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You aren't getting the spiritual difference between Israel in eternity and the nations in eternity. There are 2 resurrections...and the sheep/goats in the second general resurrection of all nations. The saints partake of the first resurrection...which is the better resurrection we are to...

It isn't wrong to provide health care to the poor....who are the ones who suffer in a paying system.

This needs to be taught gently in churches not preached on the street. Unless a person is given an alternative to sin...the power of grace...it will sound like condemnation.

I think there is a difference between being a "believer" and salvation. One can be a believer and still offend God. God is under no compunction to do as we want.

There are many outcomes to this life. One of them is as you have stated. David was punished as was Moses. There are real consequences to our every action. But there are some who will be rejected. These appear to be as everyone else. That is...until all secrets have been revealed. Then there...

Faith is now in the moment. Our salvation today is to enter into Christ NOW in the moment. Eternity is always NOW. But we need to keep doing this in order to bear an eternal kind of fruit. Otherwise all we have been working for will be lost.

If a person comes back from war with no arms and legs...and is blind, and deaf in one ear...is he not still saved? Some people come back in worse condition than that. So it is with salvation and the kingdom of God. Better to enter blind into the kingdom than not at all.

According to the modern semantics. You almost need a translator to get around all the funny ideas people have been taught to fill the pews and get more income for the institutions presently called churches.

One can be disqualified from a race for a variety of reasons. Not finishing is one of these. Another is to strive unlawfully (as in cheap grace).

IF we endure till the end THEN it comes to the quality of the salvation. In a great house there are both vessels of honour AND vessels of dishonour. Run to win. Persevere to make your calling and election sure. There is a salvation unto dishonour and shame. These are naked and blind....just...

As I lay down on my face, prod me back into the race... :) Amen. God is working in us...but it the shallowness of our own dedication that is in question. May we learn to persevere and dig deeper. May we learn to humble ourselves before the mighty presence of God....who desires to give us the...

I remember this commercial I saw once. In it, was a marathon where everybody went home except a few people. They were waiting to see if their friend was going to finish. After a long but indeterminate amount of time a lone man was seen slowly and painfully moving towards the finish line. He was...

Hey... :) Ok saw this... We are definitely talking of the condition of salvation according to calling and election. In a race there are both winners and losers. There are medals of honour for the first few places....and after most people have gone home...there are the stragglers that cross the...

Almost every day... :)

LOL...unforgiveness in us causes us to become unforgiven likewise. As in...forgive our debts AS we forgive others. Salvation is conditional and remains so until we leave this world. Many Christians are actually those who have stoney hearts in the parable of the sower. These receive the...

Indoctrination doesn't work that way, unfortunately. When a person latches on to a fable religiously... that fable becomes the template for everything that sounds like it. It's like Pavlov's dog. Talk about grace and watch the salivating... But an indoctrinated person can't examine what they...

As it seems to you in your opinion...from yourself. ;)

I think that kind of reasoning pre-supposes that we get a saved ticket that rules out any free will on our part. No one is eternally saved for all time until the race is finished in this life. Have you ever heard the story of the tortoise and the hare? Now, did the hare ever have the win? Or...

As we judge others....so we will be judged. We will all receive from God according to our works....especially after having received grace.

You read but you don't understand. What is faulty is your understanding. You are trusting your own mind.