The Plan of salvation.

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ForestGreenCook

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“I think you miss how someone comes to understand the teaching of the Holy Spirit.”

the teachkngs of the holy spirit are the things jesus taught to understand them We have to hear accept what he said it’s really simple

“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;

but he that believeth not shall be damned.”
‭‭Mark‬ ‭16:15-16‬ ‭KJV‬‬

you can’t understand the gospel unless you hear it forst and believe what you heard

“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭10:17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

you cannot ever know the Holy Ghost without accepting the gospel jesus preached and sent into the world that’s the only place it can get into our hearts because we hear and believe the truth of Jesus Christ

it’s also what promises life

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
‭‭John‬ ‭5:24‬ ‭


That’s where we find life hearing and accepting his word Gods word , it’s why he preached it and sent it to the world

“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24:14‬ ‭KJV‬‬

that’s because that’s the word of God the doctrine of the Holy Spirit his word Jesus word is life for a believer

“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”
‭‭John‬ ‭6:63‬ ‭

You have to accept that to understand the spirit tha who’s speaking in the gospel telling us what we need to believe

to just argue isnt beneficial let’s discuss what’s in the Bible and let that change our thinking

To understand what God said , we have to hear and accept that he said not reject it and explain that’s not how God is he’s exactly like his word says he is

if we crept the gospel and follow the lord he’ll teach us if we reject him and try to find another path we’re fooling ourselves
It might be helpful for you to check the Greek meaning of the word "saved", meaning "delivered" The born again believer can be delivered as he sojourns here on earth, this deliverance is not eternal, because he already has his eternal inheritance.
 

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It might be helpful for you to check the Greek meaning of the word "saved", meaning "delivered" The born again believer can be delivered as he sojourns here on earth, this deliverance is not eternal, because he already has his eternal inheritance.
I prefer to look at the biblical meaning

the old testsment announced total destruction of the earth and everything in it including mankind

“The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭24:5-6, 17, 20‬ ‭KJV‬‬


the gospel is what saves us from that end and promises us a new home

“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.”
‭‭Mark‬ ‭16:15-16‬ ‭KJV‬‬

the bi me tells a comprehensive true story about all creation it begins with man being given dominion on earth , following evil and corrupting the earth. God decides to destroy the earth with a flood because of this Noah and his family were “saved by grace through faith “ from this event and he began again

then israel was chosen to rule the earth with God among them in the land of Israel , and they broke and defiled the covenant he made with them and so they were led into capitoty in Babylon fornthier worship of false Gods and thier corruption of the earth like before the flood

so God announced the earth would be destroyed again and everything in it this time by fire

Salvstion is about being saved from this judgement cknkng upon the world This is why we need to repent and believe the gospel to be saved

Consider what peters saying here it helps to understand biblical salvation and you don’t need to learn Greek or even Hebrew to hear it


“but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.


But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;

as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.”
‭‭2 Peter‬ ‭3:7-18‬ ‭KJV‬‬


we need salvation because creation is doomed Jesus is offering us a new home with him that will never be corrupted or fall into sin again but will be forever without death or sorrow . Where God walks among us

we can be saved from the worlds fate of destruction by fire if we believe the gospel

“and to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe in that day.”
‭‭2 Thessalonians‬ ‭1:7-10‬ ‭KJV‬‬

biblically there’s a ton wrotten about salvation really most of the New Testament and it’s printed in most any language so we can all hear it and choose

saved biblically is here

“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;

but he that believeth not shall be damned.”
‭‭Mark‬ ‭16:15-16‬ ‭KJV‬‬


Saved from the damnation of this evil world and it’s children which lies ahead
 

ForestGreenCook

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But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentanc
Your post contains about half truth and half untrue. I have already explained that you have taken 2 Pet 3:9 out of context, and yet, you throw it back at me with your same false interpretation of it, just as you have in most of your post.

You have been indoctrinated with a preconceived idea that God wants to eternally deliver all mankind to heaven, but he Just doesn't have the power to accomplish his will.

Your preconceived false doctrine elevates man's power and belittles God's power.
 

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Your post contains about half truth and half untrue. I have already explained that you have taken 2 Pet 3:9 out of context, and yet, you throw it back at me with your same false interpretation of it, just as you have in most of your post.

You have been indoctrinated with a preconceived idea that God wants to eternally deliver all mankind to heaven, but he Just doesn't have the power to accomplish his will.

Your preconceived false doctrine elevates man's power and belittles God's power.
The Bible says what it says personal interpretations don’t have anything to do with it, whether we’re humble enough to believe and let it correct our thinking about God is what matters

the personal bickering your about to get into I have no interest in

I think your “ Interpreting away “ any and everything I’ll show you from scripture because you don’t already think it lol

so , rather than get drawn into all the accusations and strife and arguing I’ll just move on I’m too old to waste time on that type of thing
 

ForestGreenCook

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The Bible says what it says personal interpretations don’t have anything to do with it, whether we’re humble enough to believe and let it correct our thinking about God is what matters

the personal bickering your about to get into I have no interest in

I think your “ Interpreting away “ any and everything I’ll show you from scripture because you don’t already think it lol

so , rather than get drawn into all the accusations and strife and arguing I’ll just move on I’m too old to waste time on that type of thing
I still love defending the doctrine that Jesus taught, and I am 88 years old.
 

ForestGreenCook

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The Bible says what it says personal interpretations don’t have anything to do with it, whether we’re humble enough to believe and let it correct our thinking about God is what matters

the personal bickering your about to get into I have no interest in

I think your “ Interpreting away “ any and everything I’ll show you from scripture because you don’t already think it lol

so , rather than get drawn into all the accusations and strife and arguing I’ll just move on I’m too old to waste time on that type of thing
Dan 4:35 - And all of the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing and he "doeth according to his will" in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth, and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

By mankind not accepting his, so called offer, could not stay God's hand, if God wanted to deliver (save) him eternally. God accomplishes all of his will. Man is not more powerful than God. God does not want to eternally deliver all of mankind. Scriptures do not contradict each other.