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:( The beliefs expressed here in the Original Post [again], are merely what has been propagated by those "false teachers" foretold by both Peter and Paul, who were "already at work" in the church since the its beginning. Many are their victims. I say again, just as Jesus clarified that we who...

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So there are two different types of rest (the rest of Christ now (1), and the rest that only comes when the work is finished (2)), but you just want to refer to the one and make the point that "the Christian life is a life of rest." Alrighty then.

The point is, if God has shown us anything of himself in creating man in his own image, like the reflection made of us looking into a pool of water, the terms of what is true of God and what is true of man--is not the terms of the water...because the two are not actually the same. For, the...

Yes, that is what I am saying...which is that the peace and rest of Christ is one thing and the rest of God another. The fact that we remain in the flesh and in the world in part, by definition means that we have not fully ascended as Jesus has. Which by definition by the example of Jesus, is...

This is a hard thing for those born of our own father's and mother's as all being separate people. But we are just a dim image of what is true of God, broken down in the most elementary of terms; and to think of the Father and the Son, both of whom are God, by the same dim terms as apply to...

If you did not hear or recognize the scriptures in what I wrote, then you missed it. But let me ask you then: Have you finished your work in service of God? Because if you have not and you still remain in the flesh...the war is indeed already won, but your own battle is still being waged...

You nailed the superficial historic context, but missed the greater scope and context of what pertains to the whole church. In other words, when Paul referred to the church he may very well have meant just that current situation, but the fact that it has been included in the eternal word of...

I am just now coming upon this thread and you have written much that I have missed. However, in this first post I can see that what you have begun to do is askew by a less than complete knowledge and acknowledgement of just how these things all fit into the various times of the gentiles...

Paul established the need of "rightly dividing" or handling the word of truth in his instructions to Timothy (2 Timothy 2:15). Which, if one is to look at the whole of scripture, it should be recognizable that even the gospel addresses both the living and the dead in Christ in one word which...

Yes...but that is Him (our Head) resting. As for the body, it is not over or "finished" until the end and the last man standing. Which is not to say that it is not "finished"- but rather that the finish is not fully played out in the (His) body in the sufferings and salvation experienced in this...

It would appear that you are mixing or confusing the rest of God with the fact that we can rest assured in what Christ has done for us. They're two different topics. Indeed, we can rest in what Christ has done for us, and the comparison to God resting when His work was complete is good. But...

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That certainly works as a simple analogy of what is meant by God's rest. But the greater reality, is that God's rest is biblically defined as Oneness with God, as being "in God" and as eternal or everlasting life. The "promised land" then is really just a worldly object or example of what the...

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Just as the ravens brought food to Elijah, and just as Nebuchadnezzar, an evil king, served the Lord for a time...the good was not their own, but of God. Every good thing is from God.

Regarding the question, "Does "Blotting out" a name not mean any acts of righteousness associated with, are not also removed from the records of God?"-- The answer is, No. Light is divided from darkness, no light is destroyed with the darkness.

Certainly it is good to know the scriptures (what's written in the Bible). But I dare say, it is far worse to know less but preach and claim much, than it is to simply be biblically illiterate. You who are without knowledge of the scriptures-- Welcome! (and beware)

Hebrews 10:26 is just another salvation not yet obtained but only "hoped for" passage as mere "knowledge." Looking rather at the complete and correct context, we can see that the author is not speaking to those who are already saved, but rather to those who are still in the repentance stage...