I am a Christian

Thank you for your service in the United States military.

I often regret that I didn't serve, and I would in a heartbeat if I could, although it would probably be with a different regret today, and that would be when I consider who the sitting Commander-in-Chief is, and I can't even IMAGINE having to serve under a possible Mrs. C-o-C if liberal leftists get their way in the next election.

That aside, need I remind you that if EVERY one in the military took your position of 'don't hurt/harm anyone for any reason' , there would be no USA, no advancement of the gospel, and no johnnylove to tell everyone on cchat how non-christian they all are?

And to think, you get your messages from direct personal visitations from God Himself popping up in your living room.

Friend, I pray you're only having a little Saturday CC FunHouse antics, because if your really believing what you're posting here, you are sorely deceived, and if your age is true, I really pray for Jesus to deliver you and set you aright upon the Solid Rock of Salvation that He Himself is.

Either way, I pray for you, and I'm sure others here will as well. You've been around long enough to know there's already enough nonsense in the world, you don't need to add more.
No.....
Stop being silly,
go to the SYM thread,
and have a cookie.

Welcome to Christian Chat, Johnlove.

Thank you, and I pray that we can all be blessed by my being here.

Thank you, and I pray that we can all be blessed by my being here.

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I pray that we can all be blessed by each other because no one - no not even you John is an absolute authority. I for one love to learn from the knowledge of others - it is indeed a blessing. God places people in our lives for a reason.

A long time ago the Holy Spirit told me to tell people that no matter who tells them anything about God, be it a priest, bishop or anyone they were to ask Jesus if it is right or wrong.

Saved does not mean one will go the heaven, and you have no scripture that tells you it does.

Jesus told us who will come to heave with him.
(Matthew 7:21) “It is not those who say to me, ‘Lord, Lord’, who will enter the kingdom of Heaven but the person who does the will of My Father in Heaven. When the day comes many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, cast out demons in your name, work many miracles in your name?’ Then I shall tell them to their faces: I have never known you; away from me, you evil men!”

Saved is the opposite of lost. Matthew 7:21 - Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
. I wonder if you understand what it means to be in Jesus.

Faith? Faith in Jesus? Then one has to be in Jesus is that not right?

Believing of Jesus, and believing in Jesus are two different things.

When John says one is believing in Jesus, he is saying that one needs to be in Jesus to believe.

You need to read what John says about being in Jesus, or Jesus being in him or her.

(1 John 2:6) “But if anyone obeys his word, God’s love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did”

John says this is how we know we are in him. One who sin can’t believe in Jesus, because they are not living as Jesus lived.

(1 John 3:9) “No one who has been begotten by God sins; because God’s seed remains inside him, he cannot sin when he has been begotten by God.”

Here John says God is in one who does not sin. So Children of God are in God, and God is in them.

(1 John 3: 5 - 6) “Now you know that He appeared in order to abolish sin, and that in Him there is no sin; anyone who lives in God does not sin, and anyone who sins has never seen Him or known Him.”

Here John says if one sins they don’t even know God. One can’t believe in someone they do not even know.

(John 14: 23) “Anyone who loves me will keep my word and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make a home in him.”

Jesus told us what one needs to do to have God be in them. Keeping God’s Word includes not sinning.

The reason my argument does not make sense to most people, is because to understand God’s Word and come to know God his or her teacher needs to be God.

(1 Corinthians 2:10-13) “These are the very things that God has revealed to us through the Spirit, for the Spirit reaches the depts. Of everything, even the depths of God. After all, the depths of a man can only be known by his own spirit, not by any other man, and in the same way the depths of God can only be known by the Spirit of God”

These many people (unbelievers) in Matthew 7:22 had the wrong foundation. They were trusting in their accomplishments/works to save them and NOT IN CHRIST ALONE. Jesus NEVER knew them which means they were never saved. (see John 17:3) Their hearts were not right with God, so their attempted external obedience was really disobedience. This is why Jesus referred to them as WORKERS OF INIQUITY/LAWLESSNESS! They were self righteous, just as ALL who trust in works-righteousness.

Unbelievers you say in order to discount what it says is that not right? You have nothing other than your opinion that says that what you say to discount that scripture is true.
When did an unbeliever ever receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit? Do you know what happened to some Pharisee who tried to cast out demons in Jesus name?
Jesus hates those who say Lord, Lord to him and don’t do as he says so much that he chooses to never have known them. Jesus is God, and he has the power to do that.

In Matthew 7:23, Jesus said to these unbelievers, I NEVER knew you. In John 17:3, Jesus said - This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

The term "know" implies intimate, experiential knowledge, through an intimate relationship with Him, not merely theoretical knowledge. Jesus Never knew them. They were NEVER saved which means they are unbelievers. That is not just my opinion. That is Scripture. Also, workers of iniquity/lawlessness is not descriptive of genuine believers.

Unbelievers you say in order to discount what it says is that not right? You have nothing other than your opinion that says that what you say to discount that scripture is true.
When did an unbeliever ever receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit? Do you know what happened to some Pharisee who tried to cast out demons in Jesus name?
Jesus hates those who say Lord, Lord to him and don’t do as he says so much that he chooses to never have known them. Jesus is God, and he has the power to do that.

When did you become such a bitter, grumpy bearer of bad news. Did you develop this over years of practice, or is this a new revelation we can all look forward to late in life, should we all be so lucky?

You jumped on a christian chat site, and the first thing you did was throw your weight of burdens around ppls necks, and have only added to it ever since. I pray for your deliverance, and I pray for ppl here to not fall for the legalistic trap you twist scripture to try to snare them in.

Jesus died to set us free from sin, death, and the devil and his attempts to doubt the goodness, mercy and love of God through Jesus Christ OUR LORD.

Nice try, but it's a tired old game, and it's not working too well here, but we know the devil roams around seeking whom he may devour...

Fortunately, Jesus has us in His capable, nail-pierced hands, and He's already won the victory, and gives it to us, praise the Lord. \/

Unbelievers you say in order to discount what it says is that not right? You have nothing other than your opinion that says that what you say to discount that scripture is true.
When did an unbeliever ever receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit? Do you know what happened to some Pharisee who tried to cast out demons in Jesus name?
Jesus hates those who say Lord, Lord to him and don’t do as he says so much that he chooses to never have known them. Jesus is God, and he has the power to do that.

The Pharisee's gave credit to casting out demons to Satan and not to Jesus. Most points of view are based on an opinion including yours and mine. That does not make the opinion invalid.

Yes they did, and do you know Jesus’ answer?
(Acts 19:13-16) “But some itinerant Jewish exorcistsh tried pronouncing the name of the Lord Jesus over people who were possessed by evil spirits; they used to say, ‘I command you by the Jesus whose spokesman is Paul’. *Among those who did this were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest. The evil spirit replied, ‘Jesus I recognise, and I know who Paul is, but who are you? -and the man with the evil spirit hurled himself at them and overpowered first one and then another,‘ and handled them so violently that they fled from that house naked and badly mauled.”

Were these itinerant Jews the Pharisee's that you stated in an earlier post? This verse does not support your claim that these were Pharisee's that were attempting to cast out demons.

It seems you have a problem with being told the truth. Well that is your problem, and you will just have to get over it, or just don’t read my post.