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    The prodigal son?

    the Spirit of Christ who was in them Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you, searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the...
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    The prodigal son?

    When I’m teaching. The ministry of reconstruction is reconciling people to God through the Gospel. JPT
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    The prodigal son?

    The Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17 Repent means to turn to God. If you are called to turn to God, then by default you are called to turn from Satan as your lord. This is...
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    The prodigal son?

    Who is it that you think Abraham was in covenant with? the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. And I will make My covenant between Me and you When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am...
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    The prodigal son?

    The Gospel message. Repent for the kingdom of God is at hand. Those who are lost need to repent. JPT
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    The prodigal son?

    God doesn't leave the 99. He is in heaven seated upon the throne. It's up to us, to go after the lost. That is what He was teaching His disciples. Jesus is describing what we are to do, about sheep who have wandered away and become lost. He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son...
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    The prodigal son?

    A lost child who must repent. Lost = sinner in need of repentance; unjust - dead to God. Unreconciled I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance. Luke 15:7 Sinner is someone who is...
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    The prodigal son?

    Those who were circumcised and obeyed the Lord were seperated unto the Lord into covenant relationship: The Abrahamic Covenant. The law of Moses was added to the Abrahamic Covenant because of transgression of that Covenant law, which was walk before Me and be blameless. When Abram was...
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    The prodigal son?

    The lesson is clear, His sheep who wander off and become lovers st arecas sinners in need of repentance in order to be reconciled back to Him. Lost people need salvation. JPT
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    The prodigal son?

    Not born again a second time. Reconciled back to God. To be lost a person must first belong to God. One can not lose what one does not first own. “Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds...
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    The prodigal son?

    A sheep which represents one of God’s children who wander away and become lost has returned to being a sinner in need of repentance. Needing justification. Needing reconciliation. likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who...
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    The prodigal son?

    The 100 sheep belong to the shepherd, as they are His sheep: What man of you, having a hundred sheep “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? And when he has...
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    The prodigal son?

    Maybe you think the Apostle James is teaching a person who wanders from the truth will physically die. Your deceifullness is well noted. JPT
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    The prodigal son?

    Found in this parable means Reconciled back to God. Unless you believe Jesus is teaching us about livestock. JPT
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    Sabbath

    Do you understand what Paul is saying here? Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law. Romans 3:31 NIV Establish here is rendered uphold, in the NIV, as in a scale of weights that measure. The law of faith and the law of Moses have the same "weight"...
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    The prodigal son?

    Everyone dies a physical death except those who are left alive when Christ returns. There is no promise of not dying a physical death. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16...
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    The prodigal son?

    Can you define “found” from the scriptures? In our day as it was in the first century those who are lost need salvation. Spiritual birth. Born of God. Eternal life is knowing God innwhich we are joined to Him: one spirit with Him. In Christ. But he who is joined to the Lord is...
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    The prodigal son?

    not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs...
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    The prodigal son?

    Yes. Eternal death. Perish. The second death. Spiritual death. As opposed to natural death: physical death. Please explain how a soul dies, or perishes. JPT
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    The prodigal son?

    I’m not changing anything. I’m teaching what the scriptures say and you are denying what the scriptures say. It’s that simple. Sheep who become lost need salvation. A very simple concept. Born again is a reference to being born of God. His son. His own people. His sheep. Reconciled to...