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    Justification

    Is being called by God to repentance the same thing as being elect? God calls all men everywhere to repent. Saint Paul told that to the Greek philosophers in Athens (Acts 17:30). And saint Paul wrote to saint Timothy that God wants all men to be saved (1Timothy 2:4). Perhaps many are called even...
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    Will your aluminium hat protect you from the aliens?

    Will your aluminium hat protect you from the aliens? I am assured that aluminium helps with government spies too.
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    Justification

    ImaginaryDay2, you're right to say that the definition provided by Josiah is not complete. It appears to be an off the cuff partial explanation of the meaning of repentance. Wikipedia says In Biblical Hebrew, the idea of repentance is represented by two verbs: שוב shuv (to return) and נחם nacham...
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    Justification

    Josiah agrees that God justifies but what does he think "justifies" means? Is he agreeing that God makes a man righteous? Really righteous and not simply 'declares' an unrighteous person to be righteous - like some doctors declare an insane person to be sane and then the following week the...
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    iBot Poll: Do you wear your shoes in the house?

    The climate here is dry most of the year and wet only some days in winter. Shoes are not even really necessary outside - sandals, and even lighter footwear is common. But I almost always take my footwear off as soon as I enter the entry hall and leave them there so that when I go out I can slip...
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    Tax exemption and corruption

    It is not the existence of taxation that is wicked nor is it the existence of tax exemptions that are wicked what is wicked is the corruption that some people show in their desire to receive tax exemption as religious organisations and religious leaders paid by a tax exempt religion to live in...
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    Justification

    If human actions were inconsequential then why is sin wicked and why is it punished while goodness is praised and sometimes rewarded by God? Can anybody really believe that human actions are inconsequential after coming to know that God became a man to save men from their [sinful] actions? It is...
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    Justification

    That is true of every system of theology that teaches God alone decides without any reference to human merit, culture, goodness, badness, and everything human. It becomes an impenetrable unrevealed secret that God alone knows. And to cap it off objecting to the theology is likened objecting to...
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    Tax exemption and corruption

    In a number of western nations religions have tax exempt status for all sorts of taxes that other organisations and individuals have top pay. These laws lead to all sorts of opportunities for corrupt dealing. Is it biblical and moral to accept tax exempt status and should governments offer it to...
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    Justification

    :hiphiphooray: One hopes that was a flippant remark :)
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    Justification

    The topic is not "conception" but it is "Justification".
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    Salvation

    I wonder how that fits in with demons believing? James 2:19 You believe that God is one. You do well. Even the demons believe that and tremble. Do you think that those demons "put their whole faith and trust in" God being one?
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    Salvation

    Brother Josiah, there is no such ting as "the protestant view". Seventh Day Adventists are Protestants and they tell me, in sermons that I heard with my own ears while visiting a SDA church, that "what saves is your Christian character and without it you cannot be saved" the explanation that...
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    Justification

    Interesting that you say that. Very gratifying it is too. So the gospel, does it start with Jesus preaching "repent and believe the good news for the kingdom of God is at hand"? Or is that not the gospel? I am sure it is the gospel. Perhaps you can tell me why is says "repent and believe" rather...
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    An honest request

    That's an interesting approach. But why not try what Jesus did. “The time has come; the kingdom of God is at hand. Change your ways and believe the Good News.” (Mark 1:15)
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    An honest request

    Good description. Now what do you tell him?
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    Justification

    Brother Arsenios asks brother MennoSota So I know a man dead in his sins who wants to be adopted by Christ... He wants to be righteously justified by God... What should I tell him to do? I reply: My friend, the answer is very obvious is it not?, tell him to repent and believe the gospel...
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    An honest request

    My friend, the answer is very obvious is it not?, tell him to repent and believe the gospel because the kingdom of God is already at hand. Tell him to start the work of repentance, tell him to start the work of believing the gospel - which implies learning the gospel and applying it in life -...
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    Justification

    I wrote this in another thread but it belongs in here most of all. I think of Justification as "being made righteous" and that is also a set of ideas that can be broken down into components (for the sake of discussion though not for the sake of salvation nor for an understanding of reality)...
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    An honest request

    I think that "justification-narrow" is helpful even if it unpacks as a very large and complex set of concepts because it acknowledges that there is more than one Lutheran concept of justification present in the Justification thread. I do not really know what "justification-narrow" means yet. I...
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