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  1. mailmandan

    A Test Of Reading Comprehension and Honesty

    Amen! Luke 23:39 Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, “If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us.” (For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned - Matthew 12:37) 40 But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even...
  2. mailmandan

    A Test Of Reading Comprehension and Honesty

    Amen! Mark 16:16 - He who believes and is baptized will be saved (general cases without making a qualification for the unusual case of someone who believes but is not baptized) but he who does not believe will be condemned. The omission of baptized with "does not believe" shows that Jesus does...
  3. mailmandan

    Did God become human or was a human made God?

    What's your angle? :contemplate:
  4. mailmandan

    Coincidences? Or Time to WATCH be READY for the Day and Hour Is Near

    I plan on retiring by the end of 2023, but if Jesus chooses to return this year, praise the Lord! He will have much better retirement plan. Are the global elitists striving to establish a 'great reset' by 2030?
  5. mailmandan

    If atheists get accused of taking verses out of context, how do we know fundamentalists making those accusations aren’t doing the same as well?

    1 Corinthians 2:11 - For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have...
  6. mailmandan

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    Things don't look good for Judas at all. (John 6:64-71; 13:10;11; 17:12)
  7. mailmandan

    My Agnostic friend asks: "Does anyone believe in God before they 'need' him?"

    As far back as I can remember, I always believed in God as well, but have not always been a Christian. Growing up in the RCC, I was what you would call, "religious, but not right with God." We need to believe in God before we can realize we need Him. In regards to salvation: Romans 10:13 - For...
  8. mailmandan

    Getting out of the : "sin confessing and repenting" trap.

    Sinless perfection is a self righteous delusion. (Romans 3:23; 1 John 1:8-10)
  9. mailmandan

    Getting out of the : "sin confessing and repenting" trap.

    What kind of a loaded question is that? See posts #116 and #122. Jesus is not a legalist, but works-salvationists are. Faith in Christ alone saves (Romans 4:5-6) which is not to be confused with "faith only" per James 2:24, which is an empty profession of faith/dead faith that remains barren of...
  10. mailmandan

    Getting out of the : "sin confessing and repenting" trap.

    Are you trusting 100% in Christ's finished work of redemption to save you (Romans 3:24-28) or are you trusting in your best efforts to accomplish multiple acts of obedience/works to save you? (Romans 4:5-6) What have you placed your faith in for salvation? Christ alone or works or both?
  11. mailmandan

    Did God become human or was a human made God?

    Amen! John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made...14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the...
  12. mailmandan

    Getting out of the : "sin confessing and repenting" trap.

    The Bible clearly states in many passages of scripture that we are saved through belief/faith "apart from additions or modifications." (John 1:12; 3:15,16,18,36; 6:40,47; 11:25,26; Acts 10:43; 13:39; 15:9; 16:31; 26:18; Romans 1:16; 3:24-28; 4:5; 5:1; 10:4; 1 Corinthians 1:21; Galatians 2:16...
  13. mailmandan

    Getting out of the : "sin confessing and repenting" trap.

    It logically follows that we get water baptized after we believe and are saved, (Acts 10:43-47) but if someone is on their death bed and cannot get baptized before death, they are still saved because they BELIEVED (John 3:18; Acts 10:43; Romans 1:16) which is in harmony with Mark 16:16(b)..but...
  14. mailmandan

    Getting out of the : "sin confessing and repenting" trap.

    I know what you believe because I had one time had temporarily attended the church of Christ. You believe that water baptism is absolutely necessary for salvation, so it's "water baptized or condemned" according to your gospel. Believers obey God's commandments like baptism BECAUSE they are...
  15. mailmandan

    Getting out of the : "sin confessing and repenting" trap.

    So the gospel that you preach is "water baptized or condemned." John 3:18 - He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who (is not water baptized? - NO) does not believe is condemned already, because he has not (been water baptized? - NO) because he has not believed in the name of the only...
  16. mailmandan

    Getting out of the : "sin confessing and repenting" trap.

    Notice that - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness (vs. 9) is IN CONTRAST TO - If we say that we have no sin, (present tense) we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us(vs. 8) and - If we say that we have...
  17. mailmandan

    Getting out of the : "sin confessing and repenting" trap.

    The washing away of sin is signified, but not procured in water baptism. If one is depending on water baptism for salvation and not on becoming a child of God through faith in Christ, then one becomes an imposter, and is declaring, in baptism, to be what they are not. One does not put on a...
  18. mailmandan

    Romans 6:22

    Amen and again I say AMEN! :woohoo!:
  19. mailmandan

    The Real Sabbath Day of GOD = Genesis 2;2-3, Exodus 20;8-11, Luke 4;16

    Colossians 2:16 - Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day— 17 things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.
  20. mailmandan

    How do you know you are "saved" or "not saved"

    Good post brother. Notice that - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness (vs. 9) is IN CONTRAST TO - If we say that we have no sin, (present tense) we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us (vs. 8) and - If we...