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  1. SamInNi

    Trump Sides With Christians - Again

    Garnering Christian votes and identifying fully with Christ are rarely linked.
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    WHAT HEBREWS 6:2 MEANS ??

    The context, as given in verse one, concerns leaving "the elementary teaching about Christ". There follows a list of subjects that are being referenced as elementary teaching about Christ. These teachings are to be left behind in the sense the writer is instructing the readers to move on in...
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    Being a Christian is Tough

    Following Christ faithfully will be very challenging at times. But many will make their lives unnecessarily difficult because of wrong choices that lead them deeper into sin. We must face up to the harsh reality that we all have the potential to behave in a way that draws us away from God. Real...
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    Prayer and Free Will

    In the context of James 5 (I assume): In a gathering of the a local church, prayers of faith will restore (save and heal) those who are suffering and weakened. The righteous person’s prayer of faith “makes tremendous power available” (Amplified Bible), “has great power as it is working” (ESV)...
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    Does Jesus look to find fault with us?

    This isn't fault-finding—it is God's holy and righteous response to sin and unbelief among His people. In His dealing with man, responses such as these have characterised God's nature from the beginning.
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    What does it mean to be a lover of this world ?

    Those who identify with Christ, yet love the world, need to take a close look at their beliefs. Jesus taught that those who are of the world will love it, and those who are not of the world will be hated by it (see John 15:18, 19; 17:14-18). Those who are following Christ faithfully—are...
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    The Dangers of the World

    “The Lord Jesus Christ…gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father” (Galatians 1:3, 4). “The god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the...
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    The return of Christ in Sept of 2040

    Doesn't this fundamentally contradict Christ Himself? "Be alert, because you don’t know either the day or the hour....You don’t know what day your Lord is coming" (Matthew 24:42; 25:13). Being alert is what matters most. Spiritual maturity in Christ takes a balanced approach to future events...
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    Falling from faith.

    Hebrews 6:4-6 in isolation can sometimes be misleading? (This translation is puzzling—“penance”? “maintaining pretences”?) To be clear, Hebrews 6:4-6 reads: “For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the...
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    How to Defeat Sin, Part 2

    PART 2: When We Keep On Sinning “And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Among them we too all formerly...
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    How to Defeat Sin, Part 1

    PART 1: Defeating the Power of Sin “Solemnly I tell you the truth, all the wrong things that people do, and all the insulting things people say against God, can be forgiven.…” (Mark 3:28, based on various translations). “For out of the heart come wicked thoughts, acts of sexual immorality...
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    Can a skeptic on the fence have a personal encounter with God?

    Our skeptical friend will run into endless dead ends unless he understands the Gospel message and God then draws him to Christ.
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    Help with John 17:23

    Being perfected into one—or being perfectly united in love (see v. 26)—will only be experienced by the chosen few (Matthew 22:14; Luke 13:24). Such unity will never be common this side of glory. In this passage Christ teaches that we are not of the world. We are separated to Him in purity and...
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    Can a skeptic on the fence have a personal encounter with God?

    A “skeptic on the fence”, or anywhere else people believe they are, is spiritually “dead” (read Ephesians 2), and intellectually blind (see 2nd Corinthians 4:4). To conquer death by becoming alive with Christ the skeptic must be born anew from above (read John 3). Those who pass from death to...
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    Looking for serious Bible students - hard to find?

    Our intentions are key in sharing Scripture and learning Truth. Do we share because we are driven by the need to convince others, or are we motivated by the humble need to see them built up in Christ and to grow ourselves? In Colossians 3 we are encouraged to “Let the word of Christ richly...
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    Working out : Your Salvation

    This thread will remind some of us that one of most unfortunate problems the true Church faces is flawed teaching. To put it another way, we are too often exposed to those who say they are teachers but have not been given that vital gift from God. These aren’t spiritually blind non-believers who...
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    Working out : Your Salvation

    Romans 4:8 is in the context of God crediting righteousness to us apart from our works. No amount of religious ‘work’ can obtain true salvation. On that we would agree I’m sure. Yes, praise God, we are freed from sin and now we present ourselves as slaves to righteousness, resulting in our...
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    Working out : Your Salvation

    Just to be clear, in 1st Corinthians 15:2 there is no instruction to keep anything in our “memory”. A better translation would be, “...hold firmly to the word [message] I preached to you”. Those who don’t hold firmly to the truth, who obviously don’t keep a firm possession of the true message...
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    What is the Soul, and Why must it be Spiritually Controlled?

    “For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out” (Romans 7:18, ESV). According to Scripture, spirit is life. In the beginning the first man was lifeless until he received “the breath of life” from...
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    The Wicked Man is Angry

    The full extent of hate and persecution can be unimaginable. In some countries today those who call themselves Christians are severely persecuted for their faith. There are true believers who cannot worship openly. Bibles are suppressed. Recently I've been reading again the remarkable work of...
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