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Josiah ... Pleeeease ... When are you gonna stop the strawman arguements and putting words in my mouth and then using them to try to knock me down in order to bolster your own position? It's really gotten old, and you just keep coming off as arrogant and juvenile, and it's so unnecessary.
When...
Eve believed a lie and left Adam. (I know the feeling). Adam loved her and wanted to still be with her. He ate, too. (I know the feeling).
Without God, both were lost. (I know the feeling).
God shows His love grace and mercy in coming after them.
He sought them! (Amazing love).
They tried to...
Substitute: in place of
The whole point is that Jesus Christ did for us
what we could never do for ourselves.
That's substitution.
HE paid a debt He didn't owe, because WE owed a debt we couldn't pay.
Substitution.
HE was delivered for OUR offenses. Substitute.
HE died for the UNGODLY...
Good. So then we finally agree, we don't have to do any of those things, right?
Things like the whole is is is obsession become a moot point, because we're saved by grace, not by eating any bread, wine or wafers, even under the disappearance of Jesus, or putting a baby through the (sometimes...
Why crush it? There's always the option to keep hope and faith alive and thank the Lord for the second, third, (hundredth) chances He gives us, His children, at happiness and getting things right. :friends:
Again, it's understood that the video is by a Lutheran pastor, and so that is his interpretation of the matter, and he's entitled to it.
I'm not sure all christians agree, or even all Lutherans.
(Aren't there diff branches of Lutheranism?)
But this post REALLY has me scratching my head.
The...
Amen. Ppl are free to interpret and believe the scriptures as they see fit, but they shouldn't be insisting on others believing what and how they do.
Amen again. Some things are symbolic, some things are actual, some literal, some figurative.
Jesus is LITERALLY the Saviour because He saved us...
As the days click off the calendar, I'm getting more and more convinced that nearly everyone is either becoming hyper-religious or hyper-nuts! Or both! Or they're the same thing!
Isn't anyone growing less religious and more sane anymore?
(And believe me, after today, I'm questioning my OWN...
Why the false accusations?
Seems to be a popular thing these days, accuse somebody of saying something they didnt, then judging them for it, with others glomming on in a sort of 'our religion makes us better than you' mentality.
When did I say water-baptism can't be for children? When? Show me...
I guess you had to be there. I could've done better.
Just feel like I abandoned him in the end, was hard-hearted, so I guess I understand a bit more, in a much smaller way, how Jesus may have felt, being so faithful and loving to ppl who abandoned him, or even betrayed him, and that's kinda how...
I was only making an example from it. What we do, or don't do, when we love someone or something, sometimes says alot.
But then what we WANT to do is often hindered by money, circumstances, or interference from other sources.
Don't forget, there's an enemy that wants to see love stalled, broken...
Oh. In your other post you said it was true love. I was just agreeing with you. I was only focussing on that, the true love the person was showing towards their pet fish and comparing it to the importance of showing love in general and doing what we can to keep it alive.
I wasn't really...
Water baptism is an outward sign of an inward reality,
not a means to have our sins forgiven.
Too often the religious ppl simply trade one set of works or religious practices/rituals, for another, and make the Old and New Covenants seem like two sides of the same coin, the Jewish side and the...
The OP was a good explanation on one perspective from a Lutheran pastor, ..... I don't know if all agree.
I think if ppl want to do that with their babies, that's fine, ..... Dedication is too. Anytime ppl want to devote their lives and family to the Lord Jesus Christ I believe is a good thing...
That's a good example of letting the one you love know that you love them. That's important.
Too many just take it for granted, send it away, ignore it, forsake it, let it die. Very sad. I've been on both sides. I hate that I've done that in the past, as an unbeliever, but still no excuse. I...