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But why is it a problem to be lured to Judaism if their salvation is still assured? If they are back under the Law, that means they are under the curse of the Law.

I believe the elect in God's eyes are those who He foreknows will remain in Him and endure to the end. Why is it so necessary to do battle with the lies and deceptions that are preached and taught by false shepherds if that poses no danger to the flock? Paul was constantly battling.....and he...

No, the Lord was telling the angel/messsenger to write.....then the ensuing message that the messenger wrote was being addressed to that church. (If I'm understanding you correctlyl..?)

.....but it's talking about believers who keep on sinning wilfully being judged with the same judgement as the adversaries....? In other words, not even Jesus' sacrifice will be applied to them.

Bless you brother......you are joshing me......I don't know if I might sound good in writing sometimes, by the grace of God, but feet on the ground I would take a back seat to you and a lot of others any day. :) And you might have insight that I am missing, so please do point out and correct me...

Covenants can be broken....."divorce" unfortunately can happen and legitimately, if the "bride" proves unfaithful. Though the Lord is longsuffering. What do we do with the scripture in Rev that speaks of Jesus spewing the lukewarm out of His Body? And how do we understand what Paul wrote...

This verse needs to be understood and resolved in light of other scriptures that warn against falling away or being cut off. It's attesting to and affirming the power of God to save....to raise the dead in Christ and grant them immortality. It's assumed that Jesus is talking about those who...

I was talking about the fallen state of mankind in general: "We all like sheep have gone astray, everyone to his own way"....independent of God, thus separated from Him. But being born again of the Spirit brings us back into union with the Lord....in submission to Him and going HIS way and no...

Amen! I wonder if we could say that separation from God = independence from Him...? Going our own way separates us from God.

Jesus had come looking for fruit on the "fig tree", but found none, so He cursed it. He was looking to "harvest" fruit/souls from Israel into the new covenant of faith, but only a few responded to Him. So in Luke 3 (and Matt 3) John was on one level warning Israel of judgment, of their...

Actually, you know what I think it is......it's speaking in the spirit and touching on more than one thing at the same time. "One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard."

....with the Holy Spirit AND with fire...? Our God is a consuming fire....because we are hidden in the cleft of the rock (Christ/ark) it won't harm "us", that is, our inner man that is hid. But it is now consuming/burning away our flesh nature. And it will destroy in the end those who aren't...

Amen, it's a battle! And this war is necessary because it trains and teaches and threshes us....it's through much tribulation that we enter the kingdom of God.

We are the corn of His threshing floor....we're being threshed in order to free and separate the corn from the chaff/husk of our flesh.....it's OUR chaff that is being burned up in the fire. Jesus said it is through much tribulation that we will enter the kingdom of heaven. In Joshua the Lord...

Amen. And that is assuming we remain in Him, remain in His love and continue following/obeying Him the best we know how. He will do the work if we just keep following Him....because that is where He is leading us to.

Amen, and actually we sure do tend to have a blessed "honeymoon" period for a while when we are first born again, don't we? :) This is to establish us in the faith.....to fill us up with the strength of joy and the seed of His word (to ensure fruit). This phase is depicted in scripture here...

John said that Jesus would baptize "you" (believers) with the Holy Spirit and with fire. Why fire....because judgment begins with the house of God. And scripture says (paraphrasing) that when we go through the waters we will not be drowned and when we go through the fire it will not hurt us...

Really I'm not sure we should go telling anyone that they "have" to do anything, other than to follow/obey Jesus. Everyone has their own individual walk with the Lord and are at different places in their walk and growth. He is the one leading each soul....as long as they are hearing/seeing and...

Amen. Good deeds can't change what a person fundamentally IS. Only God can do that by making us into new creatures....through faith in His Son.

This is the openly stated purpose of the Temple Institute in Jerusalem, I'm afraid. As well as the Pope's misguided efforts. To unite all religions and usher in world peace. Interesting that for the most part in ancient Babylon and ancient Rome, citizens were allowed to worship other gods of...