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I also have long had a problem with many people using the word, Christian, for themselves, when from what I have seen they bear no resemblance whatever to the Jesus I have come to know.

Amen!

My point I guess in mentioning the OT as well as the NT is the messages from God are repeated in both places usually many more than two times. I keep trying to seek His messages whether they agree with what I previously thought or not. Each time He shows me a new [to me] place with the message...

Of course one thing that immediately has come to my mind on it, is the stand of believers in OSAS. They basically take their view from the NT. As a person continues to study/read NT and OT there are many things that for me weighs against their point of view. The key word for me is growth, but...

@bbyrd009 After reading your OP and checking the link briefly I thought I would add here the results of a short study I did related to Israel and Jacob a while back: Jacob versus Israel Quite a long time ago now it caught my attention that after Jacob received his new name of Israel, much of...

Well I don't know Don Alberto, but I am glad someone else agrees with me. If we both always agree with God then all is to the good. I like your idea of hell. One idea that comes to me, [perhaps through person but I don't recall for sure,] is that when Jesus was sent to us from the Father, he...

Well I do sincerely hope you are as close to Him as you think your are. You do not know who is lying, even though you think you do. You should communicate with God about it. But a person can do exactly that with his misguided direction as a result of delusion. This is why He warns us here...

See what happens when our flesh takes the lead? Or if it is not our flesh then it may be that God is using our apparent errors to get across some point of His. Give God the glory!

So I am one of the lonesome few then. Well that is OK as the most important really is charity/love anyway. [By the way, most of the people I have fellowship with outside of the Internet believe as I do on both of these points.] For those who love Him, really love Him, the plan is definitely...

Although I learned to shoot a rifle and a machine gun while on active duty the U.S. Army, I never have owned a gun. The only real weapon I ever owned was a bow and arrow. After killing one rabbit, I realized I did not want to do it again and got rid of it. I have never been tempted to own...

Only obvious if you are as familiar with the acronyms as you are. I know some of my own typos when I have gone back and looked at them later have also been confusing to me.

@"ByGrace" Your post #23 was all about eternal torment. Do all who do not believe in OSAS also stand for eternal torment? I do stand firmly against OSAS and yet I also do not believe in eternal torment. Whatever pathway He has provided has He not also made it possible to walk in it? The...

There is an easy answer, and the pathway to take is easy IF we do not walk it alone!

Ah yes, but will it make a difference to God?

This can be good advice or not. On the one hand after we first meet the Master which is probably simply a Holy Ghost thing, we must then get into the eating of His flesh, which for most people comes by reading and studying the Bible. The problem for many is eating His flesh without quenching the...

Have you ever even seen Him? Your own witness here on this forum reflects to us only the empty shell of a church. If you had seen Him and were looking to see Him more clearly would you and should you not be loving those you believe to be in error, but who are hungry and thirsty for His...

Send me some of the pudding. Rice pudding is one of my favorites. But seriously while I try not to use the word heresy with regard to about anyone, the situation you mention is altogether too common and might make to exception to my normal rule. It's like the preacher preaching a favorable...

The problem for many is that God does work even within places that are not "from" Him. This is a limited thing and eventually, I believe, as a person grows with God, the limits put on God will limit the person. There are likely exceptions where God sent a particular person to a particular church...

I do not disagree with the scriptures, but the superimposed history of men according to men should always be questioned. I know you believe that the written history supports your view point and in one sense it does. But a real problem for individuals who have no direct communication line with...

Oh, I learned my lesson well. Fortunately for me considering my memory, I started writing my autobiography into the computer several years ago. I wish I had begun it when I was really a young man. I don't really expect that anyone will ever read most of it, but it brings things back to me much...