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posthuman

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Anyone but me, can feel the GLOBAL WARMING THEORY SLIPPING ? ? ?

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meanwhile in Sydney Australia, record high temperatures through January. which is Summer down under.

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'global warming' doesn't mean there is no more winter. it means the average temperature of the whole earth is greater than what was previously observed, and, accordingly, there are bigger swings in temperature and more energetic storms. people who devote their careers to studying climate aren't idiots, and they actually do know more about this than average-Joe who notices that it still get colds in the winter and decides for himself he's found something they've overlooked.
 
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NO, we have had ONE TOO MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ATTITUTE as you seem to have.
my brother, what attitude are you talking about? have i offended you?

please show where i have been rude etc. i will apologize

man i've been a member less than an hour and now 2 people slandering me with no just cause. i thought we as christian's gave each other the benefit of the doubt........being swift to hear and slow to speak
 
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who goes looking for the lost sheep? the shepherd.

what does the Good Shepherd say when he finds the sheep?

" rejoice with me, I have found MY lost sheep".

did the sheep cease to belong to the Shephard while it was lost?

according to the Good Shephard , no. * MY LOST SHEEP.

if you care about the actual words of Jesus.

Jesus is instructing His disciples what to do if any brother goes astray.


Jesus is preparing His disciples to do the work of the ministry when He returns to heaven.


They are given the responsibility of preaching the Gospel and making disciples.


One of the responsibilities included going after wayward brothers who wander away.




“What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying? And if he should find it, assuredly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish. “Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’ And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector.
Matthew 18:12-17


“Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.


But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’



And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church.


But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector.




JPT
 
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my brother, what attitude are you talking about? have i offended you?

please show where i have been rude etc. i will apologize

man i've been a member less than an hour and now 2 people slandering me with no just cause. i thought we as christian's gave each other the benefit of the doubt........being swift to hear and slow to speak

Welcome brother.




JPT
 

VCO

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so if a man was born again yrs ago, backslides and loses his desire to obey God, he too is not saved?

We believe the BIBLE is 100% accurate, when it is interpreted correctly, DO YOU ? ? ?


1 John 2:19 (HCSB)
19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. However, they went out so that it might be made clear that none of them belongs to us.
 

gb9

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Jesus is instructing His disciples what to do if any brother goes astray.


Jesus is preparing His disciples to do the work of the ministry when He returns to heaven.


They are given the responsibility of preaching the Gospel and making disciples.


One of the responsibilities included going after wayward brothers who wander away.




“What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying? And if he should find it, assuredly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish. “Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’ And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector.
Matthew 18:12-17


“Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.


But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’



And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church.


But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector.




JPT
non - responsive to * MY sheep.
 
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We believe the BIBLE is 100% accurate, when it is interpreted correctly, DO YOU ? ? ?


1 John 2:19 (HCSB)
19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. However, they went out so that it might be made clear that none of them belongs to us.

if you believed the bible is 100% accurate you would apologize to me for being so rude to me and ask me for forgiveness.
 
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We believe the BIBLE is 100% accurate, when it is interpreted correctly, DO YOU ? ? ?
i believe the bible from where it starts in the front and says "In the beginning God" to all the way to the end where is says "Genuine Leather"

2 Peter 1:20-21 (KJV)
20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
 
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1 John 2:19 (HCSB)
19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. However, they went out so that it might be made clear that none of them belongs to us.
i agree with 1john 2:19.............those that dont remain and continue in the faith...........not saved
 
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the bible speaks often of "names being blotted out" of the book of life........do you believe this is possible?
 

GodsGrace101

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Regardless, I don’t tack on “no matter what” to OSAS, as if it means continuously live like the devil, but saved anyway. John makes a clear contrast between children of God and children of the devil (1 John 3:7-10).
Well sir,,,
maybe YOU don't tack on the NO MATTER WHAT...
but that's what it means.

So by the definition you can "live like the devil" and still be saved.
Why, one poster (not here) said he could blaspheme the Holy Spirit and STILL be saved !

I'd watch what group I'm put in if I believed as you do...
I don't believe you're OSAS.
 
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eternally-gratefull

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so if a man was born again yrs ago, backslides and loses his desire to obey God, he too is not saved?
John said he was never born again, he said whoever sins has never seen god or known him

I must go with john.
 
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Same here.

Ok not accross my driveway but around my bath, as a result of wind that caused some ripples..
I am so glad I do not have false teeth....if I did, I would be picking them up off the ground from laughing...HAHAHAH......
 
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eternally-gratefull

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i agree with 1john 2:19.............those that dont remain and continue in the faith...........not saved
That passage says they were never of us, if they were of us they never would have left. They left to show that they were never of us (saved)

It does not say they ever had faith.