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    The Abomination of Desolation

    Although I have not fully studied it, my impression is that the The "Abomination of Desolation" has to do with someone taking over the church and ruining it. Daniel 9:27 "And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the...
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    Should christians test their faith?

    If seriously try to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength (Mark 12:30, Luke 10:27, Matthew 22:37) and understand that the "love" God wants is for you to keep his commandments (1 John 2:4 & context) your...
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    The Last Generation IS the Generation of the Parable of A Fig Tree

    The possibility of Christ returning in (or before) 2028 is based on Psalms 90:10 "“The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years". If this is saying that a generation is 70 to 80 years, from 1948 it would end between 2018 & 2028. Some...
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    What Movie Rating Should Christians Watch?

    Correct, "what movies we watch" is nothing we need to be too dogmatic against but should be helping fellow Christians be holy. We Christians are commanded to be holy in 1 Peter 1:13-17. When you say “Judging” you imply we are condemning those who do such thing, that is not the case. Everyone...
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    What Movie Rating Should Christians Watch?

    It's not "finger pointing" to encourage and direct a person towards sanctification. We know that if we are not holy we will not see God (Heb 12:14) so our witness needs to be growth towards holiness. A Christian has the Spirit of God living inside them (Rom 8:9) and they belong to that Spirit...
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    There Is No Middle Ground; You Are For Or Against; You Believe Or Your Don’t = Romans 1;28-32

    I agree, we have to believe. As to Romans 10:9 I think many people see it as a one time thing, for example that they confess before the congregation and they walk out of church "saved". I believe it is a repentance, that we confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus ongoing forward. Lots of people...
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    Whatever you ask IN MY NAME, this I will do

    Do you want all your prayers to be answered "yes"? - Just pray for God's will to be done in anything you ask. As Jesus prayed in Luke 22:42 "nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done."
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    There Is No Middle Ground; You Are For Or Against; You Believe Or Your Don’t = Romans 1;28-32

    As for our salvation, I don't believe we can take any credit towards it. I also don't believe we are saved because "we accept Him". I believe God saves in his own time. For me, I knew about God and gone to various churches in and out my youth. At a point I became serious about seeking God and...
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    If You Don’t Put Your Faith In GOD And JESUS, You Will Be Deceived = Matthew 24;4-5

    The Bible is where we find all we need to know of God and have faith in Him. You can find dozens of different "Jesus" in dozens of different churches so get Jesus from the mouth of God through the entire Bible. “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” - Romans 10:17
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    There Is No Middle Ground; You Are For Or Against; You Believe Or Your Don’t = Romans 1;28-32

    It's a huge misunderstanding by many in our age that they are securely saved because they "believe" in their head/heart and how they live in this world has no impact. Believing includes faith/trusting which leads to obedience and as you show in the scriptures above (as well as others throughout...
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    Is saying grace before a meal commanded in the Bible?

    It's commanded in the sense that 1 Thessalonians 5:18 commands "In every thing give thanks" and it is demonstrated by Jesus in your examples above as something we should doing. (Also shown at the last supper; Luke 22:19 "And he took bread, and gave thanks").
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    The REAL First Original Sin

    When people refer to the original sin, they are referring to mankind's first sin which separated us from God. Satan deceived us, but his sin was not our fall from grace, our sin was. You are on track to see Satan is the antichrist. I believe in the end times, which we may be in now, Christ has...
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    Should Christians celebrate Christmas, Halloween?

    Why is it "cute" when a kid wears a mask and threatens a trick on you if you don't give them a treat but it's a crime when an adult showed up one night in a mask demanding your stuff and threating harm if you don't give it to them? - Teach you're children Godly virtues, not playing a criminal.
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    The Lord DOES Reward Us For Our Faithfulness = Ruth 2;12, II Samuel 22;21

    We are rewarded eternal life for our faithfulness, in fact if we don't have holiness (a life of devotion to God), we won't go to heaven (Heb 12:14). I'm not saying our works get us saved, they don't (see Ephesians 2:8-10). We are also rewarded here on earth also. For example God gives his saved...
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    The Bible teaches repentance unto confession, not confession unto repentance

    I think repentance and believing the gospel have to go hand in hand. Obviously if I don't believe the gospel then I'm not going to repent; I'm not going to give up my beloved sins for something I don't believe in, right? I think Acts 3 shows it well - Peter caused them to believe with his...
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    Jesus as Our Shepherd and Us as His Sheep (Inspirational & Informative Video)

    The picture of Jesus as our shepherd and us as sheep is clearly portrayed in the Bible but seeing it displayed in relationship of actual shepherds & sheep gives it a deeper personal insight. I enjoyed this video and think you will too:
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    God’s love not sensual love

    However you want to interpret “love” it is shown by action towards the other party. I'm sure this can be shown better but some verses that come to mind: God showed love in action of dying for us: John 3:16: “For God “so” ("so" ( οὕτως) in the this verse means “in this way”) loved the world...
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    There is no faith alone in Ephesians 2:8, stop adding words to it.

    Thanks. Are you referring to Acts 2:38 "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost". I think 1 Peter 3:21-22 clarifies water baptism: "The like figure whereunto even...
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    There is no faith alone in Ephesians 2:8, stop adding words to it.

    Without spending the time to analyze & address every scripture, I'm going to kinda go with option C in this order: A2/B2) Believe the gospel of the kingdom & have faith toward The LORD Jesus Christ and trust/believe the Gospel of The Grace Of God: His Death, Burial, And Resurrection, According...
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    There is no faith alone in Ephesians 2:8, stop adding words to it.

    I would say as you read through the new testament and a text tells you to do something then it is a commandment of Jesus. I also believe that we should obey old testament moral laws (laws ref justice, respect, and sexual conduct) individuals are told to follow including the 10 commandments. I...