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I sure am, because they do not period. You and others do not believe in the creation described in The Bible, your creation is the one science has created.

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Nope.
Don't tell me what I believe.
I believe all the verses that I quoted. Do you?

Stopped_lurking said:

I guess it is meant for making gender incongruence bearable in this case? It seems a bit misplaced since there are things that can be done to allievate it.

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What I mean is those therapies would not focus on these gender based issues.

com7fy8 said:

So, yes . . .

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Yes, but i find also uneasy to find the limit where to start the care of the body, that is : where it should be neglected or cared, to the christian standard.
Too much neglect it would sound like lazyness in my view, while too much take care would sound materialistic.
Where do you put the limit, please ?

NBC News, citing an interview with an unnamed relative of the suspect, reported early on Thursday that Lakanwal served in the Afghan army for 10 years alongside U.S. Special Forces troops and was stationed in Kandahar for part of that time.

JulieB67 said:

What are your beliefs on verse 5? We know Christ states blessed are those that take part in the first resurrection.

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This subject is very complicated but here is what I think today:

1) The apostle Paul defined resurrection in the following way:

1Co 15:44 It is sown a natural (psychical) body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural (psychical) body and there is also a spiritual body.

So, the first resurrection might relate to gaining a spiritual body. This represents human perfection and eternal life.

2) When does the first resurrection happen?

Rom 6:4 We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection;

Col 2:12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

Eph 2:6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

So, the first resurrection may relate to life in Christ and people’s communion with God. In this way, we grow into maturity until we fully receive a spiritual body at physical death for eternal life. Rev 20:4 presents a picture of the saints already reigning with Christ.

3) The rest of the dead didn’t recover life, live again, revive until the thousand years were finished:

The unsaved are resurrected during the Millennium, but only achieve full human perfection and everlasting life after passing a final test at the end of the Millennium, as described in verses 7 and 8.

JulieB67 said:

I've talked to people that believe these people are actually dead and I've seen teachings where these people are spiritually dead and are part of the millennium.

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I talked too much. It’s now your turn to share your thoughts. I’m really interested to hear what you think.

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Dóminus tecum.
Benedicta tu in muliéribus,
et benedíctus fructus ventris
tui, Iesus.
Sancta María, Mater Dei,
ora pro nobis peccatoribus
nunc et in hora mortis nostrae.
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Studyman said:

Can you show me anywhere in the entire Bible, where the phrase "works of Keeping the Law" is spoken?

Shouldn't a man study to find out what "Works" of the Law the Pharisees, who Paul was contending with, were prompting for remission of Sins?

Will you answer one question for me please. In the Law and Prophets, when a man sinned, what "works" did Moses require this man to do, before his sins were forgiven?"

I look forward to your answers.

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Hebrews 10:28 Christ is the Christian sabbath, we rest in him from dying under the law to live in grace and the power of GODS love by HIS spirit. This work of GODLY love is not our own, it is GOD working in us, we are GODS workmanship. Everyday is our rest from trying to work in the law , from conversion forward we sabbath in Christ. The sabbath of the law was ceasing physical work but the sabbath in Christ is ceasing from trying to do a work we are unable to do and in faith let GOD and Christ work in us. The letter kills it’s the spirit that gives life.

prodromos said:

..... However I would not consider himself evil, rather the powers that have been behind NATO expanding towards Russia despite their promises not to.

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You have one unlikely bedfellow (or had since he died in 2015) in the person of Malcolm Fraser, former Prime Minister of Ausralia from 1975 to 1983.

He was conservative to his bootlaces during the Cold War, but realistic in his post cold war thinking.

The following article was the result of an interview by the Emeritus Professor of Politics, Robert Manne.

Robert Michael Manne AO (born 31 October 1947) is an Emeritus Professor of Politics and Vice-Chancellor's Fellow at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. He is a leading Australian public intellectual.

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The link regarding Malcolm Fraser's thoughts on the post cold war order follow.

Fraser tells me he was once convinced the swift and peaceable end of the Cold War would create a better world. Ruefully, he concedes he then did not believe it possible that the hope of a new world order powerfully articulated in March 1991 by George Bush snr - of international co-operation under the rule of law - would be so swiftly and comprehensively squandered.

Why did this happen? Fraser places most of the blame on the post-Cold War leadership of the sole remaining superpower, the US. Bill Clinton had no feel for foreign policy. At the end of the Cold War, having served its purpose, NATO should have been wound up.

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My Divine Redeemer, Thou didst die for me on the Cross, and hast so often united Thyself with me in Holy Communion, and I have repaid Thee only with ingratitude. Now, however, I love Thee above all things, O supreme God; and I am more grieved at my offences against Thee than at any other evil. I will rather die than offend Thee again. Grant me the grace of holy perseverance. Have compassion on me, and, at the same time, on the holy souls suffering in Purgatory. Mary, Mother of God, come to their aid with thy powerful intercession.

Say one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and the Prayer to Our Suffering Saviour for the Holy Souls in Purgatory below.

Prayer to Our Suffering Saviour for the Holy Souls in Purgatory

O most sweet Jesus, through the bloody sweat which Thou didst suffer in the Garden of Gethsemani, have mercy on these Blessed Souls. Have mercy on them. R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.

O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer during Thy most cruel scourging, have mercy on them. R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.

O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer in Thy most painful crowning with thorns, have mercy on them. R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.

O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer in carrying Thy cross to Calvary, have mercy on them. R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.

O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer during Thy most cruel Crucifixion, have mercy on them. R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.

O most sweet Jesus, through the pains which Thou didst suffer in Thy most bitter agony on the Cross, have mercy on them. R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.

O most sweet Jesus, through the immense pain which Thou didst suffer in breathing forth Thy Blessed Soul, have mercy on them. R. Have mercy on them, O Lord.

(Recommend yourself to the Souls in Purgatory and mention your intentions here)

Blessed Souls, I have prayed for thee; I entreat thee, who are so dear to God, and who are secure of never losing Him, to pray for me a miserable sinner, who is in danger of being damned, and of losing God forever. Amen.

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David Lamb said:

Sorry you seem to have though I was being bossy. I didn't mean it like that. I only made the suggestion so that the rest of us know whether the words you post are your own, or somebody else's.

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No not at all, I know your not being being bossy & I appreciate you reminding me

Well, the 'woke' could tell you that because you have traditional moral values or christian values, you are a fascist right wing extremist.
but lately i don't take seriously any of those people and the media is contaminated with those ideas too.

Paidiske said:

Or it could be that the volunteers themselves have asked. In the case I dealt with, the volunteers were wanting to radically change the way they worked (to reduce client contact) before they were given the training.

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We exist for contact, so we must have that. We cannot have our special status as an essential service without "drop in", and we would not be able to help a lot of people without it. I will just wait and see, there is a staff meeting on Monday. I will try to be positive, and make sure my humble opinion on the drama incident is heard.

It is good to hear that it might be about everyone else's confidence, some of the newer volunteers might just not be familiar with the possible risks.

sovereigngrace said:

The vicarious death of Christ, and the shedding of His blood, saw the complete fulfilment of the old covenant arrangement and the instigation of new covenant. Nothing else! Calvary secured it all! Jesus cried out “It is finished” in John 19:30. This is taken from the lone Greek word tetélestai. This means completed, executed, concluded, discharged (as in a debt). It also means paid in full or accomplished.

What was paid in full or accomplished? The penalty and punishment for your sin and mine. It has been wonderfully and eternally paid for!

Once Christ gave up the ghost, the curtain in the temple was ripped in two, denoting that the old covenant was rendered useless. It was finished!!! Whilst the cross ushered in the new covenant, and the removal of the old covenant, many of the outward manifestations of the old covenant still remained, because of the ignorance and rebellion of man. God dismantled the outward facade of the disannulled covenant, removing every last vestige of it.

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The Israel of God must have been irrational in their behavior in acts 10 and acts 21 then.

You should have gone back in time to remind them of all these.

At the same time, remind the resurrected Christ that he should have said all that you are saying here to the 12, instead of saying Matthew 28:20, you seem to think you can do a better job than him.

Peace with all people must include peace with God. For we are never to compromise our faith and biblical convictions and the teachings of Christ and of his New Testament apostles in order to be at peace with anyone. We are never to compromise truth, righteousness, and moral purity so that others will like us, and so they will approve of us. But if we know that we said or did something to offend another person, because of something we did or said in the flesh, then we need to repent of our sin and seek their forgiveness and reconciliation. And they may still reject us, but we must do our part.

For we are also to pursue “the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord.” And sanctification is holiness and purification. For when we believe in Jesus Christ with God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in him, it results in us being crucified with Christ in death to sin, and us being raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as servants of God and of his righteousness, in holy living. And to be holy is to be separate (different, unlike) the world because we are being progressively conformed by God to the likeness of character of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

And if we are to see to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, what should that look like for us? Well, the grace of God is his kindness towards us who are sinners by nature. And in his kindness he sent his only begotten Son Jesus Christ, who was God in the flesh (fully God and fully human), to die on a cross and to put our sins to death with him so that, by faith in him, we will now die to sin and live to God and to his righteousness in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living and in surrender to his will. For this purpose Jesus gave his life up for us on that cross to free us from sin.

And God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for Jesus’ return. God’s grace to us is never free license to keep on living in sin and for self. For Christ “gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.” “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” (See Titus 2:11-14; Ephesians 2:8-10)

So, if we are to see to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, then we are extending ourselves to others to show them compassion and forgiveness of sins. This does not put our stamp of approval on their sins, for that is the opposite of biblical grace. So to show them the grace of God is not only in us forgiving them, but it is in us sharing with them the message of the gospel of our salvation that Jesus died on that cross, not just to forgive us our sins, but to deliver us out of our slavery (addiction) to sin so that we can now serve him with our lives in obedience to his commands.

We are never to become bitter, angry, and unforgiving people. But again, forgiveness and grace are not tolerance of deliberate and habitual sin. Grace never approves of sin, but it forgives the sinner who is repentant, and it gives the sinner a chance to change, and a chance to be forgiven and to live a new life in Christ Jesus free from addiction to sin, and free to now serve God with their lives in holy living. But forgiveness is not permission for the sinner to continue in sin without punishment. For all who make sin their practice, and not obedience, they will not inherit eternal life with God.

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I can do all things
Through Christ who gives me strength
But sometimes I wonder what He can do through me
No great success to show
No glory of my own
Yet in my weakness He is there to let me know

His strength is perfect when our strength is gone
He'll carry us when we can't carry on
Raised in His power, the weak become strong
His strength is perfect, His strength is perfect

We can only know
The power that He holds
When we truly see how deep our weakness goes
His strength in us begins
Where ours comes to an end
He hears our humble cry and proves again

His strength is perfect when our strength is gone
He'll carry us when we can't carry on
Raised in His power, the weak become strong
His strength is perfect, His strength is perfect

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Dan Perez said:

And in. 1. Cor 10 :2. And all WERE ALL BAPTIZED UNTO MOSES in. the CLOUD. and in. the SEA ??

Does anyone see the WORD (. WATER //. HYDOR ) in. the Greek text ??

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The cloud and the sea are water.

BelieveItOarKnot said:

I just don't believe that's the case for multiple reasons. And I certainly don't believe God burns His Own children alive forever or eternally kills them. To me, that's out there. Demonic.

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The reason this must happen has to do with,
1 Corinthians 15:35-37 KJV
35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

And,
1 Corinthians 15:44 KJV
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

What Apostle Paul is telling us is our fleshly body/natural body is like a seed that is planted, and produces another form.

All men who ever lived, their fleshly bodies will be spiritual bodies upon resurrection and will live forever - because they will be spiritual.

Then there will be a separation. Those who are not raised at Christ’s second coming, but who will face the white throne judgment, will be considered corrupted spiritual bodies who will live forever. But, they must be put in a place of punishment- God’s righteousness demands it. They cannot be allowed to roam around being corrupted and live forever. That’s the reason why man was put out of the garden after they ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil - because, if they had not been put out in time, they would have eaten from the tree of life and lived forever- then God would have had to deal with corrupted beings that would have lived forever. So, it’s for that same reason. Something has to be done with those who will resurrect in spiritual bodies and who will live forever, but remain corrupt because they refused Christ and did not receive the Holy Spirit - the Spirit of life.

Those who are raised in Christ will be with Christ in the heavenly Jerusalem and live with Him forever.

The place of torture is explained. The fire in hell is the same fire that rained down from Heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah - fire and brimstone. Brimstone is sulfur - burning sulfur.

It is said several times in the Bible to cast them into outer darkness. Where is outer darkness? It’s the outer darkness that surrounds earth - the solar system, where the planets are.
Venus is a planet full of sulfuric gas and thick clouds of sulfuric acid.
Jupiter contains sulfur
Mercury contains sulfur
And other planets

From the way it seems, this is where those who will live forever, but have not accepted Christ, will go. It’s a place they will not be able to leave - they will be bound there forever (maybe based on that planet’s gravitational pull) - in a place burning with fire and brimstone called hell fire.

Can you imagine standing on Mars, a planet whose surface is only fire and burning sulfuric acid (fire and brimstone), raining down on you constantly, with sulfuric acid spitting out of volcanos, sulfuric acid rain, sulfuric acid tornadoes, etc.

el3venS1x said:

Seems like that's a core belief of the Druze people, excusing themselves being ... forgot that word.

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Bastards.

This is actually a song I wrote about 40 years ago.