Ezekiel 18:24-26
24“But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die. 25“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ Hear now, O house of Israel! Is My way not right? Is it not your ways that are not right? 26“When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and dies because of it, for his iniquity which he has committed he will die.
E, I'm not here to debate this with you...
but to show you that both doctrine can be supported by scripture.
We both believe we're right.
So HOW to decide who really is?
It can't be done...this argument has been going on forever...even before Jesus was born.
So it's not enough to turn to scripture to check what one teaches...like a pastor, for instance. It takes more.
Hi H ~
Colossians 1:22-23
22yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach— 23if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister. [/QUOTE]
"He has"...."you"..."His"...
This is about Jesus...who Fulfilled "HIS" mission "HE" came to Accomplish on Earth.
He said: He came to GIVE HIS Body of Flesh, for the LIFE of the World.
John 6:51
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51] I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Just Before Jesus' Body of Flesh DIED on the Cross...He SAID...
John 19
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30] When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said,
It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
What was "FINISHED"?
WHAT "HE" came to "ACCOMPLISH".
(Isaiah notifies us the Word of God would NOT RETURN to God, void, without having Accomplished what he was sent to Do)
Isaiah 55:
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11] So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall
accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
John 19
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28] After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now
accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
SO WHAT expressly did Jesus come to ACCOMPLISH?
He came TO GIVE HIS FLESH...FOR the Life of ....who? The ENTIRE WORLD.
Did He give HIS Flesh body?
...Yes
AND...So, HE, Christ Jesus Accomplished what HE, was sent tO DO?
...Yes
AND EVERY man of the ENTIRE WORLD ... HAS a GIFT from thee Lord God?
...Yes?
But, But But....Giving BY THE Lord God...
IS ONLY HALF of the EQUASION...
What ABOUT EVERY man of the Entire world?
Does a man HAVE TO "TAKE" the Gift?
OR
IS the Lord Gods GIFT, "FORCED" upon Every man of the Entire World?
Giving is what the Lord God has Accomplished.
"TAKING" is what is NOT ACCOMPLISHED, by every single man of the Entire world.
I can notify you I HAVE a GIFT for you.
I can notify you it is especially FOR YOU.
I can tell you WHAT the GIFT is.
I can hand deliver the Gift TO YOU...
Does that mean YOU MUST "TAKE" IT?
No.
Thee ALL KNOWING Lord God...KNEW not ALL men WOULD "TAKE" His Gift.
Does that UNDO, Him having GIVEN His Gift to them? No.
Does a man WHO REJECTS "TAKING" His Offered Gift, mean, His Gift was NOT given them? No.
It means THEY REJECTED and REFUSED to "TAKE" His GIft.
Thee ALL Knowing Lord God....informs us...
HE caused DIVISION among men.
Luke 12
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51] Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather
division:
He HAS Given His Gift of Salvation to the Entire World.
He FORCES NOONE to TAKE His GIFT of Salvation.
Those WHO freely Choose TO TAKE HIS GIFT...are DIVIDED FROM...
THose WHO freely Choose TO REJECT HIS GIFT.
BOL argues about this repeatedly, because he FAILS to recognize, the Lord Accomplished GIVING His Gift to ALL...but that many REJECT TAKING the Lords Gift., and thus Lose their Gift.
BOL teaches a man ACCEPTS the Lords Gift, and can THEN reject the Lords Gift..which is false.
Every man has been GIVEN the Lords GIFT, when the Lord's flesh died on the Cross.
Every man MUST TAKE the Lords Gift or forfeit it, and BE without it, by rejecting it,
(Not by taking it then throwing in back in the Lords face, as BreadOfLife teaches).
Once a man HAS FREELY chosen to ACCEPT the Lords Gift of Salvation....it's a one time event of YOUR Acceptance and the Lord God Accepting YOU GIVING YOUR FLESH unto DEATH....JUST AS HE DID.
Just as IF I offered you A gift....you either take it or reject it. You do not over and over and over Take the Gift I offered to you.
The Lord God provided the SECURITY "IN" His Gift He Gave to the Entire World...
If a man hearing and learning and believing IN the Gift thee Lord God provided, that man IS IN the Security of the Lords Gift....
If that man NEVER TAKES possession, by Agreeing to ACCEPT the Lords Gift....He loses his security, his salvation, his gifts of measures of faith ..... ie all the things thee Lord God has GIVEN for the Entire World.
Just as if YOU refused a Gift I had for you...
You don't take "it"... YOU thus do not HAVE IT... By your own Choice YOU rejected it.
Have you been IN a Church building, observing men following the teaching of Jesus Christ, praising Him, learning about Him, believing in Him...being enlightened, secure in learing about His gifts of salvation and quickening....??
And then NEXT WEEK...they Choose to Give their life to the Lord and Accept His Gifts?
What about LAST WEEK? Were they Saved or Born Again? No.
Were they being given measures of Faith? Yes
Were they being warned to stay the course or they put themselves in jeopardy, vulnerability of influences of the corruption of the world, to maybe Walk away and follow something other than thee Lord God? Yes.
Were they taught, they have to Choose to submit to the Lord ... or not? Yes.
Were they taught, Their Submission, is a Choice to BE SURE OF...Because it is FOREVER? Yes.
Is it a choice from their Logical mind God accepts? No.
Why not? Because the Carnal Mind is Against God....and wishy washy, ever changing to boot!
It is a choice from their Natural spirit in their heart...God accepts? Yes.
And right after they Confess their belief, from their natural spirit in their heart...
What does God do?
Gives them a NEW SPIRIT.
And NEW HEART.
Ezek 11:19
Ezek 18:31
Ezek 36:26
Does God give a man A NEW SPIRIT, that will REJECT GOD? No
Does God give a man A NEW HEART, that will REJECT God? No.
And what about the OLD natual spirit and old heart..........DEAD!
Can a DEAD MAN, who knows nothing, then know to ACCEPT or REJECT God? No.
So....a natural spirit in a natural heart of a natural man..is THAT which ACCEPTS their Lord Gods GIFT of Salvation.
And ONCE a man ACCEPTS the Lords Gift...
FROM that natural mans natural spirit in his natural heart......
The mans flesh is crucified dead with Christ.
The mans OLD spirit becomes dead.
The mans OLD heart becomes dead.
The mans Corrupt SOUL becomes Restored, back to what it was...(which was good, as Gen taught GOOD is how God described His creation of mankind).
So....then HOW many times was the Lord crucified? Once
How many times does the Lord forgive a man for being born in sin and having committed sin against Him? Once
What is a mans SIN against God?
......Disbelief
How does the man REMAIN FOREVER IN BELIEF IN God?
......By the POWER of Gods Spirit within a man.
How many times is a mans soul restored?
once
How many times is a man born again and he receives a new spirit?
Once
How many times is a man given a new heart?
Once.
....How many times can Gods Spirit come and go in and out of NATURAL men?
....MANY TIMES.
How many times can thee Lord Gods Spirit come and go in and out of a CONVERTED man?
....Come IN Once and Never Leave.
Yes Scripture teaches Men IN the process of learning are secure....
They are being enlightened, believing, following....and at the same time being taught they are still vulnerable to the worlds corruption, and without their ACCEPTANCE of the Lords Gift, they ARE at risk falling away.
Glory to God,
Taken