CharismaticLady
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I'm sorry but Paul called the BROTHERS- meaning BELIEVERS not unbelievers.
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Read it again. I said they were believers.
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I'm sorry but Paul called the BROTHERS- meaning BELIEVERS not unbelievers.
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and you said they lost their salvation when you said unsaved below:Read it again and comprehend what you I said. I said they were believers.
and you said they lost their salvation when you said unsaved below:
"Believers, but had gone back to being carnal - unsaved."
Yes, I have a Savior.
I was Free Will. Staunch Calvinism is confusing to me. It makes God a subject to his own creation of time, which is just ridiculous. I believe, as you do, that we are saved from our sins, not in them. I believe it might be very difficult to avoid all sins of omission, although I believe that God will, by the outpouring of His Spirit in latter rain power, accomplish even that in the last generation of the living when He returns for us. I don't believe I'm at the point where I never, ever sin. Just today I had a little too much to eat. I hope I can be forgiven. I believe I am being sanctified day by day, even though sometimes I have better days than others. I believe that He Who began a good work in me will be faithful to complete it. I believe there are many reasons Christ came to die for us, but the greatest is that He loves us (John 3:16). I don't believe things are as complicated as we often seem to want to make them. The two other Ps I suspect you're looking for--power and presence--are part of my understanding of why He came as well as the (p)enalty of sin. Justification, sanctification, and glorification, if you will.For someone with a short attention span, you did a remarkable job!!!
No, I'm not a fan of Calvinist Baptists. I guess there may be other Baptists, such as Free Will Baptists, but I have not seen a denomination of any kind that believes as I do now. So, you can't compare me to any denomination that I know of. It seems that they all believe that we will always sin until we die, as you said, which makes us need a savior. Always sinning is not my belief. Curious, do you believe 1 John 1:8 is talking about a born again Christian? "8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us."
You quoted out of Romans 7. But, at least, you quoted out of the best part. If you had gone one more verse you would see the reason Jesus came. It seems that many on the forum from all denominations, including SDA, seem to think that Jesus came to save us from the penalty of breaking the law, sin. You didn't address that, so what do you believe? Why did Jesus come to die for us?
I'm not done yet, but will pause to let you address these. (I had to laugh when you said when you were studying years ago you didn't have the internet)
Very thoughtful of you. I hate to rebut covenant theologies over and over. I feel like I'm harping and being argumentative. My position is simple enough, though. I don't believe the various covenants are of the same weight as the covenant with Israel (The Christian church is Israel--Romans 2:28-29, Romans 11, Galatians 6:16). You mention that circumcision was the sign of the covenant with Abraham and was carried over into Mosaic law and fulfilled in Christ. Was the rainbow of the covenant with Noah carried over to Abraham, Moses, and fulfilled in Christ? If not, why not? And if so could we be, once again, subject to destruction from God by flood? :)cc: @BarnyFife (don't want to leave you out of my thoughts.)
Edit your post all you like. I don't answer questions calculated to ensnare. There are no strings on me.Please elaborate.
Does the Saviour make you perfectly obedient to the commandments of God from conception into eternity?
I don't believe the various covenants are of the same weight as the covenant with Israel (The Christian church is Israel--Romans 2:28-29, Romans 11, Galatians 6:16). You mention that circumcision was the sign of the covenant with Abraham and was carried over into Mosaic law and fulfilled in Christ. Was the rainbow of the covenant with Noah carried over to Abraham, Moses, and fulfilled in Christ? If not, why not? And if so could we be, once again, subject to destruction from God by flood?
Very thoughtful of you. I hate to rebut covenant theologies over and over. I feel like I'm harping and being argumentative. My position is simple enough, though. I don't believe the various covenants are of the same weight as the covenant with Israel (The Christian church is Israel--Romans 2:28-29, Romans 11, Galatians 6:16). You mention that circumcision was the sign of the covenant with Abraham and was carried over into Mosaic law and fulfilled in Christ. Was the rainbow of the covenant with Noah carried over to Abraham, Moses, and fulfilled in Christ? If not, why not? And if so could we be, once again, subject to destruction from God by flood? :)
No; because it was not given through Moses but through Abraham first.
Moses did re-institute the practice at Gilgal.
But it was passed down from Abraham.
No, thank you.
Just before Jesus ascended into heaven, what did Jesus tell the disciples to wait in Jerusalem for, and what would it do for them? If you find this out, you will know the answer. Also, what did He tell Nicodemus?
I need to take this in stages. I want you to think first.
OK OK. That does not negate the point i was makin.
Which of these, the 10 commandments or circumcision do the scriptures say bring us into “bondage” {Gal.4:24}?
And the winner is....
GALATIANS 5 [1] Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and BE NOT ENTANGLED AGAIN WITH THE YOKE OF BONDAGE. [2] Behold, I Paul say unto you, that IF YE BE CIRCUMCISED, CHRIST SHALL PROFIT YOU NOTHING.
And again...
GALATIANS 2 [3] But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was COMPELLED TO BE CIRCUMCISED: [4]And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might BRING US INTO BONDAGE:
Thinkin Thinkin Thinking. Im thinking you answered my question with a question. Are you into politics? Biden your time before answering
Edit your post all you like. I don't answer questions calculated to ensnare. There are no strings on me.
Speaking of signs of the covenants, the Sabbath was the sign to the covenant to the Jews in the Ten Commandments, Exodus 31:13
And to the church in the new {Jew and Gentile}
EZEKIEL 20 [12] Moreover also I GAVE THEM MY SABBATHS, TO BE A SIGN between me and them, that they might know THAT I AM THE LORD THAT SANCTIFY THEM.
The sabbath is a sign between God and his people that the “Lord does sanctify them”.
ISAIAH 66 [15] For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.[16] For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.[17] THEY THAT SANCTIFY THEMSELVES, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, EATING SWINE'S FLESH, and the abomination, and the mouse, SHALL BE CONSUMED together, saith the LORD.
I just love “Day of the Lord” scriptures. No one can claim that that those scriptures are only for ancient Israel. Day of the Lord scriptures are for ALL His people. Jew and gentile. There is no difference. Anyways, if THE SABBATH IS A SIGN THAT GOD SANCTIFYS YOU. Who are those that “sanctify themselves”? Pretty simple to figure out.