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Good point. Man was permitted to eat fruits in the garden of Eden. After he fell, man was permitted to eat vegetables. After the Flood, man was permitted to eat meat. But ever since the Flood, man has been continuously, and consistently forbidden to eat blood. Since blood is forbidden...

. I've no doubt that there are plenty of churches out and about just like the one described at Rev 3:14-21 where Jesus is depicted outside the building banging on the door trying to get someone's attention to let him in. Not one single member of the Laodicien church was following Christ; not...

. Common Opinion: Judaism is just as useful to sinners seeking God's forgiveness as Christianity. In fact, that's the whole purpose of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Pinning one's hopes on the Day Of Atonement is futile. For one thing: who's going to perform the rituals? seeing as how there...

The way I see it: the Jerusalem council's ruling is saying that if there's a synagogue in your community, then the Christians in your community are to abstain from eating blood in order to avoid driving the Jews in your community, for whom Christ died, away from the gospel. I also take the...

For those working out their salvation by means of the commandments; the acceptable number of deliberate sins is zero. †. Num 15:30-31 . . But the person, be he citizen or stranger, who acts defiantly reviles the Lord; that person shall be cut off from among his people. Because he has spurned...

. The Jerusalem council ruled against Christians eating blood. (Acts 15:20) Buen Camino /

Maybe Christ didn't come to save your flesh; but he certainly did come to save mine. In point of fact if Christ didn't come to save your flesh, then you will not be resurrected with an immortal body impervious to death; but instead, you will be resurrected to face justice at the Great White...

. Common Objection: The Lord is compassionate and would never run an eternal torture mill for his lost sheep. Yes, that's true. The sheep of the Bible's Lord are perfectly safe. †. John 5:24 . . I assure you: those who listen to my message, and believe in God who sent me, have eternal life...

I don't know who these "we" are for whom you presume to speak but I am not one of them. Jesus testified at John 5:24 that those who listen to his message, and believe in God who sent him, have eternal life and will never be condemned for their sins. Webster's defines "never" as: not ever, at no...

. People who insist upon using the commandments as a means of working out their salvation have put themselves into a pickle. The reason being that according to Jas 2:10 compliance with the first ten of the commandments isn't enough. In other words; in order to use the commandments to work out...

. It's easy to assume that only really bad people are in hell. But according to Matt 7:23-27, John 3:3-8, John 3:14-20, John 3:36, and Rev 20:11-15, anybody can be there; both the good, the bad, and the not so bad-- bikers, bakers, lawyers, welders, actors and actresses, housewives, bankers...

Jesus didn't say the 10 commandments; he said the commandments which, for the Jewish man with whom he spoke, encompasses the four books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy-- something like 400+ commandments. Jesus named only six at Matt 10:17-19. But was Jesus correct? Yes he was...

You have a very difficult decision to make. Christ is the head of his church and according to John 3:18 and John 3:34-36 it is hell-worthy to disbelieve what he says. However I have never yet seen a passage stating that it is hell-worthy to disbelieve what Paul says except maybe Gal 1:8-9. So...

What profit is a sin-free body without a sin-free personality? In other words: if liars are blocked from heaven, then it only stands to reason that liars would be kicked out too; and so would people prone to conceit, deceit, dissembling, vanity, narcissism, greed, envy, resentment, rivalry...

. According to the anti-OSAS faction, it's possible lose one's salvation. So then, wouldn't how to stay in heaven be a far more important question to ask than how to get there? And what about the "endure to the end" crowd? Well; supposing they manage to endure to the end. Then what? Do they...

. There used to be a program on TV called "Scared Straight" wherein incorrigible teen agers were brought to an adult prison and given a glimpse of the future they could expect if they didn't drop the attitude and revise their current lifestyle. I've often thought that something like that would...

I have no use for your point because it's wet behind the ears, and lacks the slightest insight into the chemistry of human love. You may of course opt to continue stressing your point in the hopes that I will finally "get it" but as Einstein once said: "Insanity is doing the same thing the same...

I believe Christ wins here. He instructed his followers to herald the gospel. He didn't instruct them to sell the gospel; no, he only instructed them to herald it. Well; Christ got his wish when Mr. Robertson said the things that he did; and I have even more to herald; if that's okay. †. Jude...

Men will literally sell their souls to please the women they love. Like sheep to the slaughter. It's one of the oldest facts of life in the book. Men's propensity to sell their souls to please the women they love preceded the fall; which tells me that it's a natural drive with which men were...

You were expecting to find a journal-quality scientific study on an internet forum consisting of amateur theologians and armchair linguists? Haw! I don't know how you missed it but the OP ruled out boys and girls under the age of 19 years. Buen Camino /