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  1. Mercy Shown

    The Danger of "Keeping Sabbath."

    Okay, I was not sure how to title this post since it is not anti-sabbath per se, which is why the quote marks are there. When one claims to "keep the Sabbath," they make a truth-claim about themselves. There are as many ways to "keep the Sabbath" as there are Sabbatarians, especially when it...
  2. Mercy Shown

    What Does The Existence of Sin Teach Us About God's Character?

    Assumption #1: God knows all things past, present, and future; therefore, God knew that sin would exist even before the creation of Lucifer. Assumption #2: God is love Points to consider God does not desire companion bots that love him instinctually. God does not desire a choiceless "love."...
  3. Mercy Shown

    The fascinating reformed theology paradox of Hebrew 6:4-6

    Hebrew 6:4-6 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they...
  4. Mercy Shown

    The Sabbath Is More Than Just Saturday

    I realize that I have missed the point of the Sabbath all these years by thinking it was a special day that I kept that helped ensure my salvation. As it turns out, I now understand that “keeping the Sabbath” was a very subjective exercise with myself, of course, being the correct judge of how...
  5. Mercy Shown

    At some point, all of us must repent of this...

    I agreed with most Christians agree that we should repent from our sins and shortcoming but I never included repenting of my own righteousness. When I "bought" the eyesalve from Christ I soon saw that my own righteousness, unless repented of, would hinder my entrance into the Kingdom of God...
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    Moralism failed me, so where is my righteousness?

    As a practicing Christian all of my life, I was schooled in moralism by operant conditioning. My bad deeds garnered negative responses and my good deeds were rewarded. I must admit, to a certain extent that is true with most families regardless of their religious affiliation or lack thereof. My...
  7. Mercy Shown

    Can A Christian At Re-birth Be "Still Born?"

    I have heard it said by some Christians that salvation is simply belief on Jesus and I would agree with that, but can I claim true belief on Jesus and of zero tangible changes to my life? Jesus did not say to the woman caught in adultery, "Go and sin as much as you desire." Now, we cannot stop...
  8. Mercy Shown

    Salvation and Obedience: Can you have one without the other?

    Is obedience to God tied to salvation? In 1 Peter 1 I read, Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in...
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    God Hurts The Hell Out of Us!

    looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Heb 12:2 When I first came to Christ, oh what a fool I was. I was so excited thinking that I was now...