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  1. Arsenios

    What is God's role in salvation?

    Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! Prepare the Way of the Lord! So was Jesus entire ministry... You gonna blow that off too? John came before Christ to prepare the Way for Him by man's repentance... That is still how it works... Arsenios
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    concupiscentia

    What you said! Doing good is a good thing... Always do the very best you can do, And God will take care of you... A.
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    Does prayer change things or does it only change us?

    <<<The following is for those with a sense of humor>>> So why even bother to pray then, right? Might as well head over to the drugs and alcohol counter and stock up, yes? And for sure, forget prayer and God... In fact, we should start a church teaching that God is totally arbitrary...
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    Does prayer change things or does it only change us?

    Sometimes I pray and nothing changes... Praying for God's Mercy is a good thing - For self and for others... Especially for others... I pray for others and my prayers are granted... For myself, then not so much... Pestering God with too much prayer is a good thing... Arsenios
  5. Arsenios

    What is God's role in salvation?

    Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! Prepare the Way of the Lord! Arsenios
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    What is God's role in salvation?

    You ARE Orthodox! And you are right... The withdrawal of Grace is itself a Grace... That we should know the work we still have before us... You look like a friend of mine named Seraphim... I deleted a bunch of messages - Should invest shekels in more storage... Arsenios
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    What is God's role in salvation?

    Of course it never saved me - It prepared the Way of the Lord... It is God Who Saves, not man... Man repents and God Saves... Arsenios
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    What is God's role in salvation?

    Had you hung with me then, you would not have recognized my repentance as repentance... And you would have perceived me as a discard from the human race... I denied God, and threw away my whole life to defeat my sin in me... Speak for yourself - You were not there... I repented before all...
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    Is cremation okay for the Christian?

    What Andrew said! Arsenios
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    Spiritual Warfare

    The following is taken from "The Arena" by Brianchaninov, a well known Russian Ascetic and teacher of hidden spiritual warfare to monks: CHAPTER 17: ON PRAYER Prayer is the daughter of the fulfillment of the Gospel commandments, and is at the same time the mother of all the virtues...
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    concupiscentia

    This would seem to imply that you have not had an encounter with God yet? Arsenios
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    concupiscentia

    There really is that link built into the grammar of both Latin and Greek: Greek: ἐφ᾿ ᾧ = EPI + hW = upon which (which = death) "And in this manner did death enter into all men, upon which all have sinned..." Latin: in quo = in which (which = death) Find an old fashioned Latin Priest and...
  13. Arsenios

    What is God's role in salvation?

    Grace is where God removes one's inclination toward sin from one's soul... Grace is where God gives one the power to not sin... Turning from and turning toward sin is man's to do... Doing it is by God's provision... We have both good and evil within us... Arsenios
  14. Arsenios

    What is God's role in salvation?

    True repentance is never doing the sin repented from again... "Feel-Bads" are your preoccupation... Repentance is ceasing from doing sin... It is not emotionalist smarm... Arsenios
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    concupiscentia

    Calvinists agree with you... I do not... Arsenios
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    concupiscentia

    To prevent immortalizing Death by Adam eating of the Tree of Life after his Fall... It was an act of Divine Mercy... Arsenios
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    What is God's role in salvation?

    When the call to repentance is by Divine Visitation, then yes, one will normally will be drawn toward God Who Called And this drawing TO God is in repentance FROM sin... Your FEELINGS about this will vary according to the one Called... But repentance is not toward God, but FROM sin... I lived...
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    Proverbs 26:4-5

    I have found that speaking establishes foolishness far more than silence... Arsenios
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    This verse used as a put down

    While your mileage may vary according to the flow of a conversation, the basic point is right on target... And unless you love the person with whom you are speaking, you will not be able to understand that person... We are to love our neighbor as our self... So we need to KNOW ourself in...
  20. Arsenios

    What is God's role in salvation?

    Without man BELIEVING IN God, the answer is yes... Without God, man can do nothing... He cannot even take his next breath... Yet there are many atheists who strive arduously to live lives purged of evil... They succeed and fail in varying degrees... Just like us Christians... Arsenios
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