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  1. MyrtleTrees

    HOW MANY HOURS WAS JESUS DEAD ON THE CROSS?

    Hi! Yes, it's amazing how leftover manna didn't spoil! But there were lots of miracles like that throughout Old Testament times - all through God of course. You say that the feast of unleavened bread didn't begin before the Passover meal. But why does this passage below, call the meal He...
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    HOW MANY HOURS WAS JESUS DEAD ON THE CROSS?

    Hi! I understand Watchman Nee to have been a true, dedicated child of God, and have read a number of his books. But he like any human - is not to be trusted above the Bible. We all need to remember that, and prayerfully avoid being overly swayed by human opinion on spiritual matters.
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    God COMMANDS people everywhere - to repent

    Hi! Yes, we need a great spiritual revival here in the USA, and around the world! I pray for that daily! God is tired of lukewarmness, and wants our religiousness towards Him to be hot! Professing Christians need to be just as religious and devoted to God on all days of the week as they...
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    HOW MANY HOURS WAS JESUS DEAD ON THE CROSS?

    I've seen absolutely no statement of any kind like that in any of his books he wrote- which I've read. In fact, I read that he believed in the trinity of God. And in the proper sense.
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    Lordship salvation vs. "easy believism"

    Hi! Matthew 7 does warn against false prophets. Matt 7:15-17 15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every good tree...
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    God COMMANDS people everywhere - to repent

    My grandpa Bert, was a Seargeant in World War I. And a seargeant gives commands! And they must be obeyed. God commands people everywhere to repent! It's not a matter of waiting around for someone to do it for you. God already did His part - He provided the way of salvation to the...
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    HOW MANY HOURS WAS JESUS DEAD ON THE CROSS?

    Hi! Maybe I had in mind - for one thing, that in the wilderness trip with Moses - people were to prepare the manna before the Sabbath so they wouldn't have to work on the Sabbath. But still, the subject is confusing to me. For example, calling any day - "the day of preparation" besides the...
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    Lordship salvation vs. "easy believism"

    Hi! It's true if a Christian has become firm in his commitment to remain true to Christ throughout the end of his life - is no longer in danger of falling away, according to the Bible. But there are some who are not yet fully firm yet in that commitment, who do fall away, and I see the...
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    Lordship salvation vs. "easy believism"

    Hi! But not for all the sins of the world. Only the sins of those who receive Jesus as Lord (God and Master) and Savior, sincerely - are covered by Jesus' sacrifice for sins. And even they need to continue to repent of unintentional sins every day - since no one is sinless in this life...
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    HOW MANY HOURS WAS JESUS DEAD ON THE CROSS?

    Hi! Ok - maybe you're correct on these figures.
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    HOW MANY HOURS WAS JESUS DEAD ON THE CROSS?

    Hi! It isn't wise to be too quick to believe hearsay about Christians of the past, as being human - they don't always tell the truth. Or in some cases - were purposely incorrect. I've read many of his writings, and I see nothing wrong with what I've read of that. To me, he seems to have...
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    HOW MANY HOURS WAS JESUS DEAD ON THE CROSS?

    Hi! Yes, Jesus' spirit didn't die when His body died. Spirits don't die. That is a difficult to understand passage about Jesus preaching to the spirits in prison - not sure exactly what it means. As the passage you posted implies - it sounds like He spoke to the spirits of unbelievers...
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    Calling Jesus "Lord,' without choosing to obey Him with one's life, is useless and is not able to save anyone.

    Hi! You're right! I think many pastors teach incorrectly on the subject. Some may be sincere in trying to help people learn how to be saved -but even so, their incorrect teaching on the subject can be misleading to many, I think. Especially since it is so easy to want something of...
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    Calling Jesus "Lord,' without choosing to obey Him with one's life, is useless and is not able to save anyone.

    Hi! I think they were switching over to a wrong gospel - I think that's what was the matter. And that was a serious problem! I think they were choosing to earn their salvation through good works alone, rather than through Jesus. This was the same error the Pharisees of Jesus' time made...
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    Daniel 9:24-27, Seventy Literal Weeks Explained?

    Hi! I agree! the prophecy scriptures use a lot of symbolisms, so I think that makes it necessary to just guess some at the parts that aren't clear.
  16. MyrtleTrees

    Lordship salvation vs. "easy believism"

    Yes, we are sincerely not able to agree on this important Bible subject. I feel you are failing to see things, and you feel I am failing to see things. That often happens. I'm very well aware of that.
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    Lordship salvation vs. "easy believism"

    Yes, we sincerely aren't able to agree on this subject, according to what we understand the Bible to teach on this subject.
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    Only a living sacrifice is acceptable to God

    What Jesus did was perfect and sufficient and He never sinned - because He was God in the flesh, and God isn't able to sin.
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    Lordship salvation vs. "easy believism"

    Yes, we sincerely disagree on this subject, according to what we see in the Bible on this subject.
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    Lordship salvation vs. "easy believism"

    I'm very well aware that God's laws, under the New Covenant are different from that of the Old Covenant. And that we are required to obey the New Covenant laws. And to always sincerely repent of all daily sins. If we do that, God forgives our sins. That's how it works, according to the...