So you want to question my salvation and my faith because I disagree with you? You assume that you have it right and because someone else thinks differently, that they are not saved or don't value the scriptures the way that you think you do.
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OH MY, not only did you not NOT even attempt to answer my question, but you twisted the Scriptures HORRIBLY, and totally have a false idea of what I teach and Believe.
So is this ALL A REBELLION against your DAD's beliefs?
If you have my Beliefs totally misunderstood, I suspect you totally misunderstood your Dad also.
Let's start with the most important thing. Man is made up of three parts,
body, soul, and spirit.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 (ASV)
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23 [/SUP] And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and
may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The body = the sum total of ALL the tangible cells, anything that you can look at under a microscope.
The soul = the sum total of the intangible parts of the hum mind, pysche {in fact the Greek word for soul is pysche}, thoughts, memories, emotions, cognative abilities, feeling, etc.
Luke 12:19 (ASV)
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And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
Clearly her JESUS is referring to a internal mental debate, or the functions of the human mind, as being the soul of man.
The spirit = the part that leaves the body upon death and if one is born again it goes directly to be with the LORD in heaven, and if is still spiritually dead it goes directly to the torments of Hades.
Psalm 146:3-4 (NIV)
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3 [/SUP] Do not put your trust in princes, in
mortal men, who cannot save.
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4 [/SUP] When
their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.
Philippians 1:23-26 (NKJV)
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23 [/SUP] For I am hard pressed between the two, having
a desire to depart and be with Christ,
which is far better.
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24 [/SUP] Nevertheless to remain in the flesh
is more needful for you.
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25 [/SUP] And being confident of this, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy of faith,
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26 [/SUP] that your rejoicing for me may be more abundant in Jesus Christ by my coming to you again.
The spiritually dead human spirit is functioning but NOT alive to the will of GOD. That human spirit is dead in the sinful nature that we inherited from Adam; and it is purely in tune with the desires of the flesh and totally concerned about SELF only, from natural birth on to the very moment we are born again via the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 2:1-2 (NIV)
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1 [/SUP] As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,
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2 [/SUP] in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.
But that ONCE DEAD spirit is born again to eternal life, when we are broken by sense of guilt over our utter sinfulness, crying out to GOD for forgiveness, for that is the HOLY SPIRIT Who finally got through to our stone cold sinful heart, and with that conviction of sin HE brings our once dead spirits to become Eternally ALIVE to GOD, in tune with HIS will. The mind of the flesh is still there and still has sin in it; BUT for the first time we have the power to say NO to the temptation to sin.
It is after we are born again that our spirit HUNGERS TO UNDERSTAND GOD's WORD, and it is the Holy Spirit in us that teaches us all truths, and gives us understanding of the Scriptures.
1 Corinthians 2:12-14 (NIV)
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12 [/SUP] We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
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13 [/SUP] This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.
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14 [/SUP] The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
It appears to me that you have willfully blinded yourself to the TRUTH, about the Rapture, the Future of Israel, what we really teach about the Bride being Called out to GO to the Wedding of the Lamb, and probably about a LOT of other TRUTHS, just to prove your earthly father wrong about something.