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Tell it to Elijah. And I love that in your mind, when you yourself are being flippant (which you've been all through this thread) it's okay, but when others are, it means we're not saved.
Two Greek words are translated to = hypocrite.........the point is obvious
 
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My notes on Calvinism give a more accurate translation.

The LORD hath made all things to give account unto Him: yea, even the wicked, who think they are off His hook, have to give an account unto Him on the day of judgment.

Okay .....I think I will stay at the news section .... God does not make people be or do evil.:cry:
I never said he makes them do evil....and the wicked go astray from the womb
 

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So then some of the rules are cultural and we no longer have to do them?

Hmmm....He seems pretty firm to me.

Paul tells women in Corinth that they must have their head covered when they worship 1 Cor 11:5-6
Of course, Paul is firm.
 
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Paul is speaking to those who have been saved.

That means you didn't have to clean yourself like the people used to have to do.

You didn't have to do the purification/ceremonial works of the law.

Everyone had to obey and still has to obey.

No one is saved until they believe and obey Jesus.
You missed the mark on the second part.....try again....the law is not even mentioned...that is your embellishment and not biblical
 
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We have to obey Jesus' words; his words are Spirit. We don't get the Spirit and life if we don't obey him.
False....We are born again from above by the Spirt through FAITH....

it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that BELIEVE!

He that BELIEVES ON THE SON is having everylasting life

If you BELIEVE WITH YOUR HEART and confess with your mouth thou shalt be SAVED

Let me tell you pal..you will have to do better than that...FAITH IS WHAT SAVES A MAN....
 

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Paul is speaking to those who have been saved.
That means you didn't have to clean yourself like the people used to have to do.
You didn't have to do the purification/ceremonial works of the law.
Everyone had to obey and still has to obey.
No one is saved until they believe and obey Jesus.
It does make me wonder if some interaction is not an AI robot.
They repeat the same points all the time, the same personal attacks and slander,
while not addressing anything.

Why would Paul say "Aim at perfection" if it did not matter.

If I said this without Pauls statement I would be told I am putting a heavy burden
on peoples backs and condemning them to hell.

My answer is these guys have no fear of God or being His enemy, they are happy to
take their position and shoot anyone who disagrees with them as if they are satan.

What did the pharisees do to Jesus? You are casting out demons by satan.
These guys would happily go this far, and deny words Jesus said they do not like and accept
all the promises to themselves, when the denial means the promises do not apply.

But what does a goat do, when they find out they are a goat, they imagine they are
a sheep, because what other choice have they got? The real answer is to call out
to Jesus, except they do not believe He actually answers.
 
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Luke 14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other, Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

What Jesus says is, working for money and serving God is not possible. Yes I am saying if you work for a paycheck and you say you serve God, you are disobeying what Jesus says. Jesus says...in Luke 12:22-34

Do Not Worry or Be Fearful
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what he shall eat; neither for the body, what he shall put on. The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take thought for the rest?

To explain Luke 12:22-26

The ravens don’t have jobs or houses, yet God provides everything they need, aren’t you worth much more than these creatures? And who can add more years to themselves? Or there life? Why worry about such things when you can’t even do anything about the least of all these? (Food, shelter, clothes).

Luke 12:27-31 (Continued)
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and tomorrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. But rather seek first the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
I believe Jesus makes it very clear on what we need to do as Christians, stop serving money (stop working for money, quit your job) stop worrying where your going to get your next meal, or where you are going to sleep, Jesus says the world worry’s about such things, you are not supposed to be a part of this world. Stop relying on money, using money is ok, but working for it is not. Stop putting your faith in a worldly system and preach the Gospel full time, listen to Jesus.

The second to last verse Luke 12:33
Sell what you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

Do you see what Jesus is saying? Every single Christian did what Jesus commands. There was no special person who didn’t sell all and leave everything, preaching the gospel 24/7. Your job is to preach his word, and he gives you the essentials you need. 1 Timothy 6:8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

Assumption #1- Jesus was never a carpenter the only verse you can see is his father being a carpenter in Mark 6:3. Jesus started preaching when he was 12 Year’s old according to scripture, in Luke 42-49. He never served (worked for) money, he did use money though, his treasurer was Judas (the one who betrayed him).

Definition of Forsaketh according to Jesus is found in all the gospels, but I am going to use Mark 10:17-21 for this claim.

And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother. And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth. Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.

The definition is clear consistently through all 4 of the gospels. The Word of God has spoken and commands this as a requirement to inherit eternal life with him. Jesus Christ has the ultimate authority in the Bible, the Old Testament does not teach us how to live as Christ did, that is why the New Testament (Jesus Christ’s teachings more importantly) applies to us, hence forth New Testament. Notice Jesus told him he LACKED one thing, now you can say this only applies to the rich man, but that is a lie. It applies to everyone that truly loves Jesus. In the rest of the scripture, right around Luke 14:33 Jesus addressed the entire multitude of people, rich and poor, women, children all kinds of people. Here it is.

-The Cost of Discipleship- Luke 14:25-27
And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

Reflecting of Luke 14:33-Acts 2:45-47 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man hath need. And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

Reflecting of Luke 14:33 again, Matthew 13:44-46
-The Treasure and the Goodly Pearl-
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

These are the commands of Jesus in a parable, the man sold everything to inherit eternal life. Now I have heard the arguments against what Jesus commands, the biggest one is people want to point to Paul and say he has a higher authority than God in the flesh and they say, “Paul worked as a tent maker!” So sense he worked for money it’s ok. Really? I would recommend that you only follow Jesus and what he says. But let’s take a look at this argument.

Acts 18:3-5
And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by there occupation they were tentmakers. And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

Paul worked at making tents with a couple other Jews while preaching the gospel, but reading it in the entire context, two other disciples came along and he was pricked in his spirit and decided to leave to preach the Gospel full time once again. Now this passage does not say he labored (worked, served) for money, all it says was he was creating tents, even if he did work for money, he soon told his fellow tent makers that Jesus was Christ and they rejected him, so he left to a brothers house to tell him the good news instead and was received there.

Another passage of scripture people use as a excuse to not obey Jesus is....

1 Timothy 5:8
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Nobody believes this drivel and no one here peddles to not obey....geesh.....really coming out of the wood work today hey.
 

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You said false to my saying we have to obey Jesus and his words are Spirit.

We are born again from above by the Spirt through FAITH....
Faith alone is dead, like a dead body without its spirit.
it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that BELIEVE!
We have to believe that Jesus' blood washes away the sins we have to repent of doing.

He that BELIEVES ON THE SON is having everylasting life
We have to believe that we have to obey this man called Jesus.
If you BELIEVE WITH YOUR HEART and confess with your mouth thou shalt be SAVED
If you are saying with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, then you had better be obeying him.

Luke 6:46 "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?

Get a hold of yourself, this one is another shocker for you:

Matthew 7:21 Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
Let me tell you pal..you will have to do better than that...FAITH IS WHAT SAVES A MAN....
Believe the Holy Bible, the written words of God. Faith alone is dead and cannot save anyone.
 

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It does make me wonder if some interaction is not an AI robot.
You don't recognize this as insult?
They repeat the same points all the time, the same personal attacks and slander,
You don't recognize what you are doing?
while not addressing anything.

Why would Paul say "Aim at perfection" if it did not matter.
Who said it didn't matter?

If I said this without Pauls statement I would be told I am putting a heavy burden
on peoples backs and condemning them to hell.

My answer is these guys have no fear of God or being His enemy, they are happy to
take their position and shoot anyone who disagrees with them as if they are satan.
It seems like that is what you are doing.
What did the pharisees do to Jesus? You are casting out demons by satan.
The Pharisees didn't repent of their sins and believe in Jesus. Isn't that what you are teaching about how we don't have to do any obeying except believing?
These guys would happily go this far, and deny words Jesus said they do not like and accept
all the promises to themselves, when the denial means the promises do not apply.

But what does a goat do, when they find out they are a goat, they imagine they are
a sheep, because what other choice have they got? The real answer is to call out
to Jesus, except they do not believe He actually answers.
We have to do what Jesus says to do because Jesus doesn't save goats. He saves those who have obeyed like lambs.
 

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Nobody believes this drivel and no one here peddles to not obey....geesh.....really coming out of the wood work today hey.
I love this stuff.
It is easy to lie about peoples positions and what has been said or not said, because there
is forgiveness while you lie.

"Nobody" on a thread of 91,810 posts is actually impossible to say.
And even over the last few weeks I have been told to obey is impossible, for even for a day.

But if ones heart is just into put downs and creating this image of the heroic fighter using
any means to defend the "gospel" one is already defeated.

We are called to die for one another, to be an example like Jesus and to shine as blamless
pure lights in a dark world. Putting it simply, a sheep does not behave like this.

Walking in Jesus takes everything we have got, and it is very involved and complex, with
many balances. It took Paul 14 years to get his head around it, and he knew the bible
better than most of his day.

But we have people here who could write the gospel and the truth on one sheet and throw
the rest of the bible away, and they would be happy. And why do we come to share this?

Because it is a place to witness and share and learn, even from the Lords enemies, because
one of the best lessons one can learn is from people who hate you, they know your weakest
points, which you can then put into context and then present a better picture, Praise the Lord
Amen
 
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Do you really need to be shown how many times PAUL WRITES ABOUT CIRCUMCISION?
So what...I am not under the law....Galatians..
what you are peddling has no power to save, false gospel if a different kind, no power to save and all that believe it are fools and bewitched....

Your cafe blend saves no one pal
 

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You don't recognize this as insult?
You don't recognize what you are doing?
Who said it didn't matter?
It seems like that is what you are doing.
The Pharisees didn't repent of their sins and believe in Jesus. Isn't that what you are teaching about how we don't have to do any obeying except believing?
We have to do what Jesus says to do because Jesus doesn't save goats. He saves those who have obeyed like lambs.
Hi YTG,

I am describing what is happening. If people take offence at the description, then they need
to respond and point out my failure. Jesus was very specific about showing people their interactions.

I get told too often following Jesus is works salvation.
The other is it is impossible to be perfect in this life.
Another is we are not aiming to be like Jesus. The phrase was Jesus was so different to me it was
like blasphemy, or something like that.

I am not saying anyone is doing anything by satan, just they are not following God by their own confession.
I am teaching we need to repent, believe in the cross for the forgiveness of sins and follow Jesus.

Yes you are right Jesus does not save goats.
 

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You don't recognize this as insult?

You don't recognize what you are doing?

Who said it didn't matter?


It seems like that is what you are doing.

The Pharisees didn't repent of their sins and believe in Jesus. Isn't that what you are teaching about how we don't have to do any obeying except believing?

We have to do what Jesus says to do because Jesus doesn't save goats. He saves those who have obeyed like lambs.
FollowHisSteps
I think I misunderstood what you said to me. You were talking about other people and not me, correct? If yes, so sorry for the misunderstanding, and I completely agree with you.
 

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We receive when we believe. Obedience to what He says. The failure in the beginning. Another voice intervened.
YourtruthGod

You asked in another post what I meant by this one. For some reason I had missed it until now.

My weakness with posting is using clipped phrases. I apologize.

I was speaking previously that faith is our obedience and this pleases Father. We put our faith in the plan that Father had before the world was ever created for He knew that man would fail. Not getting into why or how here.

For whatever reason, Adam and Eve listened to the voice of the serpent. This is the beginning of rebellion, of course, and the spirit of unbelief in this age. Lucifer did the same in the previous.

Not getting into the reasons for all this. The point is that they all heeded some voice other than Gods. Then the action accompanied is unrighteous mankind.

So reverse this. His displeasure was failure to remain in faith. The connection that's spiritual. His pleasure is believing His plan. And righteousness in Jesus is our result. We act then from that place of security. It's the work of Jesus that saves us.
 
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You said false to my saying we have to obey Jesus and his words are Spirit.


Faith alone is dead, like a dead body without its spirit.

We have to believe that Jesus' blood washes away the sins we have to repent of doing.


We have to believe that we have to obey this man called Jesus.

If you are saying with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, then you had better be obeying him.

Luke 6:46 "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?

Get a hold of yourself, this one is another shocker for you:

Matthew 7:21 Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.


Believe the Holy Bible, the written words of God. Faith alone is dead and cannot save anyone.
Context pal...James is not teaching rhe drivel you are selling
 

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Hi YTG,

I am describing what is happening. If people take offence at the description, then they need
to respond and point out my failure. Jesus was very specific about showing people their interactions.

I get told too often following Jesus is works salvation.
The other is it is impossible to be perfect in this life.
Another is we are not aiming to be like Jesus. The phrase was Jesus was so different to me it was
like blasphemy, or something like that.

I am not saying anyone is doing anything by satan, just they are not following God by their own confession.
I am teaching we need to repent, believe in the cross for the forgiveness of sins and follow Jesus.

Yes you are right Jesus does not save goats.
I misunderstood at first. I am so glad that we have the same beliefs on this. Thank you so much for explaining.