And I’m seated with Christ in the heavenly places!
”But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in...
to give one's life to service to all as self, or as friendship, isn't about suicide or taking a life.
john 15:13 isn't about suicide or taking life. that isn't what friendship is. it's about setting aside one's "wants" to help someone who has "needs"
Scriptures say.. "God is Love!"
God gave us his only begotten son... A gift of perfect love!
Jesus gave us himself as... A gift in perfect sacrifice!
Is love a merciful thing or a sacrifice?
Ephesians2:4
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
1 John 4:8
Whoever does...
4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it his not arrogant does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;2 does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Seems to...
Agape love involves faithfulness, commitment, and an act of the will. It is distinguished from the other types of love by its lofty moral nature and strong character. Agape love is beautifully described in 1 Corinthians 13.
The type of love that characterizes God is not a sappy, sentimental...
This is the Messenger, the flesh we saw as Jesus was in reality, Christ, the 'Self of God'.
All we know of God, the Character, is of the name and attributes of Jesus the Christ. The Essence of God we can not know.
This talks of the capacity of the human soul. We are born on the edge of...
But I'll bet that Christians don't obey a fraction of those perfect laws in Deuteronomy. Not even a tenth of them. Is that correct? :)
So nothing has changed...?
Paul's promises, and veiled threats for those who would stay outside of his churches. Correct?
{QUOTE]This discussion is based...
God's work is perfect? We're God's work and we're not perfect. The bible has errors.
God of truth? Then why lie about perfection and the love of God. Would he torture us (or Jesus) if he loved us?
He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins? Is this about original sin? Jews...
That's great and as for whether our fellow rf goers agree, I believe everyone has the light of Christ to know wrong from right no matter what state of religion they claim to be in.
The light of Christ is a free gift to mankind to know right from wrong and cannot be extinguished.
I think we need to consider just who Paul is writing to, addressing to at Ephesians 1:1 saints/ holy ones.
Not the brotherhood in general, but specific to those like those of Daniel 7:18.
Like the ones mentioned at Luke 22:28-30.
Thus, the ones at Ephesians chapter two is specific. The ones...
God’s Character :“For I proclaim the name of the Lord: Ascribe greatness to our God. He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.”
Deuteronomy 32:3-4 NKJV
Man’s state apart from God before being made...
Yes, this:
“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that...
That does not change the fact that everyone will interpret the Bible their own way and often the verses have many meanings, all of which can be correct yet different. Moreover, all Christians do not interpret the Bible the same way which means that there can be more than one interpretation...
I am quite strict with myself with regard to this. When I read (red) the Bible for the first time (as an atheist) I had no Christian belief at all. I made up my mind to be as non-judgmental as possible, to never read a verse or a passage out of context and to read according to genre. I still...
2 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation...
The truth is, I don't find God's Word confusing. I find that Jesus ascended to heaven and was given dominion, and a kingdom [Daniel 7:13,14]. This means that Jesus has Lordship at the present time. I have come to believe he is my God and that I belong within his invisible kingdom, the spiritual...
Ephesians2:4-5.....
“But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, 5 made us alive together with the Christ, even when we were dead in trespasses—by undeserved kindness you have been saved.”
The words “alive” and “dead” in those verses means what?
The...
Thank you for taking the time to respond.
My. I see my book writing "habit" has rub off on you. :D
Two things you did here, shows that your argument will stand regardless of any responses... Not that it is a sound conclusion.
By valid argument, I mean it has a basis. Sorry, I might have used...
Mkay. We're off to a promising....start? Although I though the conversation was over...:shrug:
This is a strange thing to say for a couple of reasons. First, if I have a valid argument, then the conclusion of that argument, by definition, necessarily follows from it. Perhaps you mean "valid"...