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Sigh... things never change even after me being gone for so long.....

it is not works it is a matter of the heart between God and the person how many sins must you repent of? that is the wrong wuestion rather you sohlud ask who is it that saves me from my sins and that is Jesus he died so that you would not have to repent of every sin you have made you have a...

yes but one cannot believe in Christ until their hearts are brought to the point where they can believe be that a repentant heart or a heart longing for something more a heart must go through a certain change first or else believing in him will not result in a changed heart at least not a...

you can believe anyone can believe in God or salvation but unless the heart is changed it will not do any good

repenting of sins and not sinning are not the same a repentant heart may still sin as we are still subject to human nature but to obey the law is boiled down to one thing love. A loving heart obeys the law simply by having love in their heart and you have to take his grace into account as well...

I don't see how anyone can think otherwise I mean without repentance you won't die to your old self you will continue to love your sinful ways and one simply cannot be saved from sin if they don't want to be

Repentance has to come before we are saved but there is also true surrender which has many levels to it. True surrender is a spiritual experience and is like repentance but on a deeper level of devotion to him a true heartfelt surrender changes you and you live differently by instinct.

It has been this way for a while now and will only get worse as time goes on.

no I understood you were saying he can appear like fire but that also isn't the only way he uses fire it is not just for judgement it also is a certain kind of fire that gives life. And yes I learned the hard way to be careful what you ask or say I prophesied my own demise with my eyes saying...

I mean nothing against people like that but the spirit speaks to the spirit and it just disturbed me inside. The regenration thing is equally misunderstood

I was not meaning to argue against that but while yes he does speak in a still small voice at times we also cannot forget or water down the holy spirit either. But being baptized by holy fire is another one that I hear people speak of along with regeneration and even these things are often times...

The hebrew word for fire is esh and the meaning has several meanings including judgement but it also is a metaphor for divine power. the holy spirit himself is not fire just he is also not the wind itself but the hebrew word for wind is spirit and the usage of fire in scripture can be seen as...

I sing a song to the Lord for his joy has filled my heart and lifted my soul my voice echoes loudly in worship for he has been good to me. Though the armies of the deciever come against me my joy is in the Lord and in the Lord I will be assured. Deeply I desire to sing to my kind in his place of...

is anyone here actually a calvinist? not just being accused of one but actually a calvinist I ask because it seems to be a bad thing in peoples eyes? I don't know much about them so I am not sure why it is so bad what are their core beleifs?

then what was your point exactly?

hellow lafftur I have missed you

honestly I think this thread has gotten out of hand there is to much slandering and we may disagree with each other but we also all have one thing in common we all love our God

Sometimes we can say all the right things but to no avail some simply refuse to listen. It requires a teachable heart to be in debates such as this if you just see what you believe and nothing else then even if the truth is shown to you then you will be blind to it and instead blindly follow...

I wanted to give this to you, this is where your loved one is

Oh I am so sorry for your loss and welcome to cc, you know I may have a poem for you if I can find it it may give you some encouragement