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GodsGrace101

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Ha ha ha ha ha ha,

Oh sorry, this just made me laugh, have faith in you? Ha ha ha ha ha...

Faith must be earned, god has earned my trust, you? You have earned your reputation.
GOD can EARN your trust...

But YOU can't EARN salvation.

Guess you're better than God.
Talk about pride....
 

lightbearer

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i am sorry that you can't understand my answers.

but we've been asking you a very, very simple question: is Christ God?

but i think it's more telling that a person absolutely refuses even to address this extraordinarily fundamental thing, than it is for a person to give a somewhat mysterious reply to one of the greatest mysteries in scripture.
Why? This question was asked to divert from the topic which was being discussed.
Nothing more than a Deceptive ploy.
On and on.....4 pages or so in. LOL
 
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No comment to such ignorance.

I'll only say this...
This is one church that does not practice SSMs.
They believe abortion is murder.
They'be tried to keep the govt off our backs.

You do know some pretty strange things about them BTW.
Things I don't find in the CCC.
Their manual for their beliefs.

Just like you didn't know about concupiscense,
you know very little about catholicism.
Fran, cut the crap....your'e the one that posted some flippant definition of concupiscence that was wrong and everything I posted about the Catholic Church was true and their mode of practice.......YOU WILL never make the cut if you cannot be honest..........and that is one of the qualities you lack.....HONESTY and being honest with the truth
 

gb9

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Why? This question was asked to divert from the topic which was being discussed.
Nothing more than a Deceptive ploy.
On and on.....4 pages or so in. LOL
still waiting on a yay or nay on Sabbath.

optional or required?
 

Magenta

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GOD can EARN your trust...

But YOU can't EARN salvation.

Guess you're better than God.
Talk about pride....
EG has been telling you for quite some time that salvation is not earned while you oppose just about any who say likewise.
 
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UnderGrace

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The question remains for you sir, is Christ Jesus fully God and fully human?

I guess as the experts in greek and concordances cannot answer the questions I will have to. I gotta tell you, I’m not that bright, no more than an average IQ at best, shame on you scholarly types



My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one AS we are one – 23 I in them and you in me – so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me



How can believers be in Father and Son? Through the Holy Spirit who dwells in them, there is no other way. just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us

So Father and Son are in each other through the Holy Spirit.



I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they(believers) may be one as(AS) we are one



How can believers be as one?

then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Phil2:2



Believers can be as one, of one heart and one mind through the Spirit who dwells in them and leads them into truth. That is the only way believers can be as one.

And Jesus said:

that they may be one AS we are one – 23 I in them and you in me – so that they may be brought to complete unity

Unity of purpose/belief, of one heart and one mind through the Holy Spirit. The answer to both questions relates to the Holy Spirit.



The Holy Spirit fully resides in Christ, we get a portion of that Spirit.
 

Goodnewsman

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I dont know if any of you have been locked up.

But let me tell you: living on probation SUCKS. Its EASIER to make a mistake when on probation, because someone is constantly breathing on your NECK

Obedience is actually easier as a FREE MAN. If you've been on it, YOU Know what im saying is true

@unclesilas @GodsGrace101 @Goodnewsman @Argueless @alltheothers

Read this:

proof of eternal security 100% irrefutable:


Joh 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
Joh 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
Joh 10:29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

I highlighted the word "I know them" because Jesus KNOWS the sheep. Now this proves sheep will always be sheep:

Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

There Jesus casts folks into hell and He NEVER knew them, not used to know them.

CANT REFUTE IT. Will you believe it? its irrefutable, this will never be touched. I will probably keep bringing this up OCCASIONALLY from now on.
one thing worse than no security is false security

i have already explained John 10:27.......lets do it again

John 10:27-28 (KJV)
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

notice: "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me."

dont deny the plain statement of God's Word -- "My sheep follow me." There are no exceptions allowed.

these are all present-tense statements. "They are hearing My voice"; "they are following Me"; "I am giving eternal life"; those who are so doing "shall never perish."

There is absolutely nothing in this scripture, or anywhere else in the Bible, to give false confidence to any who are not now following the Lord, whatever their past might have been.


Nobody on this website is authorized to rewrite this passage to read, "They once heard My voice and followed Me, and I give unto them eternal life."

By no stretch of the imagination can these verses properly be supposed to give security to wandering, straying sheep, who go after the thief that comes to steal, kill, and destroy (v. 10).

Reduced to its simplest logic, this passage asserts: All who are secure are Christ's sheep; None who do not follow are Christ's sheep. Therefore, none who do not follow are secure.


 

GodsGrace101

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Fran, cut the crap....your'e the one that posted some flippant definition of concupiscence that was wrong and everything I posted about the Catholic Church was true and their mode of practice.......YOU WILL never make the cut if you cannot be honest..........and that is one of the qualities you lack.....HONESTY and being honest with the truth
I posted the definition of the catholic church
which USES the word concupiscense.

I posted the paragraph from the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
I posted the source.

YOU used a DICTIONARY.

Why didn't you go to the Greek?

My definition was not flippant.

Yours was dear sir.

What cut am I TRYING to make?
I thought we were SAVED FOREVER AND EVER and could never lose our salvation no matter what.

Bonne Nuit
 
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right??

and then i answer him 4 times, his own questions, so he still refuses to confess Christ, and says he's 'forced to put me on ignore'

it's hilarious! and very sad, at the same time.
I have no problem saying that JESUS is LORD, CHRIST and GOD.............Immanuel, the Son of MAN, the Savior of the world, King of Kings, LORD of Lords, the Great I am, Yeshua, and every other title afforded him in scripture.........The Good Shepherd, The Vine, The Son of David, The Living Bread that came down from Heaven
 

Magenta

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i am sorry that you can't understand my answers.

but we've been asking you a very, very simple question: is Christ God?

i don't even care if you have to give an oblique answer -- but i think it's more telling that a person absolutely refuses even to address this extraordinarily fundamental thing, than it is for a person to give a somewhat mysterious reply to one of the greatest mysteries in scripture. i didn't ignore you; that wouldn't be love. you on the other hand, slapped your hand over your mouth, covered your eyes with a veil, and plugged your fingers in your ears.

what do you want me to think of you?
No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

Jesus is LORD :)
 

gb9

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I posted the definition of the catholic church
which USES the word concupiscense.

I posted the paragraph from the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
I posted the source.

YOU used a DICTIONARY.

Why didn't you go to the Greek?

My definition was not flippant.

Yours was dear sir.

What cut am I TRYING to make?
I thought we were SAVED FOREVER AND EVER and could never lose our salvation no matter what.

Bonne Nuit
you have stated yourself you do not care about the greek language.

if he would have gone there, you would have slammed that also.
 

unclesilas

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The question remains for you sir, is Christ Jesus fully God and fully human?
Now if you, or posthuman, or anyone else had answered the questions earlier, we would have reached unity long before this wouldn't we. The Spirit of the Father is the Spirit of the son:
You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ Rom8:9

Gods spirit fully resides in His Son, and Christ has the title God.
Now please do not try and argue this anymore, for I will ignore it if you do, and put you on ignore if I must. If you were anywhere near an expert on this subject you would have answered those two simple questions yourself
 

GodsGrace101

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you have stated yourself you do not care about the greek language.

if he would have gone there, you would have slammed that also.
Oh lighten up.
Don't you know sarcasm when you hear it?

Good night.