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Actually, in a way that's how Paul ordered his churches. Those who were in blatant unrepentant sin were evicted. Believers were instructed to have no dealings with believers living in sin.

You sound like you think that justification can't be reversed by erasing a name that was entered into the book of righteousness.

That's right because they are ex-born again unbelievers.

Apparently not.

To show how important having a functioning male sex organ was in ancient Israel, those who couldn't procreate were not allowed to be a part of the congregation of Israel. Until the grace of Christ, their name was essentially persona non grata. One with crushed testicles or castrated shall not...

This is hilarious how post modern thought tries to deconstruct bibllcal truth to try to normalize homosexuality. The context of Matthew 19:12 was marriage. Some men were "eunuchs from birth" because they were born with physical deformities that made it impossible for them to sire children, which...

I think he got banned. His profile no longer exists.

Good works are not a byproduct of salvation, but the very purpose of salvation. [Christ] who gave himself for us, that he should ransom us from all lawlessness, and should cleanse to himself an unusual people zealous of good works. Titus 2:14

This is the reason Israel abandoned Judah after Solomon's death. Ephraim was the firstborn who inherited the promises and then apportioned them to Israel. There was no birthright in Judah from which Israel could receive an inheritance. And all Israel saw that the king [of Judah] did not hearken...

IMO it's a new manifestation of the gnostic error, i.e., salvation by the knowledge that we're saved rather than salvation by abiding in Christ through faith. Anything that contradicts the knowledge that a person is saved is anathema, even scriptural admonitions that we must follow Christ to be...

The wedding clothes are δικαίωμα, i.e. works of righteousness.

The covenant in Genesis 15 was unconditional, but that one only had to do with promising to give the land to Christ. The covenant of circumcision in Genesis 17 was very much conditional; those who weren't circumcised were cut off from GOD.

The bible is filled with exactly that from cover to cover. Adam, I'm giving you everything in this garden to eat, but not the tree of life that will kill you if you eat it. Abraham, I'm giving you these promises because you believe me; now I want you to become circumcised and offer your son as...

It's also important that we not follow some imposter from Gorham, Maine. I just read something interesting that I bet accounts for Ellen G. White's madness. Here father worked with mercuric nitrate in his hat making business. "The phrase 'mad as a hatter' is associated with psychological...

I think when we get down to the basics we will find that there are those who think the gift is theirs to keep no matter what they do, and those who think the gift has conditions attached to it. The latter group recognizes that eternal security exists when those conditions are met, (this...

Did it ever occur to all the know-it-alls that maybe Abraham passed through the pieces after he divided them and was waiting for GOD to come and do the same?

There's no basis for saying Abraham didn't participate. Blood covenants were always performed by the parties involved. The circumcision covenant wasn't a blood covenant.

This just shows how some folks repeat things they've read without really knowing the truth behind the matter. Abraham was very involved in the blood covenant ceremony. He cut the animals in pieces and walked between them. Then he fell into a trance, or vision (not sleep), in which GOD spoke to...

Because I'm really not that interested in the issue. I can offer my opinion without having to devote my life to it.

Realistically I only see two options: lesbianism or bestiality. If you want to believe the former is OK with GOD, that will be for you to answer for.