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You're referring to Matthew 7:21-23
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done...
One of my very favorites is Galatians 4:4-5
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
The decision for what? To have your sins forgiven? That was done by Christ. Salvation is by grace through faith and it's not just to follow God, but to believe in the Savior who died for your sins.
That doesn't make sense because if the people were already sick/dying then warning about communion wouldn't even help them. That's why your explanation simply does not work.
Does it seem as if the USA is split into two very different kinds of people? The Left and Right are at odd at almost everything and you see that when one President is in office, he reverts all the things the previous President did and the President after him will do the same thing if it's the...
Salvation is "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast." Ephesians 2:8-9
My husband doesn't want me to make it because there was a popular book back in the 80s called Real Men Don't Eat Quiche. He never read it, but the title alone bullied him into thinking he couldn't eat it or he'd be made fun of.
Jesus also taught that we should repent. We aren't always fruitful and we still sin in these bodies, so maybe someone catches you on a bad day. Do you think they'd think you were a believer because you weren't showing good fruit that day? As the OP said, salvation is not based on our merit, and...
The breaking of the bread is not what I was referring to, it was the other part about the body being broken which seems to be a newer addition and not in the originals.
Paul's warning doesn't reflect any of that sentiment you try to insist upon. Here is the verse again:
Whoever, therefore, eats...