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1Jn 2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
1Jn 2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
1Jn 2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
1Jn 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
1Jn 2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
1Jn 2:24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
1Jn 2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
1Jn 2:26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
1Jn 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Shalom brother.
J.
All glory to our Lord Jesus my brother.
Lake of Fire??????So He's gonna burn them till they give in?? Where have I seen that before?Mainstream Christianity says that the ONLY way to salvation is to accept Jesus in THIS lifetime. However, the verse below is evidence that that belief is inaccurate.
Notice the plural in "devices" in the following verse.
2 Samuel 14:14
14 for we do surely die, and [are] as water which is running down to the earth, which is not gathered, and God doth not accept a person, and hath devised devices in that the outcast is not outcast by Him.
Notice that the verse does NOT say "hath devised a device" (singular).
Preferably, people willingly go to Jesus while in the physical world. By doing so they purify themselves and are saved and healed the nice and easy way.
1 John 3:3 CLNT demonstrates that those who look to Christ purify themselves:
3 And everyone who has this expectation in Him is purifying himself, according as He is pure.
I think 1 John 3:3 also implies that EVERYONE will be purified but that those who look to Christ purify themselves.
So, what is/are the other "devices" that Jesus uses to purify people so that they do not remain an outcast?
My belief is, the Lake of Fire.
All glory to our Lord Jesus my brother.
J.
Lake of Fire??????So He's gonna burn them till they give in?? Where have I seen that before?
It didn't work on the Reformers.
Correct doctrine is good and excellent also - but what's more important to God?
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Think about it.
Since God is sovereign, I leave it open as a possibility, but with low probability.
You have a much higher view of humanity than I do. I can easily see time spent in the flames building up hatred and resentment towards God.
Actually it says DESTROY THEM . Patrick .......................yoo hoo , its me again .He's going to fix them.
My understanding is that Mary is the earthly, biological, mother of Jesus. However, Jesus preceded Mary and so she is NOT "the mother of God". She was a servant of God and a vessel.Do you believe that Mary is the Mother of God? A similar argument is used to explain that.
If Jesus is God, and Mary is his mother, then Mary is the Mother of God.
So He is going to force them into belief? So man has no free will, ultimately.He's going to fix them.
There is a real simple solution to all of this .So He is going to force them into belief? So man has no free will, ultimately.
READ the book of revelation . THAT IS HOW ITS USED . THEN DONT ADD TO ORTAKE FROM that book .Please tell us more about how Jesus uses the Lake of Fire.
NOT IF THEY DENIED THE GOSPEL . If anyone heard the gospel and rejected that truth . TOO LATE .For the people of the flood that hadn't heard of Jesus or the plan of salvation, Jesus visited them in spirit prison to preach to them. So it would appear there is some truth to the idea that salvation can come for some after death. But I have little hope for those that reject God.
I don't know the particulars of the process. The Bible doesn't delve into those details. We have limited free will, not total free will. Just ask Jonah. :)So He is going to force them into belief? So man has no free will, ultimately.
Very restricting. But we're not God amigo. God loves his children and wants them to come around.NOT IF THEY DENIED THE GOSPEL . If anyone heard the gospel and rejected that truth . TOO LATE .
Now as far as those who never heard , THAT IS UP TO GOD and HE ALONE on what HE will do .
But it seems to me by reading the words of JESUS , that he said HE WONT EVEN RETURN
TILL THE GOSPEL was preached TO all nations . AND most folks have heard it and rejected it .
You would be amazed at the QUCK INFO we have over the internet these days .
MOST FOLKS have heard it and said NOT FOR ME. THOSE WILL BE DAMNED BIG TIME .
LEST , lest of course they repent before they die .