predestination vs freewill
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You accused me of saying there are 100 texts used to create.......
and that is not all.. that you lied about.... and you used these lies when talking to another member...so that made it worse.
So, i reported 3 of your lying accusation posts.....
Thats on you., as i would not have done this, but you reported being called a liar, when you have lied.
And what is even more ridiculous, is that you posted that you "reported" so that you brag about it on the forum.
I thought you were an adult.
My mistake.
and that is not all.. that you lied about.... and you used these lies when talking to another member...so that made it worse.
So, i reported 3 of your lying accusation posts.....
Thats on you., as i would not have done this, but you reported being called a liar, when you have lied.
And what is even more ridiculous, is that you posted that you "reported" so that you brag about it on the forum.
I thought you were an adult.
My mistake.
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I was very patient while you broke the rules numerous times. You are a flagrant violater.
Maybe I’m lucky and they won’t ban me for making a mistake and misreading you and afterward admitting I was wrong when you corrected me.
Maybe I’m lucky and they won’t ban me for making a mistake and misreading you and afterward admitting I was wrong when you corrected me.
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God is always kept in perfect peace with His born again redeemed, = by the blood of Jesus.
This ETERNAL relationship He has with us, is not based on us, so, we can't end it by bad behavior, just like we didn't create it by good behavior.
If a person feels.....""""i need to confess sin so that i restore relationship with God".... then this is proof they believe that relationship to God is based on them and their behavior, and not on the Cross of Christ that is the only reason the relationship exists, in the first place.
This ETERNAL relationship He has with us, is not based on us, so, we can't end it by bad behavior, just like we didn't create it by good behavior.
If a person feels.....""""i need to confess sin so that i restore relationship with God".... then this is proof they believe that relationship to God is based on them and their behavior, and not on the Cross of Christ that is the only reason the relationship exists, in the first place.
Its based on Christ's Cross that God offers "Justification by Faith".
So, to receive what Christ accomplished on the Cross, you have to BELIEVE in Jesus...., and by this Faith, God applies Salvation to you, as "faith is accepted as righteousness" AS..>>"The Gift of Salvation", and "the Gift of Righteousness".
Abraham was justified by faith, and became "the Father of our faith".
God accepting faith to give you His very righteousness, is "the Gospel of the GRACE of God"
So, to receive what Christ accomplished on the Cross, you have to BELIEVE in Jesus...., and by this Faith, God applies Salvation to you, as "faith is accepted as righteousness" AS..>>"The Gift of Salvation", and "the Gift of Righteousness".
Abraham was justified by faith, and became "the Father of our faith".
God accepting faith to give you His very righteousness, is "the Gospel of the GRACE of God"
If God created the Cross as ....>"as long as you dont mess up after i save you".....then that is the same Situation that Adam had when God told him not to do something...... "or else".
How is that Salvation?
How can Salvation be the gift of the Cross, if we are supposed to keep ourselves saved by trying to be accepted, by not doing something wrong?
The Gift of Salvation, is not a requirement.......its a GIFT.
You dont earn a gift.
And once you are born again, you are always born again.
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Some people have a very very strong conversion moment.
My older brother had this when He was born again, which happened during a counseling session with a pastor, in the pastor's office.
They had talked a long time, and the pastor invited my brother to receive Christ as they were on their knees in the office.
My brother told me later ......>" when i got up, all was different.....I walked outside and the TREES LOOKED DIFFERENT".
So, that was drastic.
He was soon called to be a Pastor.
Others, dont have any particular notable experience when they Give their Heart to Jesus, and Faith to God, yet, 5 yrs later, 10, 20, they can look back on their lives and SEE all the moments of change and the evidence of God working in their lives and in their heart.
Typically, there is one situation that the born again all relate to, that happens.
= We become SIN Sensitive.
Notice that?
You trusted in Christ and then you noticed SIN......you see it, you are aware of it........ whereas before, you enjoyed it.
See that change?
Only God can cause that change in the heart and in the conscience.
That is the classic "born again" experience that is caused by the Holy Spirit becoming joined to your Spirit, that is connected to your conscience.
Some people have a very very strong conversion moment.
My older brother had this when He was born again, which happened during a counseling session with a pastor, in the pastor's office.
They had talked a long time, and the pastor invited my brother to receive Christ as they were on their knees in the office.
My brother told me later ......>" when i got up, all was different.....I walked outside and the TREES LOOKED DIFFERENT".
So, that was drastic.
He was soon called to be a Pastor.
Others, dont have any particular notable experience when they Give their Heart to Jesus, and Faith to God, yet, 5 yrs later, 10, 20, they can look back on their lives and SEE all the moments of change and the evidence of God working in their lives and in their heart.
Typically, there is one situation that the born again all relate to, that happens.
= We become SIN Sensitive.
Notice that?
You trusted in Christ and then you noticed SIN......you see it, you are aware of it........ whereas before, you enjoyed it.
See that change?
Only God can cause that change in the heart and in the conscience.
That is the classic "born again" experience that is caused by the Holy Spirit becoming joined to your Spirit, that is connected to your conscience.
yet, if you dont do this.......Jesus said....."you must be born again".....then you have repented of sin, but not of unbelief, and so, you are just as hell bound, as if you never turned from sin.
Salvation, is not you being good so that God will have you....>It God's goodness given to you , based on the Cross", that allows God to accept you and keep you.
Salvation, is not you being good so that God will have you....>It God's goodness given to you , based on the Cross", that allows God to accept you and keep you.
Then explain why born again Christians sin and confess.
ITs because they are trying to be good to be accepted by God based on commandment keeping, which means they are striving by willpower that puts them "under the law" and the Power of sin is the Law.
So, to stop sinning, you have to do as Paul did........You have to realize who you are "in Christ" and from this renewed mind, you find the Grace of God as real faith, and THAT is when this happens......"" Christ always gives me the Victory"
Victory over what? = "the flesh, the world, and the devil".
ITs because they are trying to be good to be accepted by God based on commandment keeping, which means they are striving by willpower that puts them "under the law" and the Power of sin is the Law.
So, to stop sinning, you have to do as Paul did........You have to realize who you are "in Christ" and from this renewed mind, you find the Grace of God as real faith, and THAT is when this happens......"" Christ always gives me the Victory"
Victory over what? = "the flesh, the world, and the devil".
Here is something to know.
On the day that God saved you, through the blood and death of Jesus......>>God knew that instant of all the sins you would commit after He saved you.........and He saved you anyway.
why?
Because God knows that the Sacrifice of Christ, is the power of the BLood, that is an eternal sacrifice.
That means it keeps on making you RIGHTEOUS, for eternity.
Notice this verse......."where sin abounds, GRACE more abounds'.
Let me paraphrase........when you mess up, you have the Blood of Jesus that forgave all you sin already, 2000 yrs ago, on the Cross.