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    Tithing Does this apply to believers today?

    2 Corinthians 9:7 NASB Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
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    Tax exemption and corruption

    So what is the Tax Rate for a church? Tax rates are set locally, but in general, farms and vacant land are taxed at one rate. Residences are taxed at 10x the rate of vacant land. Commercial property is taxed at 10x the rate of residences. If the local community (like Clearwater, FL) wanted...
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    Justification

    Here is how the ‘many’ respond to the call: John 6:41-42 41 At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down...
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    Do animals have souls?

    Yes. [Col 1:23 NIV] if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant. Why proclaim the gospel to...
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    Justification

    John 6:43-45 43 Jesus answered and said to them, “Do not grumble among yourselves. 44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, ‘AND THEY SHALL ALL BE TAUGHT OF GOD.’ Everyone who has heard and...
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    Tax exemption and corruption

    "the power to tax involves the power to destroy." - Chief Justice John Marshall (1819) In the case of the USA, the Constitution states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof” ... which includes taxation of Churches.
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    Gambling Sin or not?

    “He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must buy Lottery Tickets to hit the jackpot and be rich beyond common avarice.” - Ephesians 4:28 Ephesians 4:28 He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have...
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    An honest request

    I suspect that Roman Catholic ‘Justification’ (which would include what I call Justification and Sanctification) is what Josiah views as ‘Justification (broad)’ and wants to distinguish from Protestant ‘Justification (narrow)’ ... but only Josiah can answer for sure what he intends by the terms...
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    Can babies be conscious of their baptism?

    It is not GOD (or his means) that we have a problem with. We question the ability of the priest and the parents to give any gift to any individual on God’s behalf. We are called to preach. We are called to teach. Sinners are called to repent. Sinners are called to be baptized.
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    An honest request

    If I may offer a thought: “Justification (narrow)” is the process of being transformed from ‘an enemy of God’ to ‘one of my sheep’. It would start with being a slave to sin, include repentance and end with being sealed with the Holy Spirit. It would include discussions of things like Jesus’...
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    Can babies be conscious of their baptism?

    It is not GOD that we have a problem with. We question the ability of the priest and the parents to give any gift to any individual on God’s behalf. We are called to preach. We are called to teach. Sinners are called to repent. Sinners are called to be baptized. God handles all the rest...
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    Gambling Sin or not?

    I suspect that is the exception rather than the rule. Let me offer something that most people would view as far more harmless than a casino as an example. Let’s talk about someone who buys a LOTTO ticket every week. Not ten tickets or even $100 worth of tickets like someone who might have a...
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    Gambling Sin or not?

    Gambling usually has some form of greed as its root.
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    Justification

    I would like to respond and soften that just a little without disagreeing. Has anyone ever gotten a picture colored by a 2 year old as a gift? I have one hanging in my office on paper that is starting to turn rather yellow with age. The colorings of a 2 year old will never compare in...
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    Justification

    Possibly. That was why I raised no qualms about his conclusions. I only objected to attempting to split the hair that we are all “filthy rags” (when it is technically our works that are like filthy rags) and we are like “one unclean”. The difference between being a filthy rag and a leper is a...
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    Justification

    That was not quite an honest appraisal of the verse. Yes, it was deeds that were ‘filthy rags’, but “all of us have become like the unclean”. Is there such a great difference between being “unclean” and a “filthy rag”? Is the difference great enough to really claim that he was wrong?
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    Justification

    In both the “repent and believe” and “believe and be baptized”, they are presenting linked events that should be occurring at the same time. Not ‘repent now and believe at some future year’ or ‘be baptized now and believe at some future year’. (The lecture on ‘kai’ notwithstanding.)
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    Justification

    Careful, there is a lecture on ‘kai’ floating around ... and you may have just stepped into it. :)
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    Justification

    Salvation by FAITH and salvation by WORKS are really not that hard to comprehend. Can you see any deeply fundamental difference between a drunk who enters a church and repents of his sins and trusts in Jesus and the Cross to grant his forgiveness (FAITH) ... and a drunk who encounters a...
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    New Heaven

    At the end of Revelation, GOD makes his dwelling in the New Jerusalem with men and is the light that illuminates the city. Since Heaven is where GOD is, I believe that there is no longer a distinction between Heaven and Earth. The old Heaven (dwelling of GOD) and the old Earth (dwelling of...
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