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  1. Arsenios

    Jesus Christ, died for all

    Jesus died for sinners... Do you know anyone not qualified? Arsenios
  2. Arsenios

    Paul's description of salvation "in Christ"

    Indeed those who are saved are "in Christ"... And Paul further tells us how we become "in Christ"... Rom 6:3 Know ye not, that as many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? We are IN Christ because we have been Baptized INTO Christ... Indeed - And to...
  3. Arsenios

    Save yourselves?

    Simply look up the Greek - It is an aorist passive imperative: "'Be ye saved' from this pernicious generation..." "Save yourselves" is an acceptable gloss, but is a tad exegetically misleading... eg He is not telling them to "save themselves" but instead to "be saved"... Man cannot save...
  4. Arsenios

    Jesus Christ, died for all

    This passage is about Christ's disciples... Christ died for sinners... Do you know anyone who does not qualify? Arsenios
  5. Arsenios

    The Soul Survives Death

    The difference between heaven and hell is the condition of the person finding his soul in Christ in the Age to Come... Christ is Heaven to those who love Him... He is hell to those who hate Him... The Lake of Fire is Christ to those who hate Him... God will determine, at the dread Last...
  6. Arsenios

    How Smart is Self?

    Let us hope self is smart enough to be willing to enter into denial of self... But it is better to say, Let us hope that YOU become willing to follow Christ... And then that YOU deny your self... Matt 16:24 If anyone is willing... After Me to be following... First let him deny himself...
  7. Arsenios

    What is God's role in salvation?

    Thank-you... A.
  8. Arsenios

    What is God's role in salvation?

    Your Church did not write the Bible... Mine is the Church at Antioch where Paul established it in Syria 2000 years ago... Paul wrote about half the New Testament... Who established your church? Why do you act like a spitting little brat? Do you find bravery in you anonymity here? Arsenios
  9. Arsenios

    What is God's role in salvation?

    We wrote the Bible for you... Are you now calling the Bible speculation?? Arsenios
  10. Arsenios

    What is God's role in salvation?

    No we don't... :) Be careful of those three accusatory fingers of yours pointing straight back at your heart... Did you know that demon means accuser? Did we not already have this conversation? Better duck quick! !!!Quack!!! Too late... Fell for the anonymity trap I betcha! Nobody knows...
  11. Arsenios

    What is God's role in salvation?

    We don't... A.
  12. Arsenios

    What is God's role in salvation?

    Why speculate? Arsenios
  13. Arsenios

    What is God's role in salvation?

    I prefer to look to the New Testament... So you are going to look to the customs of the Hebrews with divorce in the offing? Only if you want divorce from Christ... Arsenios
  14. Arsenios

    What is God's role in salvation?

    So Lammchen, your avatar indicates that you are 52 years old, female, and married... So I ask you, because we are discussing the Marriage of the Lamb, about marriage... Is Marriage a work or a free gift? Is it monergistic or synergistic? All gift by one, no gift by the other? Arsenios
  15. Arsenios

    What is God's role in salvation?

    I agree that the Gift of God is God Himself, and that nothing created can EVER earn God... God did not set up His Ekonomia of Salvation on earth for man to EARN God, but to WIN Him... And in the process for Him to WIN you... This is perhaps the deepest Mystery of God's Salvation for man...
  16. Arsenios

    What is God's role in salvation?

    The issue of what Salvation is has been shut down, so that when we say the same words, we mean very different things... So I will agree with something you say, and then show you how I understand its meaning... I am but giving you the Orthodox understanding as lived consistently in the Orthodox...
  17. Arsenios

    Save yourselves?

    Is there a passage that tells us that the Gift is Free? I have managed, in my old age, to remember that we are to Count the COST of Discipleship... Arsenios
  18. Arsenios

    Save yourselves?

    Yes - God Calls you to repentance... Therein is the Grace to repent - At least enough to begin... And then you begin repenting... Or not... Or start and then stop... Or don't and then do... Arsenios
  19. Arsenios

    Save yourselves?

    Welcome to the passive imperative of the Greek... I agree, yet it is used... So the question is not how to deny it meaning, but what meaning to affirm... How can you command a person to have something done to him? We tell people to get a haircut... We do not tell them to be haircutter...
  20. Arsenios

    Save yourselves?

    It is a passive imperative... "Be you saved from..." And it tells you what to DO to BE Saved BY God... Arsenios
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