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Chester

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I don't know all the unswer but what I know is we have to believe the bible

Murder No repent go to hell.
Repent, forgiven.

That is the only knowledge I have from the bible.

If you don't know that murder is sin, and killing is that make you not sin because you don't know?


I don't know if any don't know murder is sin

About another sin like not give drink to the poor people may don't think as a sin


Mat 25

41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

I don't know why, only because not give drink to the poor Jesus put us to hell.

We may think It is not fair, but that is what He say.
I was think murder is sin, Lie or stealing was, but not give a water to the poor sin, surprise me. But we can't protest Him anyway
I will try to answer this tomorrow - my day here is over . . . It is enjoyable "talking" with you because your faith is fresh and straight-forward.
 

Just_Jo

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@Rosemaryx ,let me say to you in affirmation and confirmation,YOUR walk with the Lord is YOUR own, continue to walk as He directs you in the word,not others.

We ALL are fallible,He is NOT!
HE stands firm on His promises and blessings in His word.

Hold fast to whatever He leads you comparing scripture to scripture for it is the ONLY TRUTH!

Man's doctrines are prevalent in today's age but we must trust in Gods doctrine which is backed by His word!
 

Rosemaryx

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@Rosemaryx ,let me say to you in affirmation and confirmation,YOUR walk with the Lord is YOUR own, continue to walk as He directs you in the word,not others.

We ALL are fallible,He is NOT!
HE stands firm on His promises and blessings in His word.

Hold fast to whatever He leads you comparing scripture to scripture for it is the ONLY TRUTH!

Man's doctrines are prevalent in today's age but we must trust in Gods doctrine which is backed by His word!
A big Amen sister , I go where He leads , not 100 percent , but everyday being changed into His likeness...
All the glory to God \o/...
...xox...
 
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Matthew 5
22But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.…



1 John 2:9
If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.



1 John 2:11
But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
So you agree that, based on what John is writing, one who believes in Jesus but hates his brother, he cannot have eternal life?
 
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The Holy Spirit has led me to believe I am eternally secure , and I believe He showed me this when I was once believing I could lose my Salvation...

Do you believe a person who thinks they can lose their Salvation is not saved ?...
Regarding people who are unsure of eternal security or believe fully they can lose their salvation, I’ll let Scripture answer for me:

John 3:16-18
Romans 10:9-10
 

soggykitten

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So you believe after Being Christian one can killing some people without lose his salvation?
Yes.
If I kill someone who is trying to murder someone in front of me, man and his court does not prosecute me. God would also know I was risking my life in defense of another, which is not condemned by God in his word, and as such I would remain saved.
There are junkies who were and are Christian. They have a lapse on the way but that doesn't mean God turns from them. If anything, that is when they need God the most.

As I read it, verses that tell us God will turn away from us, or that passage that says , if we deny Jesus he shall deny us, are not saying, God will strip away our salvation. Our salvation is eternal life through Christ our Lord. It isn't something we find out about, if we passed the mortal test, to achieve the salvific promise while on earth. Rather, again as I've read it, we are saved the moment we accept Christ as our savior. Savior=Salvation=Saved. Jesus said, no one can take us from his hand. If no one on earth can do that, then Jesus shall not either. Or else he would have worded the scripture to read, no one can take you from my hand but you are able to release my grace filled covenant if you choose.

That would make us able to out-know God, since he knows who are his sheep and those who will at the judgment argue they did this and that in his name, i.e. as professing Christians, yet he does not know them.

People who lose their salvation, in my view, are those type people. Those who were never part of the actual covenant. We can't fool God. While fake Christians abound.
 

soggykitten

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So you agree that, based on what John is writing, one who believes in Jesus but hates his brother, he cannot have eternal life?
Question. Didn't check your profile to see if you posted your age. Have you in your whole life ever hated someone?
 
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People who lose their salvation, in my view, are those type people. Those who were never part of the actual covenant. We can't fool God. While fake Christians abound.
Sounds like the people you describe above actually never had salvation.
 
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People who lose their salvation, in my view, are those type people.
How can they lose what they never had? :unsure:

Or else he would have worded the scripture to read, no one can take you from my hand but you are able to release my grace filled covenant if you choose.
How do we leave the covenant.. is there a document we sign, is one prayer enough for God to cut us loose, how about if we change our minds will God take us back?
 

soggykitten

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No matter what happen,( killing raping, robing etc) a believer can not be lost (still go to heaven)

So you don't agree with
1 cor 6:9-11

9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men[a] 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Maybe find a different worded version to understand that scripture? All those described in the first two verses of 9&10 you'll maybe notice are those who are not Christians.

As we may note in verse 11. "And that is what some of you were". Verses 9 through 10 are talking about the unrepentant sinners and therein their sins are described.
 

soggykitten

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How can they lose what they never had? :unsure:
My response was worded to address their inquiry.
People that are not really saved likely don't know it. Which is why they're lost still. They lose the salvation they imagine they had. But they never actually had salvation to begin with.



How do we leave the covenant.. is there a document we sign, is one prayer enough for God to cut us loose, how about if we change our minds will God take us back?
Maybe a good question. Perhaps someone who believers they as a believer can lose their salvation will choose to answer it.
 

soggykitten

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Hi...
Only believers who are in Christ Jesus have had their sins forgiven , unbelievers are still under the wrath of God , their debt of sins have not been paid for...

Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.
That verse as I read it is speaking of pre-Christ and post Christ.
The wages of sin was death.
Also, the passage that says Jesus took the sins of the world upon himself on the cross does not equivocate. The sins of the world, appears more than once in scripture, are all sins for all time.
Those who do not accept the heavenly gift of God die in their sins. All they had to do is repent and accept the savior that saved them from their sins. That easy.
And for the sincere of heart whom God knows of course because he knows our heart, that is scripture too, they are eternally in the grace of God and that holy spirit dwells within them.
 

tourist

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Do you believe God shows His Word differently from one person to the next?
I believe that there is an element of truth to that because each one of us is a unique individual in our personal relationship with the Lord with our own particular situation and environment. With that said, most of of scripture is speaking to all of us such as God is love and Jesus dying on the cross for our sins. That God is three unique entities, Father, Son, Holy Spirit comprising one God. But yes, in certain instances God may indeed speak differently depending on the individual and the events that played a part in defining who that person is at that moment in time.
 

soggykitten

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[Sigh]

Same old rebuttal that all devout OSAS’ers are taught.

Hear ye what the Lord says!

Romans 11:20-22 KJV
[20] Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and you are standing by faith. Do not be highminded, but fear: [21] For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he does not spare you also. [22] Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

YOU CAN BE CUT OFF WITH THE UNBELIEVERS TOO!
You appear to say there that we have to keep working to deserve or keep our salvation. Is that what I am reading in your post above? If not please correct me.
 

soggykitten

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Acts 3:19-21 had Peter speaking to Israel after being filled with the Holy Spirit, so its God speaking thru him

19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.

20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:

21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

You agree that, to be saved, your sins must be blotted out correct?

Thus, for Israel, their sins "may be" blotted out when Jesus returns for them in his 2nd coming. Its a future event.

Once you are able to recognize this, then what James Peter and John, Jude wrote to Israel in all their letters, at the end of the NT, will make perfect sense.

But you should be glad that, for us in the Body of Christ, Paul tells us we are saved right now by following 1 Cor 15:1-4.
Thank you for clearing up my misunderstanding.
 
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EleventhHour

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Surely you agree that when we are forgiven our sins by Christ, we become like a righteous person. We are sin free. If we refuse to live as a sin free person then we are not righteous any more.

The Lord knows of our human condition, if we are human, we sin. All He asks is that we give our will to Him, to will to not sin and accept His forgiveness whenever we fail.

There is only one righteous and that is Jesus Christ.

Our salvation is based on His righteousness imputed to us eternally..... NOT our own.

If it were not so, there would be no Gospel