1st: Blessed [are] they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. \n2nd: Blessed [is] the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. \n\n1st: child-ish (bloody mess: law imputing sin for hell of it)\n2nd: "man"kind (to wit: God in Christ did not law impute sin)\n\n1st: annual & weakly atonement & redemption of ran-some\n2nd: once and for all abolition of the law: sin & death\n\n1st: carnality, and no consensus among "carnal" folk\n2nd: reconciliation, and no more mediation necessary\n\nPaul: When I became a "man" I put away child-ish things?\nGod said: let us make "man" (end declared from beginning)?\n\nHe taketh away the first that he might establish the second?\nPerhaps only thing established by law & grace is an oxyMORON?\nOnly Childish-adults law impute, cover up sins with bloodshed?
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“A Pure Heart” and “a New Spirit”\n\nAfter David confessed, he did not regress to a negative sense of worthlessness. His expressions in the psalms that he wrote about confessions show the relief he felt and his determination to serve God faithfully. Look, for example, at Psalm 32. In verse 1, we read: “Happy is the one whose revolt is pardoned, whose sin is covered.” No matter how serious the sin, a happy outcome is possible if a person is sincere in his repentance. One way to show this sincerity is by accepting full responsibility for one’s actions, as David did. (2 Samuel 12:13) He did not try to justify himself before Jehovah or attempt to pass the blame on to others. Verse 5 says: “My sin I finally confessed to you, and my error I did not cover. I said: ‘I shall make confession over my transgressions to Jehovah.’ And you yourself pardoned the error of my sins.” Genuine confession brings relief, so that a person no longer needs to be plagued by his conscience over past wrongs.\n\nThe superabundance of God’s undeserved kindness is revealed in the fact that whereas the judgment resulted in condemnation from one trespass, the gift resulted in a declaration of righteousness from not one, but many trespasses. Who from among mankind can claim that by their course of action, either willfully or ignorantly, they have not transgressed and reproached Jehovah’s name? How satisfying then is the promise, “Happy are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven and whose sins have been covered; happy is the man whose sin Jehovah will by no means take into account.” (Rom. 4:7, 8,
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I'm taking a stab at it without reading the context in which it was used.\n \nPeople use their devotion to god as a justification for their own motives and actions.  By claiming--especially if ostentaciously so--to be doing the work of god, people often mask their own motives, perhaps even unbeknownst to themselves.  Moreover, their claims of doing god's work insulate themselves against critics of their actions.  "If you oppose my actions, then you oppose god's will."   Unfortunately, the motives of the self-righteous when stripped of their piousness often appear patently contradictory to the values the "devoted" supposedly are attempting to espouse.   \n\nReligion can easily be used as a rationalization for an individual's action, regardless of whether the action is agreement with the principles of the religion or contradictory to them.  \n\nInterestingly, this can be seen in the action of a certain president and a certain leader of a group he opposes.   Each individual act in their own self-interests while blanketing himself in a cloak of religion.\n\n------------\nThe bible warns of devotion's visage and pious acts†:\nBook of Matthew (Chapter 6):\n2: Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. \n3: But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: \n4: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. \n5: And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. \n6: But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. \n7: But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
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Not unbiblical, just unpopular to the "world"...\n\nTotal Depravity : does not mean that everybody is an ax murderer..it means ALL are guilty of some sin\nIsa 64:6  But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. \n\n(Rom 3:19)  Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.\n(Rom 3:20)  Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.\n\nUNCONDITIONAL Election...means you can't earn your way to heaven...goes hand in hand with total depravity..\n(Joh 1:11)  He came unto his own, and his own received him not.\n(Joh 1:12)  But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:\n(Joh 1:13)  Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.\n\nEph 1:4  According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: \n(Eph 1:5)  Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,\n(Eph 1:6)  To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.\n\n\nLimited Atonement:\n(1Co 8:6)  But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.\n(1Co 8:7)  Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.\n\nAct 10:41  Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. \n\nMat 7:14  Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. \n\nMat 20:16  So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. \n\n(Joh 10:26)  But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.\n(Joh 10:27)  My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:\n(Joh 10:28)  And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.\n(Joh 10:29)  My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.\n(Joh 10:30)  I and my Father are one.\n\nIrresistable Grace:\n\n(Gal 1:10)  For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.\n(Gal 1:11)  But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.\n(Gal 1:12)  For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.\n(Gal 1:13)  For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:\n(Gal 1:14)  And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.\n(Gal 1:15)  But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,\n(Gal 1:16)  To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:\n\nPerseverance of the Saint's.. merely echoes the above (total depravity & uncond. election)..we are Christian's not by any great or good thing we do; but, by the will of God...who can stand against the Almighty God???\n\n(Joh 10:29)  My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.\n\n2Ti 2:13  If we
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Let's see.  These are probably out of order and poorly summarized but here goes.\n\n1.  Thou shalt have no other gods before me.\n2.  Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord, thy God, in vain.\n3.  Remember the Sabbath, and keep it holy.\n4.  Honor thy father and mother.\n5.  Thou shalt not kill.\n6.  Thou shalt not steal.\n7.  Thou shalt not commit adultery.\n8.  Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.\n9.  Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife.\n10.  Thou shalt not covet anything else that is thy neighbor's.
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1. Omnipotent being (GOD,by any name)\n2. after life reward (heaven,valhalla,ect.)\n3.self improvement (be good to each other, live by the rules)
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Self-righteous\n\nself-right·eous (slfrchs)\nadj. \n1) Piously sure of one's own righteousness; moralistic. \n2) Exhibiting pious self-assurance\n\nAnd just in case you were wondering-\nPious\npi·ous\nadj. \nProfessing or exhibiting a strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality; high-minded
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No idea whatsover. Good point! The key word there is PROTEST. \nCatholic means universal. The Church is spread throughout the entire world and is UNITED.\nProtestant means protest.\nProtestants all claim to use the Bible alone, yet they all teach radically different things.\n\nSomehow, I don't think this is what Jesus wanted when he prayed for us to be ONE.
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You have spelled it wrong it is Benevolence\n\n be·nev·o·lence    audio  (b-nv-lns)  KEY  \n\nNOUN:\n\n   1. An inclination to perform kind, charitable acts.\n   2.\n         1. A kindly act.\n         2. A gift given out of generosity.\n   3. A compulsory tax or payment exacted by some English sovereigns without the consent of Parliament.
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It means that we "must" forgive our brothers and sisters or GOD will not forgive us. Plain and simple. It also shows up in the Lords Prayer where Jesus teaches us to pray daily. This was a key point of Jesus commandments for us. The Bible also teaches that we have the rite to forgive sins done to us and that GOD will also forgive them because we did. This is a very powerful rite. When Jesus was on the Cross he said "GOD forgive them for they know not what they do." According to Jesus commandments they were forgiven. This is mind blowing to think about.\n\nMay GOD richly bless you.
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<A-1,Verb,25,agapao> \nand the corresponding noun agape (B, No. 1 below) present "the characteristic word of Christianity, and since the Spirit of revelation has used it to express ideas previously unknown, inquiry into its use, whether in Greek literature or in the Septuagint, throws but little light upon its distinctive meaning in the NT. Cp., however, Lev. 19:18; Deut. 6:5. \n"Agape and agapao are used in the NT (a) to describe the attitude of God toward His Son, John 17:26; the human race, generally, John 3:16; Rom 5:8; and to such as believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, particularly, John 14:21; (b) to convey His will to His children concerning their attitude one toward another, John 13:34, and toward all men, 1 Thess. 3:12; 1 Cor. 16:14; 2 Pet. 1:7; (c) to express the essential nature of God, 1 John 4:8. \n\n"Love can be known only from the actions it prompts. God's love is seen in the gift of His Son, 1 John 4:9,10. But obviously this is not the love of complacency, or affection, that is, it was not drawn out by any excellency in its objects, Rom. 5:8. It was an exercise of the Divine will in deliberate choice, made without assignable cause save that which lies in the nature of God Himself, Cp. Deut. 7:7,8. \n\n"Love had its perfect expression among men in the Lord Jesus Christ, 2 Cor. 5:14; Eph. 2:4; 3:19; 5:2; Christian love is the fruit of His Spirit in the Christian, Gal. 5:22. \n\n"Christian love has God for its primary object, and expresses itself first of all in implicit obedience to His commandments, John 14:15,21,23; 15:10; 1 John 2:5; 5:3; 2 John 1:6. Self-will, that is, self-pleasing, is the negation of love to God. \n\n"Christian love, whether exercised toward the brethren, or toward men generally, is not an impulse from the feelings, it does not always run with the natural inclinations, nor does it spend itself only upon those for whom some affinity is discovered. Love seeks the welfare of all, Rom. 15:2, and works no ill to any, 13:8-10; love seeks opportunity to do good to 'all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith,' Gal. 6:10. See further 1 Cor. 13 and Col. 3:12-14." * [* From Notes on Thessalonians, by Hogg and Vine, p. 105.] \n\nIn respect of agapao as used of God, it expresses the deep and constant "love" and interest of a perfect Being towards entirely unworthy objects, producing and fostering a reverential "love" in them towards the Giver, and a practical "love" towards those who are partakers of the same, and a desire to help others to seek the Giver. See BELOVED. \n\n<A-2,Verb,5368,phileo> \nis to be distinguished from agapao in this, that phileo more nearly represents "tender affection." The two words are used for the "love" of the Father for the Son, John 3:35 (No. 1); 5:20 (No. 2); for the believer, John 14:21 (No. 1); 16:27 (No. 2); both, of Christ's "love" for a certain disciple, John 13:23 (No. 1); 20:2 (No. 2). Yet the distinction between the two verbs remains, and they are never used indiscriminately in the same passage; if each is used with reference to the same objects, as just mentioned, each word retains its distinctive and essential character. \n\nPhileo is never used in a command to men to "love" God; it is, however, used as a warning in 1 Cor. 16;22; agapao is used instead, e.g., Matt. 22:37; Luke 10:27; Rom. 8:28; 1 Cor. 8:3; 1 Pet. 1:8; 1 John 4:21. The distinction between the two verbs finds a conspicuous instance in the narrative of John 21:15-17. The context itself indicates that agapao in the first two questions suggests the "love" that values and esteems (cp. Rev. 12:11). It is an unselfish "love," ready to serve. The use of phileo in Peter's answers and the Lord's third question, conveys the thought of cherishing the object above all else, of manifesting an affection characterized by con
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Scriptural references are needed to explain:\n\nRomans 8:29-30\n[29] For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.  [30]  And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.  (NIV)\n\nHebrews 10:35-39\n[35]  So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.  [36]  You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.  [37]  For in just a very little while, "He who is coming will come and will not delay.  [38]  But my righteous one will live by faith. And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him."  [39]  But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.  (NIV)\n\nThere are those who shrink back… and they will be destroyed.  Nonetheless, your own soul tells you whether you are one of them or not.  Do you desire to shrink back?  Or did God call you?  There are Christians who choose Christ… and there are Christians who are called.\n\nAs in Jesus’ own words:\n\nJohn 6:66-71\n[66]  From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.  [67]  "You do not want to leave too, do you?" Jesus asked the Twelve.  [68] Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. [69]  We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God."  [70] Then Jesus replied, "Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!"  [71] (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)  (NIV)\n\nThere are numerous passages that I can refer too.  Basically, predestination and the human being’s freewill are tied together and are complicated. It depends whether you delight in wickedness or whether you hold on to the truth.  If a certain practice that you partake in becomes genuinely revealed as wicked… Will you abandon it to hold on to the truth… or will you ignore?  Satan tempts and deceives… but he cannot effect your will.\n\nGalatians 6:7-8\n[7]  Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.  [8] The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.  (NIV)\n\nIf a Christian never seeks to please the Spirit, but only pleases his sinful nature, he will not reap eternal life… he will, instead, reap destruction.\n\nSalvation is in three phases:  Justification, Sanctification, and Glorification.  \n\nThe Process of Salvation Defined:\n\nJustification – Declared righteous – I am saved.\nSanctification – Ongoing growth – I am being saved.\nGlorification – Future without sin – I will be saved.\n\nTo be justified is to be saved… confessing that Jesus is Lord… believing in your heart that God raised him from the dead.  Some people, sadly, stop there.\n\nBeing sanctified is described in these words:  \n \n1 Corinthians 6:11\nAnd that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.  (NIV)\n\nSanctification is done by the Spirit of God… it is being refined by him.  The Spirit of God is the Counselor… and yet so many deny that God speaks.  To be sanctified, a Christian must have a true growing relationship with God.  And how can one have a relationship without communication/fellowship with the Spirit of Jesus?  A true maturing Disciple is not easily outwitted by Satan’s schemes… because he or she knows about his scheming.\n\n2 Thessalonians 2:11-12\n[11] For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie [12] and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness. (NIV)\n\nThe fakes will no
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IF\n\nJesus = Savior\n\nChrist = Anoited\n\nAND\n\nJesus Christ = Savior Anoited\n\nChrist Jesus = Anoited Savior\n\nTHEN\n\nJesus Christ OR Christ Jesus = SAME DIFFERENCE\n\n\n..................... ;)
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1.(a) Churches that have made God in their image and that only follow the bible if it fits their agenda.\n(b) their god is money\n\n2.I myself have followed this same path and I just consider myself a child of God's or a follower of Jesus's. God does not force anyone to follow a religion or a church
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Matthew 12:7-8 \n 7But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. \n\n 8For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
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1. God fearing\n2. Sincerity\n3. Kindness\n4. Forgiving Heart\n5. Humble\n6. Be in peace with all men\n7. Ready to take correction\n8. Hear fast and Respond slowly\n9. Neatness\n10. Trustworthy.