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well apparently it's not because of the unknowable mystery of the person of the Godhead.
that's what i had assumed, but you've now informed me that knowing God ((which is eternal life, John 17:3, which is understanding, Proverbs 9:10)), in your opinion, is basically preschool knowledge.
so yeah, originally, i thought you chose this passage because you felt that fellowship with the LORD Almighty, to know Him, is the goal of our faith.
but now i understand that you believe the reason God took on flesh and died for us was in order to eventually teach us the same thing that even atheists with zero knowledge of God already know: that it's wrong to lie, cheat and kill.
i thought your screen name was pointing to the deep mysteries of God.
now i don't understand why you chose this for a screen name at all, unless it's just a joke about your online anonymity?
because you've told me you think the deep mysteries of God that man can scarcely comprehend aren't the unsearchable riches of His glory or the unknowable majesty of His name, but the most basic facts of civil behavior.
i guess i could just tear Exodus 20 out of my Bible and throw the rest away, huh?
i mean aren't you telling me it's the real important part, all the rest is fluff?
that's what i had assumed, but you've now informed me that knowing God ((which is eternal life, John 17:3, which is understanding, Proverbs 9:10)), in your opinion, is basically preschool knowledge.
so yeah, originally, i thought you chose this passage because you felt that fellowship with the LORD Almighty, to know Him, is the goal of our faith.
but now i understand that you believe the reason God took on flesh and died for us was in order to eventually teach us the same thing that even atheists with zero knowledge of God already know: that it's wrong to lie, cheat and kill.
i thought your screen name was pointing to the deep mysteries of God.
now i don't understand why you chose this for a screen name at all, unless it's just a joke about your online anonymity?
because you've told me you think the deep mysteries of God that man can scarcely comprehend aren't the unsearchable riches of His glory or the unknowable majesty of His name, but the most basic facts of civil behavior.
i guess i could just tear Exodus 20 out of my Bible and throw the rest away, huh?
i mean aren't you telling me it's the real important part, all the rest is fluff?
You being a pastor should know that the passage is plainly saying we are given a deposit of the Holy Spirit.
It's horrible because it accurately represents the mindset of the osas believer.
They misunderstand the 'one time for all time' ministry of Christ to mean they can never lose it, but the Bible itself explains that means it does not have to be repeated and has nothing to do with not being able to lose that which does not have to be repeated.
The amazing thing being these plain words of the Bible have escaped the understanding of our wonderful pop theologians of the last few centuries. But should we really be surprised considering that they have not been able to read and understand the plain words about how and when to tithe? But Bereans who read the Bible for themselves and do not hold theological biases can see them.
It's horrible because it accurately represents the mindset of the osas believer.
They misunderstand the 'one time for all time' ministry of Christ to mean they can never lose it, but the Bible itself explains that means it does not have to be repeated and has nothing to do with not being able to lose that which does not have to be repeated.
The amazing thing being these plain words of the Bible have escaped the understanding of our wonderful pop theologians of the last few centuries. But should we really be surprised considering that they have not been able to read and understand the plain words about how and when to tithe? But Bereans who read the Bible for themselves and do not hold theological biases can see them.
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you're leaving out 2 key pieces of information:
the wicked servant in Matthew 18 represents the world -- their trespasses not imputed to them because of the grace of God through Christ.
the world does not recognize their need for God, and despises the riches of His mercy in making atonement through the cross.
the world maintains that through their own works and merit they can 'outbalance' the debt of their wickedness, as though attaining a righteousness of their own apart from faith.
the world rejects the grace of God, and is judged for their rejection of Christ.
this is what the servant in Matthew 18 was judged for: for despising the mercy shown to them, refusing to show the same love to others. and so the world's debt of sin, tho atonement is made for them, is accounted to them in judgement, because they refused to acknowledge the grace of God through Christ.
- this wicked servant never asked for his debt to be forgiven; he asked instead for time, declaring he could pay his own sin debt. he presented himself to the Master in boasting, not in humility, but with a false humility.
- Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
(2 Corinthians 5:18-19)
the wicked servant in Matthew 18 represents the world -- their trespasses not imputed to them because of the grace of God through Christ.
the world does not recognize their need for God, and despises the riches of His mercy in making atonement through the cross.
the world maintains that through their own works and merit they can 'outbalance' the debt of their wickedness, as though attaining a righteousness of their own apart from faith.
the world rejects the grace of God, and is judged for their rejection of Christ.
this is what the servant in Matthew 18 was judged for: for despising the mercy shown to them, refusing to show the same love to others. and so the world's debt of sin, tho atonement is made for them, is accounted to them in judgement, because they refused to acknowledge the grace of God through Christ.
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Psalm 37:28 - For the Lord loves justice, And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.
1 Corinthians 1:8 - He will sustain/confirm/keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 1:5 - who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Jude 1:1 - Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, To those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:8 - He will sustain/confirm/keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 1:5 - who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Jude 1:1 - Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, To those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ.
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Self righteousness comes across in all of your posts. You may disagree with other doctrines but when you post such as you do, you sound like a Pharisee. They were big on works, holding onto the law, etc. You don't even know what OSAS means. You give it your own self-righteousness tone.
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