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No He states things that contradicts your interpretation of the Bible.


The verse you pertain to is in line with the Gospel.. in line with the New Covenant of GOD through His Son's Testament.

The washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit is by GOD's Grace through Faith.. that Faith leads us on the path of Righteousness... following Christ from within.

we are to Keep the Commandments of GOD through Faith in the Messiah.

Love and Truth go hand in hand..

Your offended not because we speak against Christ for we both speak of Christ and His Truth.. nay you are offended because we do not bow to heresy but Strengthened by GOD to shine His light even if we become enemies. The power of GOD is to speak but not lay charge.. for it is for Him not us we share freely..

You have once said so what at the Testimony of the Messiah In Revelation.. the Spirit within perceives and will lead us to Repent if we are not pleasing the King... what Spirit says so what?

You are fixated on something that you don't understand.

But may GOD pierce through that stubbornness...
Yeah....keep thinking that.....bad day for you coming
 
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dc - you try so hard and fail to respond.

We are not trying to hit a mark as you put it. You are still a legalist at heart.
This is all about love, humbleness, meekness, taking the lower place than the highest.

Speaking the words of Christ, when you disagree, you deny your own standing. And to
disagree is sin itself and rebellion. You claim Jesus is your Lord yet you ignore Him.

And as far as trusting the cross, I do everyday, because that love shines brighter than
anything else in the universe.

What is also odd is lying about your own confession of a sinful life, and then saying, no
I am righteous and pure. If you are not righteous and pure then what are you?

You cannot really be this dumb? If things are not one way they are what? The other.
So my friend you cannot say I am wrong about a sinful lifestyle, else you are agreeing
one can walk righteously.

And I am talking not about everyone, just this discussion and your position within it.
So what do you have. Not scripture, not proving me wrong, not following Christ.

So I fear for you, because I cannot put it more clearly. We are called to love and
discover His ways, which are so alien to us sinners, but which He has made now possible.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.
Heb 4:15

Jesus did not sin. He is our example to follow so we are not meant to sin.

he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him 10 and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
Heb 5:9-10

If you do not obey Him, you do not have eternal salvation, simple.
You need to step back....if you reject the cross as sufficient, deny the imputed righteousness of Christ as a non working trick and state that faith into the assurance of Jesus is an idol = not saved, lost, no abilitiy to understand anything from the word.......which fully explains the gospel according to Peterjens.....a cafe blend that does not come close to what the bible states.......!
 

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You should study justified, sanctified, saved, sealed, redeemed, eternal, everlasting and too be honest...no wonder you miss the mark...you are still in your sin and have not fully trusted Christ for biblical salvation.....and your view of sin is skewed....and your misguided erroneous assessment of everyone.....assuming we live a lifestyle of sin because we believe in eternal security and the promises of Jesus....of the which you call an idol......wow....!
You can see people on this thread agreeing with Jens counterfeit Christ and yet if they would "prove what is right" they would see through his obvious deceptions. Jesus said, "Let them alone."

"Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit." Matt15:14
 
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Originally Posted by PeterJens

My friend, as normal you have no answer to the core point, our forgiveness and purity.
This is the light you cannot face or agree with, but until you do, Jesus is a closed book to you,
even with all your theology, church going, bible training and all the good works
you do, though you deny you are working your way to heaven.

Maybe it is this that makes you angry, because you do so much and it adds up to nothing,
if you cannot accept Jesus has cleansed and purified you. But if you have not been cleansed
because you hold on sin, that would explain everything. I counsel repentance of those things
you know bring condemnation into your life. You are so proud of your behaviour, you boast of
these deeds like a badge of honour rather than shame that needs sorrow.

So lost yet so proud and presumptous. It is so ironic, when it is these things I am accused of
being, when all I do is hold onto Christ and His salvation and cleansing of my life, Amen


Hi Decon, I rebuke every word that is in this ugly God forsaken post and he begins this nonsense with, "My friend." Clever as the devil, notice how Jens uses Christian phrase's like; "to the core point, our forgiveness and purity." Pure nonsense "the core point" is not about "our forgiveness and purity" the core point is that God sent His Son Jesus to save us from our sins, period. "This is the light", He never mention's Jesus our Saviour, just things like "light", to distract everyone that sounds churchy. "Jesus is a closed book " More Churchy sounding nonsense.

All of Jens Christian phraseology is from the the bible, but it is all made up in his sinful mind, the gospel according to Jen's. I put him on ignore because I just could not look at his sugar coated chritianity any longer; it is a counterfeit Christ, period. You can tell by his choice of words to you he is filled with anger and hate.

People like this have Chosen Christianity to promote their spiritual lie's, "you will be like God," Gen3:5. It is all spiritual lies, that they sugar coat with Christianity. One such group that spreads his kind of nonsense is called, "Unity School of Christianity". You can Google it if you like. It has been around for fifty plus years and is considered a cult by main stream Christianity. It has a world wide membership and mostly they send you books and monthly pamphlet's. They also have church's that promote this false doctrine world wide and place's they call reading rooms with more of their literature.

All of Jens word's and phrase's are so similar to what Unity School of Christianity teaches. I've known family members who were trapped in this cult and I have been around it all my life. This christian cult also draws there awful teachig from other false religions like; eastern mythologies, its all a lie from hell and it will take you there unless you repent. Jens, beliefs are, a little bit of this and a little bit of that and he sugar coats everything with a false Jesus.

I am truly sorry Decon that you have to be subject to these kind of attacks, not that you are not able but because they should never happen in the first place, ya know. So I just want to be supportive and tell you to beware of Jens nonsense.

God bless migo.....:)
Hi TruthTalk...I have read through your post above, and to be honest I had to come away and see if my emotions would subside, but unfortunately they have not which is why I have come back to say what I find...I know you do not agree with Peter, but you have thrown some serious accusations against him and as Ii read your post I could feel your rage and anger...Is it not right that we should talk to each other with a gentle spirit , the fruit of the Holy Spirit, I do not see any of that in your post...My hands are shaking as I type this because I hate confrontation, but if I do not say what needs to be said it will sit in me and that is not good...Can you not talk to Peter with the love of the Lord, it seems your anger is more about his dispute with D Con then anything, we need to walk with gentleness, be mindful, not saying un Godly things like you have in your post...Please understand that this is said to you from me with love, your post just seemed to be so unkind it hurt reading it...Lets speak of Gods Word in the light of the Lord and not through the flesh...In Jesus name I pray Amen...xox...
 

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Love and God's Justice go hand in hand. If you button up your theology wrong it will be wrong from top to bottom.

Originally Posted by loveme1
"Love and Truth go hand in hand."
 
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Hi TruthTalk...I have read through your post above, and to be honest I had to come away and see if my emotions would subside, but unfortunately they have not which is why I have come back to say what I find...I know you do not agree with Peter, but you have thrown some serious accusations against him and as Ii read your post I could feel your rage and anger...Is it not right that we should talk to each other with a gentle spirit , the fruit of the Holy Spirit, I do not see any of that in your post...My hands are shaking as I type this because I hate confrontation, but if I do not say what needs to be said it will sit in me and that is not good...Can you not talk to Peter with the love of the Lord, it seems your anger is more about his dispute with D Con then anything, we need to walk with gentleness, be mindful, not saying un Godly things like you have in your post...Please understand that this is said to you from me with love, your post just seemed to be so unkind it hurt reading it...Lets speak of Gods Word in the light of the Lord and not through the flesh...In Jesus name I pray Amen...xox...

this is a one time post in this thread and it's just for you

I had a dream, a dream that was out of the ordinary, and I believe it was about this thread

I believe God was impressing upon me that I should stay out of this thread BECAUSE of the type of feelings you are describing that are so harmful

I have not been back since, don't care about anyone else's response here, but I am just talking to you

I am not saying you need to listen to me...I am saying that I believe God impressed something on me, in a dream, that I won't get into because it will only get ripped apart here, but this thread, IMO, gives more honor to the devil than anything else

you are sensitive and sensitive to what you hear from God because your heart has not become hard from not listening to correction.....you desire God to correct you

I'm outta here, but I did think I would share this dream with someone and I think I found a fitting place in which to insert it

again, these are my thoughts and impressions, but I do care that you should be so upset and then you are just brushed aside by the one who caused it

think twice...maybe 3 times in fact
 
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Hi TruthTalk...I have read through your post above, and to be honest I had to come away and see if my emotions would subside, but unfortunately they have not which is why I have come back to say what I find...I know you do not agree with Peter, but you have thrown some serious accusations against him and as Ii read your post I could feel your rage and anger...Is it not right that we should talk to each other with a gentle spirit , the fruit of the Holy Spirit, I do not see any of that in your post...My hands are shaking as I type this because I hate confrontation, but if I do not say what needs to be said it will sit in me and that is not good...Can you not talk to Peter with the love of the Lord, it seems your anger is more about his dispute with D Con then anything, we need to walk with gentleness, be mindful, not saying un Godly things like you have in your post...Please understand that this is said to you from me with love, your post just seemed to be so unkind it hurt reading it...Lets speak of Gods Word in the light of the Lord and not through the flesh...In Jesus name I pray Amen...xox...
It is so very interesting that you have none of the same to serve up to PeterJens for his nasty post(s). In fact his posts are laden with insults and calling others lost, lies about things they do not teach or say, mockery, ridicule &c.

But you have no words to him.

At all.

Yes, very interesting indeed that you've come to his defense, and let him have a bye in his maltreatment of others here that is well known...

Very, VERY interesting thing I'm observing here...hmmmmmm.
 

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It is so very interesting that you have none of the same to serve up to PeterJens for his nasty post(s). In fact his posts are laden with insults and calling others lost, lies about things they do not teach or say, mockery, ridicule &c.

But you have no words to him.

At all.

Yes, very interesting indeed that you've come to his defense, and let him have a bye in his maltreatment of others here that is well known...

Very, VERY interesting thing I'm observing here...hmmmmmm.
Back off from Rosemary.. she tried to bring peace and spoke with fear...babes in Christ are off limits.. Carry on throwing at Pete and myself..
 
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Your offended not because we speak against Christ for we both speak of Christ and His Truth.. nay you are offended because we do not bow to heresy but Strengthened by GOD to shine His light even if we become enemies. The power of GOD is to speak but not lay charge.. for it is for Him not us we share freely..
do u type like this in elizabethian english to sound more holy or godly or what? lool.
it dont make the point any stronger.
 

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do u type like this in elizabethian english to sound more holy or godly or what? lool.
it dont make the point any stronger.
Should I try to mask my natural manner? My English is the queens English... mock away..
 
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Should I try to mask my natural manner? My English is the queens English... mock away..
im not mocking. just seemed like it. its 2017 you are 34 and speak queens english, how was i supposed to know u see. :D carry on. chill. sorry.
 

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For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.
Heb 4:15

Jesus did not sin. He is our example to follow so we are not meant to sin.

he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him 10 and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
Heb 5:9-10

If you do not obey Him, you do not have eternal salvation, simple.

Nice try at DECEPTION, but I learned the first YEAR that I was Born Again to read the context first to decide if it really is saying what you tried to make it say to prove works Righteous by CHOPPING OFF the first part of the verse, and the context.


Hebrews 5:8-9 (HCSB)
[SUP]8 [/SUP] Though He was ⌊God’s⌋ Son, He learned obedience through what He suffered.
[SUP]9 [/SUP] After He was perfected, He became the source of eternal salvation {when He died on the Cross} for all who obey Him,

Quote the Blue Letter Bible:

them that obey
ὑπακούω hypakouō

Tense: Present
[End quote]

That Present Tense verbage for all who obey, implies an ongoing characteristic lifestyle of the Born Again true Believer; NOT SOMETHING WE DO TO EARN PART OF OUR SALVATION, BUT RATHER SOMETHING WE BY NATURE DO BECAUSE WE WERE SAVED.

OBEDIENCE IS WHAT ETERNAL SALVATION PRODUCES IN THE TRUE BELIEVER.


John 14:15 (HCSB)
[SUP]15 [/SUP] “If you love Me {SAVED}, you will keep My commands.


Where does that kind of LOVE come from?


Romans 5:5 (HCSB)

[SUP]5 [/SUP] This hope will not disappoint ⌊us⌋, because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.


THAT LOVE WAS POURED INTO OUR HEARTS THE MOMENT THE HOLY SPIRIT ENTERED OUR HEARTS, BEFORE we ever did our first act of Obedience because we LOVE HIM.



Don't you think your final statement is also in error?

Shouldn't it have been worded? :



If you do not Love Him enough to want to obey Him, you prove you do not have eternal salvation, simple.
 

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im not mocking. just seemed like it. its 2017 you are 34 and speak queens english, how was i supposed to know u see. :D carry on. chill. sorry.
Imagine if I questioned how you typed being from Jamaica? I suppose if I evaluate what you say it could be a compliment.. unintended but nevertheless<< ;)
 
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Nice try at DECEPTION, but I learned the first YEAR that I was Born Again to read the context first to decide if it really is saying what you tried to make it say to prove works Righteous by CHOPPING OFF the first part of the verse, and the context.


Hebrews 5:8-9 (HCSB)
[SUP]8 [/SUP] Though He was ⌊God’s⌋ Son, He learned obedience through what He suffered.
[SUP]9 [/SUP] After He was perfected, He became the source of eternal salvation {when He died on the Cross} for all who obey Him,

Quote the Blue Letter Bible:

them that obey
ὑπακούω hypakouō

Tense: Present
[End quote]

That Present Tense verbage for all who obey, implies an ongoing characteristic lifestyle of the Born Again true Believer; NOT SOMETHING WE DO TO EARN PART OF OUR SALVATION, BUT RATHER SOMETHING WE BY NATURE DO BECAUSE WE WERE SAVED.

OBEDIENCE IS WHAT ETERNAL SALVATION PRODUCES IN THE TRUE BELIEVER.


John 14:15 (HCSB)
[SUP]15 [/SUP] “If you love Me {SAVED}, you will keep My commands.


Where does that kind of LOVE come from?


Romans 5:5 (HCSB)

[SUP]5 [/SUP] This hope will not disappoint ⌊us⌋, because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.


THAT LOVE WAS POURED INTO OUR HEARTS THE MOMENT THE HOLY SPIRIT ENTERED OUR HEARTS, BEFORE we ever did our first act of Obedience because we LOVE HIM.



Don't you think your final statement is also in error?

Shouldn't it have been worded? :



If you do not Love Him enough to want to obey Him, you prove you do not have eternal salvation, simple.
Pesky facts like the above never stop false teachers from spewing error.
 

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Jesus does save, but not to be a passive passenger on the gospel train, but as a light in a dark
place, as someone who wants change and resolution.

How many times do these preachers say, you are a light to those around you, the love at work
in your heart testifies to the glory found in Christ our King.

No they continually preach about how the condemnation for the sin you do is from satan, and you
should tell him Christs righteousness means you are saved and ok.

Within this teaching is saying you are a sinning hypocrite but that is ok, Christ not only is happy with
this, he defends you against the enemy. What is so weird about this scenario, no where in scripture
does God defend sinners against their unrepentent sin and open rebellion. It is these people who die,
literally and are shocked the holiness means consistent living and real life flowing.

One small lie, just one, that you had sold the land and given all the money to the church. I mean
not much of a lie, but they died. They put social standing above integrity and honesty in the Lord.
So my friends, God is not partial to hypocracy, lying, miss-representation.

And when I describe exactly what is believed and how people walk, confessed from their own lips,
I am the liar, insulter, slanderer, false teacher, lost individual. Such hypocracy, yet if they feel
their current sin is not a problem in the Lord, why not heap another load on to defeat this evil
enemy who should be destroyed straight away. What for me is astounding, is not my points are
wrong or false, that its validity is based on whether I sin currently or am a sinless perfectionist.

This is just sectarianism, rather than listening to God. "Be Holy for I am Holy."
"Hunger and thirst for righteousness you will be filled"
"The pure in heart will see God"

It does not get much clearer than this.
Evening PJ

Amen Yes we are to be light in dark places.
Jesus has saved us because he loves us and wants us to be with him forever.
He wants that for the whole world.

So having saved us he wants us to be a light in the darkness of this world.

With regard to your point about condemnation I think I would agree and disagree with you here.

Firstly I would say that as you know the bible tells us that there is no condemnation for those in Jesus.
Secondly Jesus is interceding for us, when Satan accuses us before God Jesus is saying the price has been paid.
Off course this does not give one a license to sin, or take it lightly or say it’s ok God will forgive me.
I can’t say that I have seen anyone here saying “It’s ok to be a sinning hypocrite”

Mind you I have known of some people who are like this

I think for me Satan does condemn us when we sin yet the Holy Spirit doesn’t.

What do I mean by condemnation?
Rather than try to explain it maybe my life experience will convey it

I have spent most of Christian life with thoughts like this.

Your a sinner, you sin, why would God love you, you can’t really love God.
Thats the polite part.

When I did the Freedom in Christ this was bought up.
My pastor asked me what thoughts I had about myself and what goes through my mind when I get it wrong.
I told him I could say what was going through my mind.
He asked why not.
i said because it’s foul.

He made me say every foul word I thought about myself.
He then made me pray “Father I thank you that I am not a ********** and that I am your child, I now rebuke these thoughts”

Thats condemnation and it does happen to believers.

The Holy Spirit on the other hand would never say such things.
He would say exactly the opposite.
Jesus had to go back to the Father to send us a helper. That is the Holy Spirit.
He is in us to help us and reveal the things of the Father. Not to condemn us (not saying you are saying he will condemn us)
Whether we want to use the word convict/convince/reprove to be its totally different to condemn.

I think the problem is that when we disagree with a particular doctrine(s) when we refute it then what we say can come accross as a generalisation and therefore applying that to everyone whom we disagree with.

Lets be honest it’s quite evident on here.

Presentation is the key to posting and responding.

Just so you know I have no problem with you nor anyone else on here.

You are all my brothers and sisters in Christ.

God bless
 

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It is so very interesting that you have none of the same to serve up to PeterJens for his nasty post(s). In fact his posts are laden with insults and calling others lost, lies about things they do not teach or say, mockery, ridicule &c.

But you have no words to him.

At all.

Yes, very interesting indeed that you've come to his defense, and let him have a bye in his maltreatment of others here that is well known...

Very, VERY interesting thing I'm observing here...hmmmmmm.
Hi Preacher4truth...I don`t come into this thread to pick sides, nor get involved with disputes, I come in here to learn from others that are much more advanced in the word than myself...It was only when I stopped to read TalkTalk post that it really come at me, and as I said I tried to leave it alone and not get involved but I could not, so I come to tell him what I picked upon from his emotions, not what is being said about the word...You now come at me with a kind of roughness about you, like you are shaking your head while wagging your finger, that kind of response is also un Godly, I learn nothing from that...xox...
 

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Should I try to mask my natural manner? My English is the queens English... mock away..
LOL, I am laughing with you, because I am very familar with the different pronounciations and expressions of a True Englishman. My best friend in Fallon, NV was a Englishman that moved to the US after he retired. I had a hard time even understanding him at first, and had to ask him to repeat himself a lot. But I got used to it, and watching a lot of British Sitcoms on YouTube also helped. I still chuckle a bit when I hear totally different expressions like "Bangers and Mash", instead of Sausage and Mashed Potatoes.
 

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Should I try to mask my natural manner? My English is the queens English... mock away..
Its a good job I don’t communicate from my natural manner, that being a Glaswegian from the Gorbals.

If I did I would have been excommunicated after 5 minutes on here:cool:
 

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LOL, I am laughing with you, because I am very familar with the different pronounciations and expressions of a True Englishman. My best friend in Fallon, NV was a Englishman that moved to the US after he retired. I had a hard time even understanding him at first, and had to ask him to repeat himself a lot. But I got used to it, and watching a lot of British Sitcoms on YouTube also helped. I still chuckle a bit when I hear totally different expressions like "Bangers and Mash", instead of Sausage and Mashed Potatoes.
I understand we can be light with each other with regard to dialect differences ... but that works both ways... yet I can not feign something that is my natural and had to state so..