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I just wonder to myself, as I do some work on my computer and flip in and out of CC, how people can just nullify the work of the cross

and make it of no effect, in print for everyone to see, even Jesus.... Jesus who died on the cross and suffered beyond human

comprehension to give those who trust in Him for "it" "the free gift of salvation" so demeaned>>>> truly incomprehensible.

This accusation against Christ Jesus, that we must add to His WORK, and that we are still in bondage and straddling some imaginary concocted lane of maybe saved or maybe not saved due to our effort..... is truly repugnant.
Satanic influence to answer the bolded
 
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You only have to fear losing your justification in Christ if you stop believing that He is the only way to be justified before the Father.


...or...........to doubt our Lord is to trust in anything else. Which the believing Galatians fell away to. Justification only comes through faith in the forgiveness of God, not works, or anything else. That is what we are not to doubt or disbelieve. You are not condemned by not believing in 'once saved always saved'. You are condemned by not believing that having your sins forgiven by faith in Christ is the only way to be declared righteous before God.
MAN....you are as false as they come.......
 

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God knows who are sheep and who are wolves. but i think that in the different congregations, in different times, they had different errors in their thinking and/or actions. they didn't have 'different gospels' they were different people - with different experiences and different degrees and colors of wisdom.

Yep, and the Corinthian Church was the MOST MESSED UP OF ALL. My Sister-inlaw once said to me, "I do not see what is wrong with our Church? We are just a modern day Corinthian Church." She got no argument from me. Later the Pastor got fired for misuse of funds, the Music Director turned out to be Gay, CONSTANT bickerings among the Congregation, Men unqualified to be ELDERS, etc., etc.
 
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Just a horrific interpretation of this passage. Par for the course from this poster.

No one more than Paul knew he was eternally secure in his Salvation. Much of 1 Corinthians 9 deals with REWARDS, NOT LOSS OF SALVATION!

Salvation is NOT a prize to be won. It is a fee gift given by God. Paul feared being disqualified for different rewards.
A free gift given irrevocably........these guys sicken me the way they devalue JESUS
 
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Well, you are openly supporting one that peddles the loss of salvation and a self maintained faith.......so.......why not come clean with who you really are and what you really believe!
I did not support anyone. I said if he said what he was purported to say, he was in error. More than once. More than twice. More than three times.

I have also constantly disagreed with Judges, over and over. Ask him. He read my posts. He knows

your statement that I support self maintained salvation is erroneous. Ask Mailman Dan what I said. He read my posts
 
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I did not support anyone. I said if he said what he was purported to say, he was in error. More than once. More than twice. More than three times.

your statement that I support self maintained salvation is erroneous. Ask Mailman Dan what I said. He read my posts
Listen....I am a words guy....and I read clearly what you said about Ralph yesterday....you were supporting him and promoting him and we all told you he peddles a false, self maintained losable salvation....end of story.....go read the last couple of pages and then defend him if you can.....the crap he is peddling is as false as it comes.....by doctrine he is NOT a brother....and he peddles a salvation that may be LOST by what WE DO or don't do.
 
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Listen....I am a words guy....and I read clearly what you said about Ralph yesterday....you were supporting him and promoting him and we all told you he peddles a false, self maintained losable salvation....end of story.....go read the last couple of pages and then defend him if you can.....the crap he is peddling is as false as it comes.....by doctrine he is NOT a brother....and he peddles a salvation that may be LOST by what WE DO or don't do.
Go back and read all my posts
 
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I agree with Posthuman, they are addressing, all the Disciples of Jesus Christ, however SOME OF THEM ARE NOT SAVED.

In the Parable of the Gates:

Matthew 7:13-23 (NASB)
13 "Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
14 "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are
few who find it.
15 "Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
16 "You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?
17 "So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
18 "A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit.
19 "Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20 "So then, you will know them by their fruits.
21 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
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"Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?'
23 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you
[that is the inner, personal, Love Relationship, that only comes when you receive HIM as LORD meaning MASTER] DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.'


Both WAYS, are only filled with disciples of Jesus Christ, and unbelievers are not even in this picture.

One WAY leads to the Destruction of Hades/Hell.

The Other WAY leads to Eternal Life.

This absolutely should be read in CONTEXT, because the MANY in verse 22 refers to the MANY in verse 13.

THEY ALL ARE DISCIPLES, which only means FOLLOWERS, and does not MEAN that they are SAVED.

HOWEVER, only those who enter the small Gate onto the narrow WAY, are Born Again Christians.

AND NOTICE, only a FEW find that WAY.


John 3:3 (HCSB)
3 Jesus replied,I assure you: Unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

John 3:6 (HCSB)
6 Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit.
James 1:1 tells us who James was addressing his letter to.
 
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Many do not grasp that "THE FAITH" is sometimes referencing the SYSTEM of TEACHING found in the word of GOD and has to do with daily sanctification...NOT our eternal justification and salvation before the throne....
Agree... so, so important to make the distinction .... something else I have been learning!:)
 
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Listen....I am a words guy....and I read clearly what you said about Ralph yesterday....you were supporting him and promoting him and we all told you he peddles a false, self maintained losable salvation....end of story.....go read the last couple of pages and then defend him if you can.....the crap he is peddling is as false as it comes.....by doctrine he is NOT a brother....and he peddles a salvation that may be LOST by what WE DO or don't do.
I am not going to argue with you If you want to argue, go find a different huckleberry, I am not here to argue or field accusations. Please read 116,653.

With regards
 

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If you truly believe that, why don't you follow his instructions addressed to Noah and build an ark now?

AND I LEARNED the NOAH thought that GOD MEANT what it said, so I listened to WORD OF GOD, while the other people did not think it applied to them, kinda like you do, or even misinterpret them.

John 3:3-7 (HCSB)
3 Jesus replied, “I assure you: Unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
4 “But how can anyone be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked Him. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born?”
5 Jesus answered, “I assure you: Unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
6 Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Do not be amazed that I told you that you must be born again.
 
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I am not going to argue with you If you want to argue, go find a different huckleberry, I am not here to argue or field accusations. Please read 116,653.

With regards
Not arguing...stating facts....and what you wrote yesterday was clear....many called you on it...just own it!
 
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AND I LEARNED the NOAH thought that GOD MEANT what it said, so I listened to WORD OF GOD, while the other people did not think it applied to them, kinda like you do, or even misinterpret them.
That means you believe that it is written FOR your learning, but not necessarily addressed TO you to follow?

Okay then, we are in agreement with James too.