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Phl 2:10
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
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It really ails me when I see posts such as this one, who have no regard for the fact that Paul is addressing the church solely, as Israel Jew and Gentile, who will be doing this bowing and confessing. This prophecy is directed solely at Israel, and the resurrection of the dead. How many times must this concept be thrown into UR's face till it swallows it?
Like your linguistic analyzation has anything to do with the message.....so you analyze confess.......so what?
1. The misuse \ application of the word "all" in 1 Timothy 2:4 (and other such passages)
2. Denial of God's will in subjective verses John 3:36,Romans 12:19 (and other such passages)
3. Minimizes \ denies the ramifications of false religions \ refusing to believe the truth on earth as it relates to life beyond death 2 Thessalonians 2:10 (and other such passages)
4. It supercedes God's will to have Jesus' authority be the final say as to damning unbelievers and announce who are the blessed Matthew 25:34, 40-42 (and other such passages)
1 Timothy 2:4
who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth
John 3:36
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him.
Romans 12:19
Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay,"[a]says the Lord
[a]Deut. 32:35
2 Thessalonians 2:10
and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved
Matthew 25:34, 40-42
Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father......
...The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
John 4:23
Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
John 5:25
I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.
2 Corinthians 6:2
For he says,
"In the time of my favor I heard you,
and in the day of salvation I helped you." [a] I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation.
[a]Isaiah 49:8
Quote:
Originally Posted by sciotamicks
UR denies the purpose of the cross, it gives man the power to overcome his sins in his life through a symbolic post mortem judgement, for those very sins that Christ suffered for on the first place for those who put their faith in Him.
God chooses , God opens our hearts to believe , His goodness leads us to repentance , by grace we are saved through faith which is not of ourselves it's the gift of God.
Now get back to the question in hand,where does it say in the scriptures that the terrified devils confessed Jesus is Lord ? (See your post # 90)
Scriptures don't...the devils doesn't confess him as their Lord. That is why Jesus said to those who didn't believe him:
John 8:44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Unbelievers belong to their father, the devil...who is a liar. And all liars will not enter heaven
Also tell me how it is possible for every knee to bow and tongue to confess Jesus is Lord but by the Holy Spirit ?....
Remember they cannot be forced , because that would go against what you believe regarding free will.
Search the scriptures... http://http.cdnlayer.com/cf/images/smilies/onion/study.gif (broken link) ... and you will find out
He did Bud, with Christ. Have faith in Him, and you get what He said you would get.
Yup...I agree! But some of the UR people don't seem to think so: that we instead have to undergo a lengthy "prison sentence" in hell first, to "burn out all the sin". That the worse person you were (like Hitler, Stalin, serial killers and rapists, etc) the longer your period of "purification" in hell.
Then, maybe, after spending eons in hell, you'll finally be "pure enough" to enter heaven...
Not disputing that, however, the passage in philippians makes no distinction anywhere that these are anyone but true confessions because it is TO THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER.
not making an argument that anyone gets into heaven without the spirit and there is no scriptural premise that can be shown that there is an "offer" that is only maintained while alive on earth. This is inference and not to be trusted.
Not making the argument that anyone can do it on their own. In philippians true confessions are made that Jesus is Lord and is witnessed by the fact that it is to the Glory of God that these confessions are made, since these true confessions are made through the holy spirit then indeed the cross and it's power is thus revealed.
You can suppose what you like, however I have no need to entertain your unscriptural emotional ploys in the first place.
The issue is that Jesus was sent on a mission, to be saviour of the world, there is no premise to cause me to entertain anything but 100% success.
18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Luke 4
And this
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. John 12 : 32
I've gotta hand it to you Mystic...you and those of your ilk never cease to amaze me...nice stretch though...but no go. He is merely proclaimng that FINALLY!!!!...every knee that is a knee, will be a believing...worshipping...God praising knee...and will all give Him the glory He so deserves!!!!...He's speaking joyfully!!!...like....."AHHHHHH!!!!...AT LAST!!!!..........No more wicked unbeliever's!!!!"
In Christ's love...prayerfully in His truth,
Verna.
Verna...read your post here...you sound like a Universalist...
I don't believe that would make Verna happy at all, but I have witnessed this emotion before, it is the need to feel special and set apart.
If there is no one who ultimatly is lost forever then they get a feeling that they are not really special in the first place.
Rom 9:21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Rom 9:22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
Rom 9:23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
The devils confessed who Jesus is and are terrified.
Mark 1:24 "What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!"
They didn't say this from the standpoint of faith, but of inevitability.
No less will be the unbeliever...their knee will bow, they will be forced to confess to what they refused to do, and then follow God's will for the devils...destruction:
Matthew 25:41 "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Departfromme, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels."
Good point...
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