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    Understanding God’s election

    The Son always agrees with the Father's will because the Son obeys the Father, but the Father's will does not always agree with the Son's will. Luke 22: 42 Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
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    Understanding God’s election

    John 6: 38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will but the will of him that sent me. Obviously, the Father and Son have different wills, but it is the will of the Father that the Son obeys. Notice that the Son obeys the Father's will even while up in heaven.
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    Understanding God’s election

    It is Jesus who died for everyone and it is he that is not willing that anyone should perish, but the Father's will includes His justice which has to be demonstrated to all beings. Rather than condemn everyone, HE displays his grace by saving a few of His choosing, not our choosing. Not only...
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    Understanding God’s election

    All things that come to pass includes the answers to our prayers. The Father in His infinite power can traverse His power throughout the history of humanity that includes past, present, and future. He is not limited or stuck in our present life like we are.
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    The Kerygma - God's Requirement for Salvation

    Never mind for meaning of POS. I just figured it out.
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    The Kerygma - God's Requirement for Salvation

    Hi GWH. You'll have to excuse my ignorance, but what is "POS"? Also, what is God's Way? I do know that the early Christians referred to themselves as "The Way", but what is God's Way? Thank you for your impending response.
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    The Kerygma - God's Requirement for Salvation

    Sure. The Father and Son are two different beings for the simple fact that they talk to each other. The Son is filled with the Father's Holy Spirit. From Isaiah 63: 9-10 the Holy Spirit is the angel of the Father's presence. Where the Holy Spirit is, the Father is. The Father fills His Son with...
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    The Kerygma - God's Requirement for Salvation

    There are no requirements for salvation because God does it all. 1 Cor 1: 29-31 That no flesh should glory in His presence. But of (by) Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of (by) God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption; That, according as it is written, He...
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    the Sabbath

    Rom 13: 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another; for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. The problem with humanity is their motivation for living, which is love of self above love of God first and love of everyone else as we love ourselves. The Father chooses (John 17: 2,9...
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    the Sabbath

    The Sabbath was God's day of rest. He had created our reality and then he stopped to let our history play out. That is how He rested because God does not need to rest. We are living in God's 7th day (the Sabbath) and we should keep our every days holy by loving God, worshiping Him, thanking...
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    The "God told me to tell you" Phenomenon

    I only trust God's Holy Spirit and what the Father and Son reveals to me from the KJV of the Bible. Should I trust what men say? When the revelations I get is congruous with all scripture, then I have no choice but to think of it as truth and to reveal it as God's truth, not mine.
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    The "God told me to tell you" Phenomenon

    I would just like to remind everyone of the Samaritan woman at the well who asked Jesus if they should worship at the temple in Jerusalem or at Jacobs' well. Jesus replied that there will come a time where they will worship at neither, but in spirit and in truth. Of course, I advocate a place...
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    The "God told me to tell you" Phenomenon

    The Bible is the inspired word of God written for and by each generation and to be interpreted and understood by such as experience and knowledge of the times allow. The false prophets are those that think that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are taking a break from the lifes of humans in each...
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    Understanding God’s election

    Rom 9: 14-16 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. For He saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then, it is NOT of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that...
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    Understanding God’s election

    Cornelius and family were already baptized during Peter's preaching because they received the Holy Spirit before Peter suggested water baptism. Peter was a Jewish Christian who still followed the Jewish tradition of getting spiritually cleansed by water baptism. John the baptist said that he...
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    Understanding God’s election

    By introspection. You can feel the love for God and people. Your are driven to learn from the Bible and to spread its messages. You can sense God directing your thoughts and actions. Your main goal in life is to do the Father's will. And finally, the understanding of the relationships of the...
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    Understanding God’s election

    Hi Everlasting- Grace. You've posted a lot of truths in this post. "no flesh shall boast in heaven" means that no one will say, " I made the right choice, or I chose to believe the right things about the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God does it all, and anyone who chooses to believe that they...
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    Understanding God’s election

    It's obvious to me that my whole post went over your head. Luckily, my posts are for everyone. I suggest for your sake that you get off your debate mode and turn to contemplate mode and pray for enlightenment.
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    Understanding God’s election

    How about, 3. Because of Adam and Eve's sin, we are all born with a conscience and all are born under the law because we have the knowledge of what is good and what is evil. No one is worthy because we all sin. What makes us sin is our motivation for living which is love of self above God and...