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Saint, the way our carnal nature wants to interpret the "gift of salvation", is... if we do good, we get good. if we live right, we are accepted by God. if we perform perfectly, we are going to heaven. do good get good......do bad get bad. So, see all that? That is performance based Legalsim...

What is Spiritual Blindness, as related to the bible ? Spiritual blindness is an inability to recognize the Truth correctly. Who can have this issue? 1.) All Unbeliever's have it. 2.) Most Believers have it. In the case of the Lost, the unbeliever, the NT says...."lest the Light of the...

"Friend of"..... a member here, wrote a Thread that asked about "how to become eternity minded". Thats a really good Question.. Here is how.. To be "eternity minded" means to be heavenly minded. Look at this verse.. "as CHRIST IS....so are the born again on earth".. We as Saints of...

First, = life is hard. Its a test. Its difficult. Life tends to be a test that just keeps on testing, and it can be so tiring. At one point the Apostle Paul was just sick of it all, and wanted to go and be with Jesus and the Father and the Saints and the Host of Heaven, but He decided to stay...

- There is a general misconception many Believers have about Faith, as THE savior. \ Which of course is not the case. Many who are not really time invested in rightly dividing the word will never be deeply connected to an understanding of God's Amazing Grace, So,.. this type will usually have...

= Do you have everlasting peace with God? If you are born again, then you certainly do. Romans 5 tells you, that you have "peace with God". How did this happen? ?? It happened because Jesus gained this for you, by His "eternal redemption". 1.) Jesus's shed His blood. 2.) Jesus's Blood is...

- There are several dangerous theologies that parade about as God ordained, that falsely define themselves as "church doctrine". One is the "Pre-destined Elect" theology, and one is The Catholic Church Doctrine. I'll discuss the Catholic Doctrine, specifically its peculiar doctrine of...

- Ready to study? I want to show you how to rightly divide this verse. And as you see how i do it, it will help you to understand something about SEEING verses in the NT. That will happen as you follow what i do. 2nd Tim 1:10 """But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus...

Most of you are on this Thread and the 1st one..., and on this forum, and have no clue as to who is on this forum lying to you, misleading you, and will continue to do it. Mod or Member. You have not even realized that "Mod" does not mean they are not deceived. IT just means they have the...

Here is how God taught me to recognize the deceivers.... I asked God one afternoon, sitting on a porch swing, in the summer of 1991, that very question. I had for a while looked around and i noticed that there was a church on every corner, and none of them agreed with each other's "teaching"...

- Sin is only available as a fact and a title to someone who is "under the law". Its the LAW that defines sin as sin, and a sinner as a sinner. Take the Law away.. "Christ came to redeem us from the curse of the law" Take the law away. "you are not under the Law, you are under Grace". So, now...

- What is "dead faith", as found regarding a verse in James.? Dead faith is when you become cold to the things of God and probably backslide. People who get lost/stuck in Hebrews, Matthew and James, which are the heretics handbook, do not actually read those verses in James very closely.. But...

Here is the best way to teach a Legalist or a New Christian how to understand WHY Demas is now in Heaven. "when we were yet UNGODLY, Christ died for us..." "to You that WORKETH NOT< but believeth on GOD who JUSTIFIES THE UNGODLY"....."your FAITH is COUNTED as GOD's Righteousness". This is the...

I know it's early, and I've not even had the opportunity to read it myself, but I am seeing some early responses to the leak of Laudato Si, the pope's encyclical on climate change and other moral-scientific issues. I consider myself a creation care style person at heart because I enjoy the...