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  1. Arsenios

    concupiscentia

    It says exactly that - That we inherit death, not sin nor the guilt of sin, but death itself, "UPON WHICH all have sinned..." EPH'W = EPI HW = UPON WHICH... This commentary obfuscates the very plain meaning of the text by torturing the grammar... Now you can argue that not all have sinned...
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    concupiscentia

    Paul writes that it is Death that is the cause of sin... Rom 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death (entered into the world) by (that) sin; So also death passed into all men, upon which (entry of death into all men) all have sinned: Arsenios
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    What is God's role in salvation?

    I saw that you too were... fwiw, I proved to God, after I came to know Him, that He does not exist... His reply was hmmmmmm.... Turns out that in the Orthodox Apophatic Theology I am right... God GIVES existence, and takes it away... He is WAY beyond existing and not existing... I was an...
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    What is God's role in salvation?

    It is not a point, Lamm - It is the Way of the Christian Life... It is as much as we can do to imitate God... Mat 11:29 Take My yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Salvation is not of yourself... Nor is God's...
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    The Random Acts Of Kindness Week

    Becoming a spiritual opportunist, looking for random acts of kindness to do, is a good thing... The more you do it, the better you get at it... But always, when anyone grieves you, silently say a prayer for them... And seek their forgiveness, even if only in prayer... Arsenios
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    Is cremation okay for the Christian?

    I mis-posted - I should have said the "Prayers of Forgiveness," which are included in the Funeral Service which is not given for those cremated... For us, death is entry into eternal life, and that journey needs the prayers of the Church... In it our souls will be tried, no longer having free...
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    Is cremation okay for the Christian?

    Cremation is simpler and less expensive and more portable, no question... Especially if you wake up in there! Personally I like the idea of re-joining the food-chain - Lay out the corpse for the birds and mice and rats to eat... A silly notion - Many Saints were martyred by fire... I...
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    What is God's role in salvation?

    I lived 36 years as an atheist in repentance from a major sin simply because it did not belong in me... I sought to understand it so I could heal it or overcome it... When I failed I met God... The very God Whose existence I had denied... And Whose followers I had so detested... Unloving and...
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    Proverbs 26:4-5

    Here we are instructed to answer a fool according to his folly... Not in order that we become like him... But in order that he not become wise in his own eyes... Two ina (in order that) clauses conjoined by alla (but instead) God Bless the Septuagint! Arsenios
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    Three days and three nights: Crucifixion timeline

    And of course they are talking with the Risen Christ... Arsenios
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    Our special Earth

    Well, commercial aviation does fly "great circle" routes for fuel economy... And does so in all directions... Affirming a global shape... Arsenios
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    What is God's role in salvation?

    When God Calls sinners to repentance, is He calling sinners? And does His Call go out to sinners? Or do you falsely believe God only calls those He has already made Righteous? IF God Calls YOU to repentance, then you CAN repent... Yet it is YOU who are to repent, even you the sinner...
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    If you had one month to live...

    Live each day as if it is your very last... Even each moment... Arsenios
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    Three days and three nights: Crucifixion timeline

    The first hour begins at sunrise... The sixth hour is noon... The demon of noon-day is despondence... Prayers in the night carry great power... Awaken in the night and pray! The Midnight Office is one of my favorite Services... If indeed I be permitted such a one... In it we pray or chant the...
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    Three days and three nights: Crucifixion timeline

    John does record that this particular Sabbath WAS an High Day... (for that Sabbath Day was an High Day,) 3 days means ANY portion of the three days... And the Church Christ established has been consistent since the beginnings of it being Fri afternoon, Sat all night and all day, and Sun...
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    Is cremation okay for the Christian?

    We the Living bury our dead... For the body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit... Which we will not destroy by fire... Same reasons for cannibalism... Same for suicide... Your body is not yours to destroy IF you are a Christian... It is the Abode of God... We do not even embalm... We...
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    Is cremation okay for the Christian?

    My thoughts exactly... All of them... Arsenios
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    Three days and three nights: Crucifixion timeline

    Which narrows things considerably, all by itself... Let me do the search - I think it was in John... Arsenios Joh 19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath Day, (for that Sabbath Day was an High Day,)...
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    Three days and three nights: Crucifixion timeline

    Without looking, I am recalling that the Sabbath that year WAS a High Day... So Christ died on Friday before that Sabbath could begin - eg prior to Sunset... He spent the entire Sabbath High Day in Death's Dominion overcoming Death... From Sunset to Sunset... And the third day He arose from...
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    Three days and three nights: Crucifixion timeline

    This is always a fun issue... First, welcome to Biblical Time... Genesis 1... The day begins and ends at sunset... Second, any part of a day "counts" as the whole of that day... So if an event begins an hour before sunset, then that counts as the full 24 hours of which only the last one...
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