Can a So-Called Cafeteria Christian be a True Believer?
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John 3:16-18
[SUP]16 [/SUP]“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.[SUP]17 [/SUP]For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. [SUP]18 [/SUP]He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
We see in John 3:16 that those who believe in Him will not perish. I do not see in this verse those who believe and accept all Doctrines will not perish.
Why Spherical are you injecting your man made doctrine into receiving Salvation?
Its not about what you want, its all about what God says and it sounds to me you are trying to sooth your conscience by demanding others follow what you teach.
You can teach all you want about how others are not doing what you demand, but until you resolve your issues you have with God you will never be at peace.
[SUP]16 [/SUP]“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.[SUP]17 [/SUP]For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. [SUP]18 [/SUP]He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
We see in John 3:16 that those who believe in Him will not perish. I do not see in this verse those who believe and accept all Doctrines will not perish.
Why Spherical are you injecting your man made doctrine into receiving Salvation?
Its not about what you want, its all about what God says and it sounds to me you are trying to sooth your conscience by demanding others follow what you teach.
You can teach all you want about how others are not doing what you demand, but until you resolve your issues you have with God you will never be at peace.
What works is James talking about? First he is not talking about works we do to maintain our Faith. Second he is talking about because we have Faith we will show our Faith by feeding the poor and clothing the poor.
Its not keeping our Faith that James is talking about, its showing we already have Faith is what he is teaching.
Too many false Christians, especially the Catholic Church, use these verses to prove we work for our Salvation. We do works because we Love God. We do works because we have Faith from God.
Its not keeping our Faith that James is talking about, its showing we already have Faith is what he is teaching.
Too many false Christians, especially the Catholic Church, use these verses to prove we work for our Salvation. We do works because we Love God. We do works because we have Faith from God.
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which is it?
no pick-and-choose
or 'pick-and-choose wisely' ?
but He chose us, and picked us out of the world and out of darkness, seating us with Him in heavenly places and setting us in His divine light !
did He not do so wisely?
ha! not by human wisdom! hmm!
a servant does not order from a menu. he eats whatever his Master serves him.
Pick and choose wisely. 
which is it?
no pick-and-choose
or 'pick-and-choose wisely' ?
but He chose us, and picked us out of the world and out of darkness, seating us with Him in heavenly places and setting us in His divine light !
did He not do so wisely?
ha! not by human wisdom! hmm!
a servant does not order from a menu. he eats whatever his Master serves him.
i'm not entirely sure how this idea squares with the fact that, as Jesus puts it,
that's not licentiousness -- that's humbly submitting to the truth, and acknowledging that it is by His mercy that we are saved, and by His single finished work, not our many unfinished ones, that we are sanctified forever in Him.
"no one is good, but God alone"
that's not licentiousness -- that's humbly submitting to the truth, and acknowledging that it is by His mercy that we are saved, and by His single finished work, not our many unfinished ones, that we are sanctified forever in Him.
Wasn't JESUS born under law,and JESUS had not yet finished the work of the cross when HE told them to go and sin no more.
We all came short of the glory of GOD,So then How would the man go and sin no more?
Will-power?
IMO the man would delight In the law of GOD after the Inward man,but he would see another law In his flesh warring against the law of his mind and bringing him Into captivity to the law of sin which Is In his flesh.
We all came short of the glory of GOD,So then How would the man go and sin no more?
Will-power?
IMO the man would delight In the law of GOD after the Inward man,but he would see another law In his flesh warring against the law of his mind and bringing him Into captivity to the law of sin which Is In his flesh.
do you plan on letting us know what you're talking about, since almost a dozen times now you've been directly asked, or just to keep asking nebulous generalities?
will you choose to do what the Bible says to do, or is that not on your personal cafeteria tray?
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
(Colossians 3:16)
(Colossians 3:16)
^ because i don't think the message here is "speak always to one another in meaninglessly vague phrases"
anyway no, i don't believe that the Bible teaches the earth is flat, and so of course i don't believe people will go to hell for rejecting that idea. i think you already know that no one accepts that line of thinking. it's not part of the revelation of God - it's a valueless, blatant & completely unsupportable deception that a handful of people are carried away by.