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    Justification - Part 2

    He might be saying that because Christians are under the new covenant in Christ's blood rather than the old one under Moses. He might be saying it because the promise to the faithful under the new covenant is to be made like Christ in the power of his resurrection while no such promise was given...
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    Justification - Part 2

    This thread was started by me with the post quoted above.
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    Apologetics

    Apologetics is intended to give a reasoned defence of the Christian faith to people who oppose it. The real target readership & audience is non-Christian people who are willing to read or listen to arguments in favour of Christianity. But apologetics is also the name some people give to one...
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    Justification - Part 2

    God saved people before Jesus came into the world and died on the cross. Moses, David, Enoch, Job, and Elijah were all people saved by God. So the cross is pivotal but it was not necessary that Jesus die first and then people be saved it was also true that God saved people in anticipation of the...
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    Justification - Part 2

    I am not a Calvinist, RichWh1, and the passage was quoted in its proper context in previous messages to MennoSota so in my last message I alluded to the passage without quoting it in full again. I do know that God desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. Thanks for...
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    SPIRITUAL MORSELS from the Ancient Fathers

    The glory of Him, who moves all things, penetrates the universe, and glows in one region more, in another less. I have been in that Heaven that knows his light most, and have seen things, which whoever descends from there has neither power, nor knowledge, to relate: because as our intellect...
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    Justification - Part 2

    We do have a fundamental disagreement but it is not the one you mention. That isn't even a matter of dispute. Dead people hear nothing. The fundamental disagreement is that you think that you know what I think when you have not really managed to deal with what I've written time and time again...
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    Justification - Part 2

    It was wise of you not to quote my post when you are misrepresenting it. What I actually wrote is Do you really believe that? It sounds very pious and good doesn't it? How about Adolf Hitler? What about the Babylonians who sacked Jerusalem? Do you recall the verse that says "Happy is he who...
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    Justification - Part 2

    Do you really believe that? It sounds very pious and good doesn't it? How about Adolf Hitler? What about the Babylonians who sacked Jerusalem? Do you recall the verse that says "Happy is he who seizes your infants, and dashes them against the rocks!" (Ps 137:9). And the Psalm saying "The One...
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    Justification - Part 2

    Do you think God is obligated to keep his promises? Did God promise to justify those who repent and believe the gospel? Is your assurance of salvation resting on God's promises? Have you repented and believed the gospel? Is God reliable? Is God obligated to save the repentant who believe the gospel?
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    Justification - Part 2

    The law and the gospel are not two forces vying for control of human lives. That's a fantasy. The Law is, as you observed, a tutor to lead us to Christ. Its purpose is to show what is right and what is wrong. That's an idea that was obvious as far back as the days of Moses. The law is not bad...
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    I'm Katie

    Welcome. God be with you as you post in Christianity Haven. To change your religion symbol click "My Profile" in the top right of your screen when the new page opens click the tab labelled "My profile" then scroll down to "Religious Affiliation" and click the little pencil icon to the right of...
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    Justification - Part 2

    1John 5:1 All those, who believe that Jesus is the Anointed, are born of God; whoever loves the Father, loves the Son. 2 How may we know, that we love the children of God? If we love God and fulfil his commands, 3 for God's love requires us to keep his commands. In fact, his commandments are not...
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    The Colossian Problem

    The quote is from the Christian Community Bible, it is a fairly recent translation but it has been superseded by The New Community Bible which is a little more formal. Both are Catholic bibles.
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    The Colossian Problem

    It works this way Colossians 2:16 So, then, let no one criticize you in matters of food or drink, or about observance of festivals, new moons or the Sabbath. 17 These things were only shadows of what was to come, whereas the reality is the person of Christ. 18 Do not let anyone disqualify you...
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    Salvation

    Justification, that is being made righteous, is not salivation. It's a part of God's grace that saves but other parts exist too, such as the life of Christ infused into the faithful, the love that God infuses into the soul of the just, and a number of other graces given to God's people.
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    Tax exemption and corruption

    But will you still want police and fire protection as well as ambulance and hospital services and what about roads, bridges, electricity, gas, water, and all the other services mainly provided by government or regulated by government?
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    Justification - Part 2

    Is that passage about you? Does it say "And this is the testimony: God has given Lämmchen eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to Lämmchen who believes in the name of the Son of God...
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    Bad theology perpetuated in songs.

    Many hillsong songs make me cringe because their theology is so self-absorbed. A good number are additionally teaching very bad theology.
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    Justification - Part 2

    You could return to your post and make it clear what each of your catch phrases was intended to teach. "that's law" and "that's gospel" is just gibberish. The holy scriptures are not divided into "law" bits and "gospel" bits nor was brother Arsenios' post. Your post plays to a Lutheran...
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