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Do you think Christ would have believers kill enemies in war? Or for any reason? Is there any situation where disobeying Christ and killing enemies is acceptable?

“For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.”...

Part 1: The Doctrine of Limited Atonement (8): Scriptural Proofs Outline and Proofs from the Bible The overwhelming evidence from Scripture is that Christ came to save a very definite number of people (those given to him by the Father). In this regard, see the following texts: Matt. 1:21 “And...

Many solve crimes by following the money. But how do we find the Tares among the wheat? Jesus says the Tares or false Christians cause others to sin and do evil (Matthew 13:41). So instead of following the money, Why not spot some tares by following the path of destruction in their wake? “The...

Does God Change His Mind? “And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth...

First, when is God's Glory the greatest in salvation? Pelagius said people are not incapacitated by sin. They can save themselves without any help from God. In this, we can see Pelagius gets all the glory in salvation. Anyone who knows the bible might say he steals God's glory heaping it on...

Another way to put it is, are you saved because you chose to believe? Or did you spontaneously believe because you are saved? In view of this, I believe if a person must choose to believe, it is because they don't believe. But if you believe spontaneously, apart from any act of the will, it is a...

Why Universal Atonement is Pelagianism. In the end, Pelagius taught that people save themselves through obedience. That Christ didn’t save anyone. People must save themselves through works. The council of Ephesus condemned this as heresy and affirmed Augustinianism the truth according to the...

Have you ever noticed the Jews kept the Law by doing nothing? The Law said don’t steal so they wouldn’t steal. Or it said don’t murder, so they wouldn’t murder. But Jesus gave us insight into how to keep the Law by keeping the two great commandments from where the Ten Commandments came. That is...

According to Curtis Edwards, Pagan Pentecostalism: Its Roots: Sex, Sin & Slavery, Pagan Pentecostalism: Its Roots: Sex, Sin & Slavery: Edwards, Curtis: 9781500858087: Amazon.com: Books Voodoo was the religion of African slaves. And even before slavery, they would voodoo any religion they took...

A simple way to show the difference between them would be the mom and pop neighborhood grocery store, representing the nondenominational church. And the chain store representing the denominational church. And then the super chain store representing a major institutional denomination. What the...

Does the “except clause” in Matthew 19:9 allow remarriage after divorce based on adultery? “And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.”...

I haven't needed a doctor or Prescription medicine since the 1980s. But I developed a cough in the 2000s that I didn't want to offend others with. So I went to a Lutheran-sponsored clinic instead. The doctor, a Lutheran Lady said she would lose 80% of her walkins if they did this. Mix 1tsp of...

The first written history suggests Arnulf, the archbishop of Reims in the 10th century identified the Papacy as the Antichrist. Later Joachim of Fiore in the 12th century preached the Papacy was the Antichrist. This led to the martyrdom of many Albigenses, Anabaptists, and others who in part...

Traducianism: The view that in addition to the human body the human soul is transmitted from the parents to the child, rather than being created specifically for that human body by God ex nihilo (creationism). Although it may be dated to the patristic era, this teaching has been especially...

Baptism in Jesus’ name, Trinitarian style. The Command: “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:” Matthew 28:19 (KJV 1900) The Interpretation: “(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized...

What if everything you see in the world around you is God's eternal decree made visible by his creation of time, space and matter? In Hebrews 11:3 the writer says; “By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible.”...

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity The English word "Trinity" comes from Latin "Trinitas", meaning "the number three".[2] This abstract noun is formed from the adjective trinus (three each, threefold, triple),[3] as the word unitas is the abstract noun formed from unus (one). The...

Tongues and the Signs and Wonders Ceased, here’s why “Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is...

If you trace Israel to its roots, it is easy to see they are a religion and not a race. Abraham circumcised his 300+ soldiers and their families, all foreigners. At the time, Ishmael was his only circumcised household relative. But all became Abraham’s covenant seed through circumcision Genesis...