Tag: God
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Why do Christians Glorify God’s Enemies?
What happens to God’s enemies in the end? I mean, the end of the ages of time, the consummation. Whether a creature, principality, philosophy, power or death itself—what happens to all of God’s enemies in the end? THEY ARE ABOLISHED! Done away with, rendered inoperative, no longer in existence in God’s creation. I’ll get to…
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Can Poor Behavior Keep us from Salvation?
Paul’s letter to the Corinthians proves poor behavior is dealt with but salvation can NEVER be lost BECAUSE salvation is based on Christ, not our behavior We must always keep in mind Paul’s message of grace when he exhorts people to behave. It is this: We are saved by Christ’s death for sin, His entombment,…
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Parable of Rich Man and Lazarus does not teach Hell
What does it teach — I was once sitting in the pastor’s office at a baptist church and one of the churchgoers told me that ‘the rich man and Lazarus’ proves eternal hell. I responded that this was a parable. He said, “So, that doesn’t mean its not literal and real.” Really? “Can a dead…
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We must know WHERE our decisions come from in order to know God
The absolute vs. the relative viewpoint If I bowled a strike, did I knock the pins down or did the bowling ball knock the pins down? Well, both are correct one would say. In a relative sense, the bowling ball did. However, in the absolute sense, I did because of my control of the ball.…
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God giving us a free-will is not love, but saving us is…
an earful on God’s justice – We have all heard this before: “God would not force His love on anyone. He wants us to choose Him and if we do not, His love allows us to make that choice.” Therefore, the thought is that God loves us and wants us to choose Him, but gave…
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3 Questions that prove Christian Contradiction
Question 1: Is God love? Question 2: Is God sovereign? Question 3: If the answer to question 1 and 2 is yes, then why are all men not saved? The answer to question 3 directly contradicts either question 1 or question 2, or both. The fact of scripture says the answer to question 3 is…
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Everything serves this goal: God All in all
Do we have a ‘free-will’ when God is our All? When presented with undeniable scripture that proves Jesus Christ saves all creation through the blood of the cross…Why do Christians think this would cause people to sin more? What do I mean? Well, our goal is to walk worthily of the calling. The problem with…
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All Saved? What about those that Reject Christ?
God actually means ‘all’ when He says ‘all’ — Question from viewer: Again I very much appreciate your response. I read many of the verses you posted as referring to those who receive Christ, but I see it as not including those who reject Him. Yes, all mankind will be redeemed, those who call on…
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Will Satan be saved?
The Cross is more powerful than we can possibly imagine Mainstream Christianity believes that God has given up His sovereignty by giving each one of His creatures a free-will. Now, God has to re-act and bow to man’s will. Is this true? First, God created Lucifer to be a perfect angel and that failed. Somehow,…
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God’s Plan for the Ages
God has a magnificent, wonderful plan for humanity. This plan, once the ages of time run their course, ends with God being ALL IN ALL: PERFECTING EVERY MAN, WOMAN, CHILD AND CREATURE THAT HE CREATED! However, a process of time and ages must pass in order for this plan to become complete. FIRST, let’s…