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Another thing that I see, is the whosoevers. We who have been predestined are the leaves of the tree of life which is sprouts in the Greek. That is the forming of His divine image within and we are the Bride and Spirit combo that offers living water to any who will listen. God is so awesome and wants all to come to a Him. Whosoever will come!
Hi EG...His prize is to be in heaven, face to face with our Lord Jesus Christ...To be in the presence of God and all heavenly things, and to hear those beautiful words " Well done my good and faithful servant " 
...xox...
...xox...
I do not want different hats or crowns to wear. That's like cracker jack trinkets to me. I want to be with Him. There is no reward that I could desire other than that. I don't even care where I sit as long as I am there, in His Presence.
I don't even care if I have a nosebleed seat!
He took it that way the same as EG earlier took it that I was yelling at him.
Since you weren't trying to be ugly (that's something we all have to examine at times and think back to if we were mad or haughty or impatient at the time) then let him know you weren't intending to be ugly.
Since you weren't trying to be ugly (that's something we all have to examine at times and think back to if we were mad or haughty or impatient at the time) then let him know you weren't intending to be ugly.
Well that's interesting. I guess I've been blinded too. Still don't agree with things he is saying and attitudes.
A few years ago (in 2011), my daughter and I were going through some of my belongings, and I came across a calendar from the year 2000... and I said, oh! It is only from last year, and then I looked up at her, and she was frozen in place, like her brain just stopped working at the fact of me dropping ten years just like that
I think that was also when we found the calendar and accompanying diary I kept of her time in the hospital as a preemie, for she was born at twenty four weeks gestation weighing under a pound and a half, and I wrote her weight gain and loss and other stats down every day, how much she ate, the day she first opened her eyes, the day she extubated herself and never went back on the ventilator, the many times she was "bagged," the first time I was ever allowed to hold her, and the first time I ever heard her cry, man, I will never forget that, walking into the special care nursery and hearing a baby that I had never heard before, the hair on my arms raised! It was like I knew it was her from across the room, many months after she had been born, though I had ever heard that sound before. She has those mementos now
I think that was also when we found the calendar and accompanying diary I kept of her time in the hospital as a preemie, for she was born at twenty four weeks gestation weighing under a pound and a half, and I wrote her weight gain and loss and other stats down every day, how much she ate, the day she first opened her eyes, the day she extubated herself and never went back on the ventilator, the many times she was "bagged," the first time I was ever allowed to hold her, and the first time I ever heard her cry, man, I will never forget that, walking into the special care nursery and hearing a baby that I had never heard before, the hair on my arms raised! It was like I knew it was her from across the room, many months after she had been born, though I had ever heard that sound before. She has those mementos now
And when He comes, He will bring His reward with Him...
I always took that to mean that His bride was His reward...
And that He was our reward.
It never occurred to me that my reward was anything but Him. But I know others think there is something more. And it's okay that they see it that way.
I always took that to mean that His bride was His reward...
And that He was our reward.
It never occurred to me that my reward was anything but Him. But I know others think there is something more. And it's okay that they see it that way.
E
so you believe in eternal security? That once a person is savd by true repentance and true faith in th living God, who will NEVER let you down, but only promised see to continue to grace your faith, and promised to continue to sanctify you until the day of Christ, and give you absolutely no reason t stop having faith is saved forever, that nothing h or she does from hat point forward will change that fact?
Thank you, and know I am just stating my view, not attacking anyone, I am asking honest questions here.
Thank you, and know I am just stating my view, not attacking anyone, I am asking honest questions here.
E
The fact that the one who does not believe is in a state of "condemnation" already (again perfect tense) has in its meaning, that it was a state that always was. There is no condition in the statement itself which would have any possibility that the belief or condemnation was in a different state at any time in th past.
Thus applying the word "Never" fits the equation.
basic math, or basic language skills says that if a person was always in a state, they were "never" in another state.
Again, remove the NOSAS glasses, and maybe you will see what jesus actually said.
(I realize using Nosas or osas glasses is pretty much a strawman, but you started it, so please do not be offended)
Thus applying the word "Never" fits the equation.
basic math, or basic language skills says that if a person was always in a state, they were "never" in another state.
Again, remove the NOSAS glasses, and maybe you will see what jesus actually said.
(I realize using Nosas or osas glasses is pretty much a strawman, but you started it, so please do not be offended)
E
No the promisis nhave no conditions, they are statements of promises which God calls as fact,
it says says he has perfected forever those being sanctifi d
it says he who began a God work in you WIL complete it until the day of Christ
it says he will lose no one
it says he will never let us go,
Again, when are you going to trust God, and his promises and not your own ability? To continue in faith, and more importantly, when are your you going to realize God promise to complete or finish your faith by continually growing it, not give you a reason to lose faith? To me that is humanising God!