from God and stuff like that I have heard you say, so I dont agree with you and your stance and how you personally see yourself. So...
  14. MatthewG

    If sealed with the HS, how does one become UNsealed ?

    I just read the Bible and share what it says. If people have a problem with that, that’s on them. Folks should be encouraged to read it for themselves instead of believing everything they hear out there. Thank you to everyone who dialogued with me. I hate it when people get a little riled up but...
  15. MatthewG

    If sealed with the HS, how does one become UNsealed ?

    That's fine ScottA. I have my own unstanding from having read the book itself, and I dont mix things up to try to make stuff up. This is not a flex but I studied the bible for 8 years. (Guess that was all I needed I want to do more but I dont have to right now.) I literally read the Gospels...
  16. MatthewG

    If sealed with the HS, how does one become UNsealed ?

    Oh I know they have power — life and death is no small thing. But that doesn’t really have anything to do with being a realist, you know? Just being realistic and considerate. Anyway, people can read your words and take them in, or they can choose not to. That’s just how it goes. I hope for...
  17. MatthewG

    If sealed with the HS, how does one become UNsealed ?

    I hear what you’re saying, but from my understanding of Scripture, Jesus wasn’t mixing heavenly and earthly timelines — He was speaking directly to His own generation. He said “all these things” would come upon them (Matthew 23:36), and that “this generation shall not pass till all these things...
  18. MatthewG

    If sealed with the HS, how does one become UNsealed ?

    I don’t see myself as part of that “many are called, but few chosen” group Jesus spoke to (Matthew 22:14). That statement was directed to the people of His own generation — the ones invited to the wedding feast, yet refusing to come (Matthew 22:1–7). I’m simply Matthew, a believer in the Lord...
  19. MatthewG

    Noahs flood NOT worldwide ???

    I hear what you’re saying, but the passages you quoted don’t actually settle the question the way you think they do. Genesis 7 is absolutely clear that everything in the land being judged perished — but the text never says the entire globe, every continent, and every people group on earth were...
  20. MatthewG

    If sealed with the HS, how does one become UNsealed ?

    Hello, I understand what you’re saying about the distinction between the word given to Israel under the “if” covenant, and the word that came through Christ after salvation was accomplished. But from what I see in Scripture, the Bride of Christ has already been gathered, taken, and brought into...