Not satire! How can anyone in this life be saved? Or claim to be saved?
Uh, what's the alternative?
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Not satire! How can anyone in this life be saved? Or claim to be saved?
Forgivable ones.Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. Luke 7:47
So the question is....what kind of sins do you think the average Christian commits?
I hate to be a downer but we must be reminded that God only saved 8 people from the flood. It is estimated that the population on earth could have been as high 1 billion at the time of the flood almost 2000 years after Adam.
First, I know it's not the same thing I'm just pointing out if you and I were hanging out in 1999 BC eating a rabbit on a stick and speculating on how many God was going to save from the flood we both most likely would have guessed a higher number.I am not sure what you are getting at and I do not want to assume.
First, I know it's not the same thing I'm just pointing out if you and I were hanging out in 1999 BC eating a rabbit on a stick and speculating on how many God was going to save from the flood we both most likely would have guessed a higher number.
I hate to be a downer but we must be reminded that God only saved 8 people from the flood. It is estimated that the population on earth could have been as high as 1 billion at the time of the flood almost 2000 years after Adam.
Look, I was there counting them....the animals included, however due to paper shortage, ahhhhh, bark ie and poor quality crayons, I might have been out by one or two.....ahhhhh, let me just check my facts; one or two rabbits....they're quick you know!Pretty sure it was nowhere near 1 billion.
A distinct minority in comparison to the world. Not a minority when it comes to professing Christians imo. Christ said "many" will try to enter and not be able to. He didn't say "most" will not be able to enter.
Not only what you posted here, also in Romans 9:27 there were so many millions of Jews they were metaphorically compared to grains of sand of the sea yet only a small remnant would be saved (3,000 in Acts 2 at Pentecost). So even Biblical precedent indicates only a small minority of accountable adults to be saved....God's people have been in, are in the minority.I hate to be a downer but we must be reminded that God only saved 8 people from the flood. It is estimated that the population on earth could have been as high as 1 billion at the time of the flood almost 2000 years after Adam.
Christ not powerful enough?
Manna? Maybe the other five clean animals? Who knows. Good question. Maybe he put them in a state of hibernation. Maybe it was a DNA data base instead of actual animals who knows. We see through the glass dimly on Earth. All I know is if God said it, it happened.Hey guys,
What did the feed all the big cats and wolves?
Hey guys,
What did the feed all the big cats and wolves?
Yes I am!Can I get an Amen?!
(Is anyone else tired of reading posts like this?)
(Satire)
Yes but it must be in order
You can just claim “I’m born again” “I’m saved” don’t make you born again or saved!
matt 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Matthew 10:22
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Mark 13:13
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Rev 2:26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
Heb 3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
Heb 6:11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
1. Romans 11:22 – God’s kindness, if you continue in His kindness
2. Colossians 1:21-23 – holy and blameless, if you continue in the faith"
3. The race of faith: the example of Paul
4. Hebrews 12:22-25: "we shall not escape if we turn away from Him"
5. Hebrews 4:1-3, 9-12: "strive to enter the rest of God"
6.Hebrews 6:4-9 – those who became partakers of the holy spirit and fell away
7. Hebrews 10:23-29, 35-39: "if we sin willfully", "if anyone draws back".
8. Matthew 24:13: He that endures to the end, the same shall be saved
9. Hebrews 3:4-6: Holding fast our confidence firm until the end
10. Matthew 24:13: "But the one who endures to the end will be saved"
11. 1 John 2:24-25 – "if what you heard from the beginning abides in you"
12. 2 John 8-9 : to "everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ
13. 2 Peter 1:5-11 : "Make every effort to supplement your faith"
14. Philippians 2:12-16: "work out your salvation with fear and trembling"
15. 1 Timothy 6:10-16: the love of money
16. Galatians 5:2-4 "Severed from Christ"
17. 2 Timothy 2:11-13: "if we deny him, he will also deny us"
18. James 5:19-20: the wandered brother
19. Some will abandon the faith
20. 1 Timothy 5:8: "he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever"
22. The real family of Jesus: "Those who hear the Word of God and do it"
23. 1 Corinthians 5:5: "so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord"
24. Peter 2: "It would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness"
25. Jude: "Turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness" - a much relevant warning
26. 1 Cor. 9:27 ....Lest I myself might become a castaway
Romans 13:11
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
So salvation by “faith alone” is completely false and impossible!
Manna? Maybe the other five clean animals? Who knows. Good question. Maybe he put them in a state of hibernation. Maybe it was a DNA data base instead of actual animals who knows. We see through the glass dimly on Earth. All I know is if God said it, it happened.