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Hey! Locopony... PTL! Babes in Christ are both those who are newly born again and those who were at the least, mature and on the way to being teachers; and then have need of being taught, all over again, the first principals of the oracles of God. Which are: repentance from dead works, faith...

Hey! Ata... PTL! Jn 1:1-3 "In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things that were made were made by him, and without him was not anything made that was made." Jn 1:14 "And the word was made flesh and we...

Hey! Seed_time_harvest... PTL! The letter of the law has no curse of death in Christ and doesn't impart righteousness to any of us; but it still teaches us about sin. Now, I strive to obey the Spirit; not to gain righteousness or avoid a curse, but rather, to guard my conscience from guilt...

Hey! p rehbein... PTL! I can see the definitions above are referring to blasphemy in general, but since this discussion is about unforgivable sin; So I'll address the above definitions with that thought in mind: First though, what scripture tells us that the pronunciation of the Lord's name...

Hey! Locopony... PTL! First of all, there is no reason to pray for someone who has already died, as that's too late to make a difference. For example, in 2 Sam 12: 15-23. vs's 22, 23) "And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, who can tell whether the Lord...

Mk 16: 19 "So then after the Lord has spoken to them, he was received up into heaven, and sat upon the right hand of God."

Hey! Prognostic... PTL! Rom 8:6 "The mind set upon the flesh is death, but the mind set upon the Spirit is life and peace." Jn 6: 63 "It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are Spirit, and they are life." 2 Cor 10: 1-3 "For...

Hey! Presidente... : ) Rev 21: 2 "And I John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband." In the above verse: New Jerusalem is being compared to a bride. It is a holy city adorned by the Lord for the faithful.

Hey! memyselfi... PTL! For the OT scriptures: Rom 15:4 "For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope." (hope is a component of faith) 2 Pet 1:3, 4 "According as his divine power hath given...

Hey! Dean... PTL, forever and ever! To me: Heaven is New Jerusalem, which is the mother of us all, (Gal 4:26, 27) with a length, width and height that is comparable to the distance of Houston to New York; which is so high, that we'll have to have a new Earth that is a lot bigger than this one...

Its faith, and then: obedience based upon love.

James 4:2,3 "Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. Mk 11:24 "Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire...

Evil spirits seek to posses a mortal because they are tormented by the dryness of the medium that they abide in. "It is not yet evident what we shall be, but we know that when he appears, we shall see him as he is for we shall be like him." In our resurrection bodies put on in the twinkling of...

The mark of the beast is only available during the great tribulation to those who worship the beast. It is not possible to get the mark of the beast at this time and just because it allows buying and selling doesn't mean that using a bio-chip now is evil.

Hey! Preston... PTL! Acts 13:24 "when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel." Acts 19: 3-5 "And he said unto them, Unto then what were ye baptized? And they said, unto John's baptism. Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the...

Hey! Forrest... Even though the Elect are predestinated to be conformed to the image of Jesus Christ according to the foreknowledge of God; they were, before faith in Jesus, sinners in need of a Savior. Then in due course, the seed of the word had its full, foreknown by the Lord, effect and...

The true baptism occurs during salvation. 1 Cor 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews and the Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit." Water baptism is the first commandment given to a new believer, who...

Hey! Forrest... PTL! 1 Pet 1:23 "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever." It is the lost who are being born again of incorruptible seed, by the word of God. Eph 5:26 "That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the...

Hey! MatthewUK... PTL! The Lord uses his word, the scriptures to increase the faith that Jesus plants in our hearts when we turn to him in repentance. The blood of Jesus is used to purge our consciences from dead works to serve the living God. So that we are able to even forgive ourselves...

Hey! Roger... PTL! Gal 3:23-25 "But before faith, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith that should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a...