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blue_ladybug

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. ​Phart got banned long before you joined. Unless you're a former member here who also got banned.. :confused: How else would you know what Phart sounded like??


I have read a lot of the past pages on this thread and if ralph sounds like anyone it is phart.
 

mailmandan

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Sorry Dan, I not buying your story that you don't have a clue what Images I am referring to, but I expected nothing more..
All I expect from you is false accusations and straw man arguments. :rolleyes:

I don't care about why you created your own Sabbath. Everyone has excuses.
Another straw man argument. I did not create my own Sabbath and I'm not a Jew who is under the law in the Old Covenant. I am a Christian in the body of Christ under the New Covenant.

*Sabbath keeping with all it's rules and regulations (Exodus 16:23; 31:12-18; 35:3; Leviticus 23:32; Jeremiah 17:21; 19:30; 23:2-3; Numbers 15:32-36; 28:1-10; 29:39-40; I Chronicles. 23:30-31; II Chronicles 31:2-4; Isaiah 1:13) was part of a covenant with Israel (under the old covenant) that is not binding on Christians under the New Covenant (Colossians 2:16,17).

The point is you have, the Pharisees have, but Jesus and Paul didn't, and the Gospel doesn't teach us to do this. Religious tradition does.
The Gospel teaches us about believing in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ as the ALL-sufficient means of our salvation (1 Corinthians 15:1-4; Romans 1:16) and does not teach us about your perverted Sabbath gospel.

Again, I'm just not buying your story that you don't know anything about the greatest High Day ever created by mankind. (A Catholic traditions) Especially given the number of posts you have made defending this great religious tradition that the Bible says nothing about, except, don't create your own "Feast unto the Lord". The Gospel of Christ does not condone such behavior. Religious traditions does.
I'm not buying your false accusations and straw man arguments.

The Gospel of Christ is also about "TRUTH" Dan. In it we are warned about "MANY" people, who come in Christ's Name (Christians) who preach lies about His Gospel. One such lie, is the lie that the Pharisees were trying to "earn" Salvation by following God's Laws. This is not true. They had created their own Laws, their own versions of God's Sabbaths, their own High Days and their own "righteousness". This lie then fuels another lie preached by the MCC that God's Laws are a burden and scourge of the world and that Jesus had to come back and save us, not from death or deception, but from the instructions of God. I am pointing out that the "Gospel" doesn't teach that the Pharisees were trying to please God with obedience to him, this is a lie. Preaching a lie about the Gospel is a sin, even when you place Jesus name on it, it is still a sin. The Gospel doesn't preach this lie, religious man does.
I already shared the Gospel TRUTH with you and it has nothing to do with the Pharisees trying to earn salvation by following God's Laws. Another straw man argument. Which church do you attend? SDA? Worldwide church of God (Armstrongism) or some type of Hebrew Roots movement?

I know you CAN'T accept this, but there are some who are reading along which will see the point.
I CAN accept that the Gospel is the "good news" of the death, burial and resurrection of Christ (1 Corinthians 15:1-4) and is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that BELIEVES.. (Romans 1:16). Can you ACCEPT this?
 
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He must not realize that NO ONE is righteous. He also doesn't realize that God deals harshly with false teachers..
Are you saying that we are not righteous before salvation or are you saying we are still not righteous after salvation?
 
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. ​Phart got banned long before you joined. Unless you're a former member here who also got banned.. :confused: How else would you know what Phart sounded like??
Did you even read what I posted?

I have read a lot of the past pages on this thread and if ralph sounds like anyone it is phart.
 
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FYI........Phart is now listed as a guest, not banned, from what I have read.:)

. ​Phart got banned long before you joined. Unless you're a former member here who also got banned.. :confused: How else would you know what Phart sounded like??
 

blue_ladybug

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We weren't righteous before salvation, in the sense of being perfect. Sinners is what we are, and none of us are perfect. Nor are we righteous (perfect) after salvation, because despite now being saved, we DO still commit sin on occasion... God Himself says that NONE are righteous.

Are you saying that we are not righteous before salvation or are you saying we are still not righteous after salvation?
 
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It's slang for bull poop.. lol
Why are you laughing? I read the OP's Blogs and he calls himself a Pastor of people and a Bible teacher. Why would he need to use slang or profanity to make a point?

Would you laugh, snicker and snort if he said BS or the actual word it means or worse from the pulpit or while teaching any age group, but particularly teenagers or kids?

Jesus said, For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

I understand slip ups and nobody is perfect, but the OP postures himself as a pastor and teacher of the flock and self control is a fruit any elder must have.
 

blue_ladybug

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Nearly everyone here has used the phrase bs at one time or another... usually when calling out another person's false teachings..


Why are you laughing? I read the OP's Blogs and he calls himself a Pastor of people and a Bible teacher. Why would he need to use slang or profanity to make a point?

Would you laugh, snicker and snort if he said BS or the actual word it means or worse from the pulpit or while teaching any age group, but particularly teenagers or kids?

Jesus said, For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

I understand slip ups and nobody is perfect, but the OP postures himself as a pastor and teacher of the flock and self control is a fruit any elder must have.
 
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FYI........Phart is now listed as a guest, not banned, from what I have read.:)
Interesting, I never said he was banned or a guest, I merely said Ralph sounded like him

my quote again:

I have read a lot of the past pages on this thread and if ralph sounds like anyone it is phart.

So the gotcha is on who now?
 

Magenta

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Interesting, I never said he was banned or a guest, I merely said Ralph sounded like him

my quote again:

So the gotcha is on who now?
Defensive much? Someone else was being quoted, addressed, and corrected...
 
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eternally-gratefull

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And neither do we deserve salvation because we are baptized. Faith is not an act of merit and neither is baptism but a necessary act nevertheless.

This is my point.
If it is required to be saved,. Then YES,. You deserve salvation by fulfilling the requirements.
 
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eternally-gratefull

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Okay ladybug where did EG answer the question. Why did God pick Abraham? I reread his response still don't see it.
It was NOT because abraham did some righteous deeds/. He was chosen BEFORE he did one deed.


 
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eternally-gratefull

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I have read a lot of the past pages on this thread and if ralph sounds like anyone it is phart.
they all sound alike, the only reason he is hooked up with Fran. Is she is the first one who mentioned him, and how he would come in here and set us straight.
 
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eternally-gratefull

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. ​Phart got banned long before you joined. Unless you're a former member here who also got banned.. :confused: How else would you know what Phart sounded like??
I am sure they are all back by now..lol
 
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Nearly everyone here has used the phrase bs at one time or another... usually when calling out another person's false teachings..
You are proving why people like Ralph have an issue with you and other folks. They might be calling out they see living unchanged, despite saying your saved, which includes not controlling your mouth, and what comes out of it.

You give them ammo when you think using a little bit of profanity, is a laughable matter and not a big deal, and then further suggest it is perfectly legit when coming agaisnt false doctrine.



Yet The Bible says:

James 3:8-12

[SUP]8 [/SUP]But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison. [SUP]9 [/SUP]With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God; [SUP]10 [/SUP]from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way. [SUP]11 [/SUP]Does a fountain send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water? [SUP]12 [/SUP]Can a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a vine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce fresh.

Prov 10:11-
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Prov 21:2

Every man’s way is right in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the hearts.

Eph 4:29-
[SUP]29 [/SUP]Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.

For an OP that says on his blogs he is Pastor David E. Dixon and claims he is a teacher of the word and Seminary trained, no unwholesome thing should ever come out of his mouth.

WHY?

2 TIm 2:24-26
[SUP]24 [/SUP]The Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, [SUP]25 [/SUP]with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, [SUP]26 [/SUP]and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.

James 3:1-7
Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment. [SUP]2 [/SUP]For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well. [SUP]3 [/SUP]Now if we put the bits into the horses’ mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well. [SUP]4 [/SUP]Look at the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot desires. [SUP]5 [/SUP]So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things.
See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire! [SUP]6 [/SUP]And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell. [SUP]7 [/SUP]For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race.