I disagree. I think Satan and his minions believe that God is the bad guy. There are some interesting allusions to this concept in the parables of Jesus.
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No unbeliever has this justification. I have no idea why you would ask such a thing.
I am just showing it takes an act, which is a works, to Believe and once we Believe, God rewards us with all that you have mentioned.
I Believe in God more than I ever have and I rely upon Him more than I ever have. Those are works to which God in return Blesses me more than I could ever desire and ask for!
And they are continual works every moment, hour, day, week, month, year!
And they are continual works every moment, hour, day, week, month, year!
No, I’m not saying that preacher. I know faith is a gift from God. Faith is a substance in the spiritual realm that when Father sees it manifest in our life, through Honly Spirit, the gift of Himself.....He gives us that which we are asking for.
I think you might just be in a nitpicking mood.
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No one claims it comes from us, don’t you get tired of falsely accusing people?
I'm not sure if you're aware of this but the Masoretic text was intentionally corrupted by Rabbi Akiba at about 100AD. The best Old Testament text we have is the Alexandrian LXX, and even this has a few problems, notably Ex 12:40 ("and in the land of Canaan"), which can be resolved when you understand that there were probably many copies of the Alexandrian LXX around, and the one that was eventually found (quite late mind you) probably had this error, whereas others and earlier ones did not, such the copies that Paul probably quoted from.
Just to let you know the Alexandrian LXX correctly adds about 1700 years to the Genesis patriarchs genealogies, whereas the faulty Masoretic text is 1700 years short, for reasons that are well known.
Basically that's what I believe, though adequately expressing it in the correct terminology can become quite difficult.
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necause He was chosen while others were not and will never have even a chance to be rescued.
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No
god offers all men,
only the people who humble themselves and become poor in spirit (spiritually bankrupt) will recieve it
the tax collector was justified because he called out in faith
the pharisee is rejected because he did not believe
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When you give someone a red x with no explanation or Even an attempt to show where they are wrong, you lose all form of credibility.
if you disagree with me, show me where I got it wrong, otherwise ignore me. Because I have no respect for you
if you disagree with me, show me where I got it wrong, otherwise ignore me. Because I have no respect for you
No.
I am suffering according to this:
All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution (2 Timothy 3:12).
No, Christ even said we are all given a measure of faith. This is in general to all humans. But we still must use this measure properly. By Believing in Christ, we have used it towards Salvation, which it was intended for. It's still a choice how we use it!
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See this is what they want us to think
there are 100 people in rough sees, all of them are drowning, non of them will survive unless they are saved, and non of them deserve to be rescued or can earn it
god comes and although god has the power to save all 100. He choses instead to save part of them and just lets the others drown.
and they want us to think we merit salvation, yet refuse to acknowledge they are special people because god chose them over others.
its sickening to be honest
there are 100 people in rough sees, all of them are drowning, non of them will survive unless they are saved, and non of them deserve to be rescued or can earn it
god comes and although god has the power to save all 100. He choses instead to save part of them and just lets the others drown.
and they want us to think we merit salvation, yet refuse to acknowledge they are special people because god chose them over others.
its sickening to be honest
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