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    IS GOD A RESPECTER OF PERSONS?

    God commanded Jonah to go and preach to Nineveh. Jonah CHOSE of his own free will to reject the command of God. Who won that contest of wills in the end? Jonah or God. God sent John the Baptist to call Israel to repentance. Saul of Tarsus CHOSE to disobey God’s command. God confronted Saul...
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    The Soul Survives Death

    I am not sure that taking scripture at literal face-value qualifies as “manipulation”, but let us set that aside. 1. Accepting your argument about the non-literal nature of Rev 6:9-11 as correct, how does that verse support your claim that the spirits were not alive? Even as symbolic, the...
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    concupiscentia

    Irrelevant. Serial killers are not performing ‘good works’ commanded by God to seek his favor (as the Pharisee and Jehovah’s Witnesses are). I have kicked no one. Jesus condemned the Pharisee in his parable, so I do no more than accept the judgement of God on the matter. I actuallly DO admire...
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    concupiscentia

    Were the works of the Pharisee and the JWs ‘good’? They certainly thought so, and you seem to believe that all ‘works’ are good. (Matthew 7:21-23 and Ephesians 2:10 suggest otherwise).
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    concupiscentia

    ... and NOBODY works harder at being good than the Jehovah’s Witnesses, So they must be MUCH closer to God’s favor and grace than the rest of us. Right? There is a difference between good works motivated by gratitude to God, and good works that spring from hubris, legalism and the sin of pride...
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    The Soul Survives Death

    [Rev 6:9-11 NASB] 9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained; 10 and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You...
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    The Soul Survives Death

    Supporting scripture was provided. The ball is in your court to prove that scripture does not support the conclusion, but your original claim is disproven. The scripture exists and has been presented.
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    The Soul Survives Death

    To distinguish those uses of the Greek word from radially different uses, like ... STRONGS NT 5590: ψυχή ψυχή, ψυχῆς, ἡ (ψύχω, to breathe, blow), from Homer down, the Sept. times too many to count for נֶפֶשׁ, occasionally also for לֵב and לֵבָב; 1. breath (Latin anima), i. e. a. the breath of...
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    Three days and three nights: Crucifixion timeline

    [Luk 24:19-21 NLT] 19 "What things?" Jesus asked. "The things that happened to Jesus, the man from Nazareth," they said. "He was a prophet who did powerful miracles, and he was a mighty teacher in the eyes of God and all the people. 20 But our leading priests and other religious leaders handed...
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    Three days and three nights: Crucifixion timeline

    This disagrees with the rest of the narratives. Why did the women find no guards at the tomb at sunrise on the First day of the week? If Jesus rose at sunset the night before, the guards had enough time to reach the priests, report the event and recover the tomb so no one would know that the...
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    Jesus Christ, died for all

    I will adress only one small part of all this. You sling mud with a broad brush on "a few radical Calvinists" who hold beliefs contrary to 'Christiandom' [a loose paraphrase because I do not wish to bother searching for your exact, oft repeated, quote] that clearly implies that everyone who...
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    Short story by your truly (Holy Spirit Baptism)

    [Mar 9:49 NASB] 49 "For everyone will be salted with fire. [Luk 12:49-53 NASB] 49 "I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 "But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished! 51 "Do you suppose that I came to grant...
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    Paul's description of salvation "in Christ"

    Thayer said: ὡς (Treg. (by mistake) in Matthew 24:38 ὡς; cf. Winers Grammar, 462 (431); Chandler § 934, and references in Ebeling, Lex. Homer, under the word, p. 494b bottom), an adverbial form of the relative pronoun ὅς, ἡ, ὁ which is used in comparison, as, like as, even as, according as, in...
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    Jesus Christ, died for all

    You have a very perculiar definition for words ... a justification that doesn’t necessarily accomplish any actual salvation, yet still counts as an ‘atonement’ and now a ‘son of perdition’ who was not necessisarially damned and a man that God ‘hated’ that He died to show his ‘love’ for. I...
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    Jesus Christ, died for all

    Satan and his demons were originally created in the image of angels of light, too. Image means nothing. It is all about the heart (inner being). [Jhn 8:41-47 NIV] 41 You are doing the works of your own father." "We are not illegitimate children," they protested. "The only Father we have is...
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    Jesus Christ, died for all

    Yup. Esau and Judas, to name two. (Rom 9:13; John 17:12) Yup. (John 10:15; John 10:26) Yup. (Mat 7:16-20; 1 John 2:19) Does that help? ;) :rotfl:
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    Jesus Christ, died for all

    At the risk of offending ... spoken like a Calvinist. SUFFICIENT for all. EFFECTIVE for the chosen. [Jhn 10:15-16, 25-26, 29 NIV] 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father--and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring...
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    Jesus Christ, died for all

    :popcorn:
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    Jesus Christ, died for all

    So you insist on discussing the one part that I specifically stated I did not want to discuss ... because it is an issue between you and MenoSota that has nothing to do with me. :( How can any Lutheran (assuming they believe as you do) be assured that they will REMAIN saved. Sure, you can...
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    Jesus Christ, died for all

    Setting aside the issue of what you may or may not have posted and whether or not the “dogma” is scriptural, might I ask what makes it “horrible”? Scripture is clear that few are saved and many are damned: [Mat 7:13-14 NIV] 13 "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is...
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