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  1. MatthewG

    Eternal punishment is not the case.

    Always be open to freely share, and be honest. Listen deep down inside of my soul, I know that I could do better things as in for God but I’m only limited so far as to my own surroundings and what i do with my time and when in the place being with whoever it is with. Love is going to be the...
  2. MatthewG

    Becoming dead to sin - I use to hate this.

    There was an elder old lady who was about 77 years old, who posts on a forum site everyday and always mentioned the notion of, becoming dead to sin. I hated that, thinking we all have sinned, why do you have to continually harp on sin, Jesus paid for sin. Which Jesus did do, he paid for sin...
  3. MatthewG

    Jesus the good physician...

    That is a very interesting perception you have, Devin. Thank you for sharing that with me, brother in Christ. God is good, and God is love. Today I’m gonna try to be on here very little, got one article would like to get out today if anything. Thank you again, Matthew
  4. MatthewG

    Jesus the good physician...

    Hello Devin, Just going to throw in my two cents, If you can work out and strengthen muscles it will help a little, but it’s mainly spiritual that Jesus heals the heart more than anything else, with having devotion to God (godliness). “For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is...
  5. MatthewG

    Eternal punishment is not the case.

    Oh wow. “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through...
  6. MatthewG

    Eternal punishment is not the case.

    Gen2rev, Thinking about your insights, would like to say you are absolutely right through out the Gospels before Jesus came back and took the bride groom in that age. I believe people went or Sheol. But since hell/Sheol and all that was in it was gave up (according to revelation) there is no...
  7. MatthewG

    Eternal punishment is not the case.

    Thank you for your kind words Lambano and hope you enjoy time spending with your family this holiday season. God is good, and God is love. He will never stop being Good and love, and it will always be about ones faith and love. Love for God and love for others. It’s alright there will be many...
  8. MatthewG

    Eternal punishment is not the case.

    Interesting history and thank you for sharing it, Bob. This would be correct video? Beautiful music, and those singing too.
  9. MatthewG

    Eternal punishment is not the case.

    Thank you for your insights, Gen2rev.
  10. MatthewG

    Eternal punishment is not the case.

    You are wise to leave it as such. All of us here on the forums have different ideas in how we believe. Some of it has been from the teaching others, that have been imposed in and through religious doctrines even dogmatic stances in churches unbeknownst to me. Then you have the Holy Spirit that...
  11. MatthewG

    Eternal punishment is not the case.

    You know with that, God is a consuming fire. I imagine from the scenario, given one the husband and wife can be reassured all of their children have been resurrected and they are there in the heavenly realm, though two would be on the outside and three on the inside. Imagine them dying and...
  12. MatthewG

    Eternal punishment is not the case.

    It is Gods imperative will that people come to repentance. It might even happen after this life, however there are still two places people end up. Either inside or outside the kingdom. It’s not universalism which says all people will go into heaven immediately hereafter. There is only way to get...
  13. MatthewG

    Eternal punishment is not the case.

    Just imagine this scenario, You have a husband and wife who have three sons, and two daughters. Three of them have faith in God and Jesus Christ, and two do not. All of them die at differing ages. Now God accepts the first three because of faith and love. Having presented their case it was...
  14. MatthewG

    Eternal punishment is not the case.

    Thank you for clarifying your sharing and use of scripture Oz, you can see post #67 which is my eternal hope, to be able to do.
  15. MatthewG

    Eternal punishment is not the case.

    @stunnedbygrace you are a smart woman,and you answered the question yourself, but it in a sense dying to the world, because your desires are more for the spirit and not much for the physical. It seems you look at the second death as a real death, I don’t see it as that. I see it as death to the...
  16. MatthewG

    Eternal punishment is not the case.

    My question then to you my friend @stunnedbygrace does death always have to be literal? Is there no way to reconcile death figuratively? I see your position though, you must die, then you die again, going to the lake of fire. (I don’t agree with that, right now at this moment ) Do you...
  17. MatthewG

    Eternal punishment is not the case.

    There is a lot of cross referencing in the verse you provided @OzSpen. Thank you for mentioning it. Also the opening statement was written to the church of Thessalonians. So who where these that would end up suffering the age-during destruction (ruin)?
  18. MatthewG

    Eternal punishment is not the case.

    Thank you oz.
  19. MatthewG

    Who am I? Who are we? Or what am I?

    Thank you for reading @GaryAnderson , walking back home from my mothers house this thought came to me, and decided to write down and send it out for others to consider. God bless.
  20. MatthewG

    Slothfulness - Lazy (15 scriptures included)

    Be encouraged! Thank you for reading @amadeus. Sometimes I feel as though I have so little to offer other people because all that there is to give is love ultimately along with encouragement to seek after God. I hope Gods will pans out in my life before my death and he uses me for the purpose of...