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Hello Aussie52, can the Christian life really be seen as one of probation (one where we chose to "fight the good fight", "endure to the end" and are saved because of what we did .. Matthew 10:22, Matthew 24:13, Mark 13:13), or is "enduring to the end" one of a believer's principal traits...

Hello Drich, thank you for getting this thread going for us :)(y) As far as Matthew 7:21-23 revealing to us that we are not saved until the Day of Judgment, where does the passage tell us that :unsure: That the passage is referring to the Lord's judgment of the reprobate (and what will happen...

Hello again Timemeddler, I know what you're saying, but we have to continue to trust that our loving, heavenly Abba really does know what's best for us. I don't know you or what you're like personally, but I tend to be a blockhead about a lot of things at times (so it's occurred to me that...

Hello @timemeddler, like @passion84god just said, I feel your pain too (quite frankly, I think we all do, or at least all have, anyway :)). It's not just that life can be frustrating some of the time, rather, it's that life IS frustrating far more often that we'd like to admit. The good news in...

Hello @Drich, I would love to discuss the new points that you made above (and some from your first post too), but since they are concerned with soteriology (and Matthew 5:13 is not), I'd like to move our three existing posts onto a new thread of their own and continue our discussion about them...

Hello Drich, this is off-topic (as Matthew 5:13 concerns Christian living, service, fighting the good fight in this life, etc., not soteriology), so I'll try to keep it short ;) As for the idea of Christians not being saved until the Judgment (rather than when we first come to saving faith and...

Hello God-fearing, I think John Stott (a British theologian) said it well when he wrote the following in his commentary on Matthew 5:13. Christian saltiness is Christian character as depicted in the beatitudes, committed Christian discipleship exemplified in both deed and word. For...

Hello @Jaynis, welcome to CChat! I'm glad that you found us and joined in the discussions with us :) God bless you!! ~Deuteronomy 1 Thessalonians 5 23 May the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame...

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Hello Sister, as you may have already read in my last post, yes, I have had a close, personal experience with a narcissist, and I'm very sorry to hear that you have too :( Along with what I wrote about my sister above, we also had problems with a "caretaker", although in this case it was the...

Hello Sister, I'm very sorry to hear this (and I feel your pain) because your brother sounds just like my sister, the narcissist :( In my case however, both of my parents knew what she would do, so they made the same ironclad provision in their wills (they were divorced) to stop her (and it...

Hello Anothergirl, the secret to that (to living your life focused on Him instead of on the things that we think that we want from Him, that is) is found in the opening or command half of the verse. Psalm 37 4 Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart. The...

Hello @Ceph, my first experience with these (online social media wolves in sheep's clothing, that is .. Matthew 7:15) was a group of Ai videos that 'appeared' to be from a well-known pastor ... but were not! These videos (supposedly of his sermons) looked and sounded just like him, but what was...

Hello again @presidente, et al, here is one last thought (about a believer's great need to be a witness, that is), if we don't choose to share our faith with others, like others chose to do with us, how will those who are still outside of Christ know who He is and why they need Him to be their...

Hello again @presidente, here are a couple more passages to consider (showing us that it is not just the leadership of the church, but the laity as well, who need to be involved in sharing the Good News with those who so desperately need to hear it .. e.g. Romans 10:17) :) Palm Sunday Luke 19...

Hello Presidente, do you happen to remember the names of those hymns by any chance :unsure: (because I've never heard them before). Thanks! BTW, many of our missionaries do remain right where they are (college campus missionaries, for instance), rather than going overseas. I never get the...

Hello Lunox17, first off, since I see that you are a new member here, welcome to CChat 👋:) As far as wanting peace goes, please tell us more. Do you, for instance, desire to have peace w/God, peace with others, inward peace, etc. :unsure: Thanks! God bless you!! (Numbers 6:24-26)...

Hello again @TruthDefender, et al, doesn't it make you wonder why certain pieces of antiquity remain, but others do not :unsure: Is the Shroud real, or is it not :unsure: Is Noah's Ark really resting on top of Mt. Ararat, or is it somewhere else, or has it actually been lost to the sands of...

Hello again TruthDefender, like the Shroud of Turin, it looks like the jury is still out concerning the resting place of Noah's Ark (see the 2026 articles called The Hunt for Noah's Ark below). ~https://www.patternsofevidence.com/2026/01/09/the-hunt-for-noahs-ark-ararat-part-1/...

Hello TruthDefender, instead of Noah’s Ark, the Ark that I was referring to earlier (in the post that you quoted of mine) is the Ark of the Covenant. As far as Noah’s Ark goes however, I remember reading about it being found on Mt. Ararat too, but I also thought that the find was debunked and...