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  1. Arsenios

    SPIRITUAL MORSELS from the Ancient Fathers

    We have a sacred obligation to prepare our youth and new members to receive the power of God. If we teach our children to do their homework but not to pray, we are only preparing them for misery. Good grades cannot save us from a tormented conscience. We cannot prepare a catechumen just...
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    SPIRITUAL MORSELS from the Ancient Fathers

    My brothers, have no fear of the punishments of the Lord! For He does not punish us as criminals, but as His own children! Archimandrite Gabriel of the Pskov Caves
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    SPIRITUAL MORSELS from the Ancient Fathers

    Alexander Pope? Arsenios
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    Crucifix Vs. Empty Cross

    Then take up YOUR cross and follow Christ... Your cross need not be empty... Christ's Cross is now empty... Because Christ died and arose... The Cross is for all of us... That we shoulld follow Christ... In suffering unto death... For the Love of God... Arsenios
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    Judge not least ye be judged

    Luk_6:37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: Christ's words... Others also wrote: 1 - Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, 2 - If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this...
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    Salvation - Part 2

    Originally Posted by Josiah Friend, children are children.... They are under the authority of their parents... What she said... Arsenios
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    Salvation - Part 2

    Hard to answer, isn't it... I would dislike arguing against me too... I am dumb and dumber than the dumbest post ever posted... Arsenios
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    Salvation - Part 2

    Because I wrote: "Menno, you are the best!"??? I disagree! :) Arsenios
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    Salvation - Part 2

    It demonstrates the Mystery of Baptism as discipled by Christ to his Apostles... Slavery is now abolished, Glory to God... Indeed they do - THEY express THEIR faith, and are then Baptized INTO Christ... And in this, they ARE ENTERED INTO the Faith of Christ, Into the very Body of our Lord...
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    Salvation - Part 2

    Agreed! Yes - Every time a Household is Baptized into Christ... That includes the slaves, servants, children and adults within that Household... Well, not exactly - He wrote: "For in sins did my mother bear me..." And by this, he affirms the impact of the deeds of the mother on an unborn...
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    Salvation - Part 2

    Households include infants in the households... If you say no, you must show it in Scripture... By your very own standards... The fact that you did not know Christ until becoming older does not make the Bible silent on infant Baptism... I mean, I am in your camp... I did not know Him till I...
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    Salvation - Part 2

    Households include the children OF the Households... !!! NEXT !!! :) Arsenios
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    Would I be admitted?

    I thought we were arguing from God's Word, and not from mere opinions of fallen men... Scripture tells us, and then shows us, why Christ commanded John to Baptize Him... Mat 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but He that cometh after me is mightier than I, Whose shoes I...
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    Salvation - Part 2

    You are arguing that there are no infants and children in households... And this proves that not only do you not know what a household is, you argue against the historical understanding... And now you are saying that Christ failed because of the historical and Biblical understanding of the...
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    Salvation - Part 2

    Oh you rotten child! Stealing MY line!! And then using it to taunt a nice person like Menno! And then diving into the deep, dark and dank denial of hope embracing such depravity of despair! And then... Having dragged his nose on over to the offence... Rubbed it in its liquidity and...
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    Salvation - Part 2

    Well it is true that in those days infanticide was indeed practiced... And they did have and use abortifacient herbs... But your post modern absence of children in your household... Well, maybe we could understand that fact more reasonably... Oh, HOW COULD we interpret that fact?? There...
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    Would I be admitted?

    I asked: You answered: Those are your un-Biblical words... Christ's very words are recorded in Holy Scripture: "That ALL Righteousness be fulfilled..." Did you really forget the passage I am citing? These Holy Words from our Lord directly connect Baptism to Justification/Righteousness...
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    Salvation - Part 2

    Actually, my Brother, no... YOU have to PROVE that a HOUSEHOLD EXCLUDES INFANTS... I have shown that a man's household was baptized... A household includes all those who are members of that household... YOU have DENIED that a man's CHILDREN are MEMBERS of his HOUSEHOLD... It is pretty...
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    Would I be admitted?

    Thank-you for making my point for me... Jesus did not NEED Baptism... So why DID Christ insist on being Baptized? Do you remember? And for that matter, did John need Baptizing? Does Scripture tell us? Arsenios
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    Would I be admitted?

    Then there is a possibility of hope, however small a sliver that might end up being... :) Hooray!! Right - We do not become fish! Can we be Baptized into Christ APART FROM Christ's Baptism??? Mat 3:16 And Jesus, When He was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo...
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