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  1. Arsenios

    Justification

    Do the Reformed believe that we are SAVED by Christ's Righteousness? Arsenios
  2. Arsenios

    Justification

    OK - Does this mean that I have not made this decision? We all have to start somewhere, do we not? Are you really and truly proposing that we begin already justified in Christ? You see, repenting is available to all - And most begin from a personal condition of profoundly experienced...
  3. Arsenios

    Justification

    Well, they seriously have the most-by-far Churches! We are building ours as we speak - How many Christians are building Churches these days in the west? And we do all night vigil Services for major Feast days... So we are not entirely excluded from all the, er... "fun"...:) Arsenios
  4. Arsenios

    Justification

    I noticed that as well - It felt kinda cheesy and not very genuine... Arsenios
  5. Arsenios

    Justification

    Now y'er talkin'!! A.
  6. Arsenios

    Justification

    Tea is un-American! Coffee is how Christians stay awake for all-night vigils! I mean, coffee is almost a sacrament... What's with this tea business? Arsenios
  7. Arsenios

    Justification

    His disciples would be the ones discipling the God-hating nations, so of course He would be instructing them in this teaching, which applies to all men... Of which tree did Adam eat the fruit? Was it not the Tree of Good AND evil? They walk in the legacy of partaking of both Good AND...
  8. Arsenios

    Justification

    So you think that the context of his audience modifies His words? I mean, if He had said: "If any of YOU are willing..." your case would clearly be made... And I would slink off into oblivion... Where I belong! But that little word tis - It only means "If anyone" in context - It actually...
  9. Arsenios

    Justification

    "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at HAND!" Don't you just LOVE the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Arsenios
  10. Arsenios

    Justification

    The opening words are: "ei tis thelei": IF ANYone is willing/desiring... So your argument is with Christ saying "ANYONE"... And YOU saying "ONLY TO THOSE ALREADY LIVING" So which of these do YOU choose to follow? Christ? Or... Your own self whom Christ disciples YOU to deny? As a friend...
  11. Arsenios

    Justification

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  12. Arsenios

    Justification

    God is the Savior... You said it! Hooray!!! We agree!! :):):) I am glad you understand that... Can I get you a calmative?? IF you answer "me!" then you are the Savior. Not Jesus. Not a bit, not at all. Not now, not ever. Not in any way, shape or form or manner. Salvation is all...
  13. Arsenios

    Justification

    So was Christ mistaken when He said in Matthew 16:24 "ei tis thelei" (If anyone is willing...) to follow Me...?? I mean, He says exactly this... The willingness is all that is needed, and is a part of the condition of fallen human existence that man must take up... Or not... This is why...
  14. Arsenios

    Can babies be conscious of their baptism?

    For an adult, it usually does not work out all that well... Children are naturally faithful, for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven, as our Savior related in Scripture... It is the parents who keep the child in the discipline of the Faith into which they have both been baptized... Exactly...
  15. Arsenios

    Can babies be conscious of their baptism?

    Gal 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, Longsuffering, Gentleness, Goodness, Faith, Meekness, Temperance: May your works never be apart from Grace... Please pray for old Arsenios the sinner... Arsenios
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    Can babies be conscious of their baptism?

    Baptism of infants is not given to bequeath sudden faith on them, but to enter them into the Kingdom of Heaven, that the may struggle for Salvation be from within that Kingdom, and not apart from it... The Christian Faith is struggle to the end... That we κατεργάζεσθε - usually translated...
  17. Arsenios

    Can babies be conscious of their baptism?

    Thank-you - The seas seem to have calmed... Glory to God... Arsenios
  18. Arsenios

    Justification

    Self is a big topic - Denial of Self is the first Commandment of following Christ... Selflessness is a fundamental Christian virtue... Arsenios
  19. Arsenios

    Justification

    Self is a big topic - Denial of Self is the first Commandment of following Christ... Selflessness is a fundamental Christian virtue... Arsenios
  20. Arsenios

    Justification

    "If ANY is willing after Me to be following, let him first deny himself..." Christ's own words... The living dead are not inert, and the dead in Christ who are Living are not without Grace... But He says: "IF ANY IS WILLING..." [in Matthew - ei tis thelei] So that your idea that the dead to...
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