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Old 07-01-2009, 01:27 PM
 
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45so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Who are the righteous and who are the unrighteous?
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Old 07-01-2009, 02:00 PM
 
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A lot of them will be the other way around tomorrow.

And what is His rain and His sun?
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Old 07-01-2009, 02:12 PM
 
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45so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Who are the righteous and who are the unrighteous?
That depends on which translation you use.

The point that is made is He specifically causes the evil and the good, just and unjust to be blessed with His beneficence.

Matthew 5:44-45 KJV But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; (45) That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Matthew 5:43-45 CLV "You hear that it was declared, 'You shall be loving your associate' and you shall be hating your enemy. (44) Yet I am saying to you, Love your enemies, and pray for those who are persecuting you, (45) so that you may become sons of your Father Who is in the heavens, for He causes His sun to rise on the wicked and the good, and makes it rain on the just and the unjust.
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Old 07-01-2009, 02:18 PM
 
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That depends on which translation you use.

The point that is made is He specifically causes the evil and the good, just and unjust to be blessed with His beneficence.

Matthew 5:44-45 KJV But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; (45) That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Matthew 5:43-45 CLV "You hear that it was declared, 'You shall be loving your associate' and you shall be hating your enemy. (44) Yet I am saying to you, Love your enemies, and pray for those who are persecuting you, (45) so that you may become sons of your Father Who is in the heavens, for He causes His sun to rise on the wicked and the good, and makes it rain on the just and the unjust.
What's the difference? who are the just and the unjust?
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Old 07-01-2009, 02:26 PM
 
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Fundy it is clear from the Old testament who were the righteous and unrighteous , but when grace and truth came through Jesus things began to change
Jesus told the woman at the well

21Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

When that time came all were declared unrighteous , there is none that seeketh after God no not one and our righteousness is as filthy rags.

So for the answer to your question go back to your previous thread about who are the wicked , because at a guess you are trying to continue the same thing using different scriptures.
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Old 07-01-2009, 02:33 PM
 
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Fundy it is clear from the Old testament who were the righteous and unrighteous , but when grace and truth came through Jesus things began to change
Jesus told the woman at the well

21Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

When that time came all were declared unrighteous , there is none that seeketh after God no not one and our righteousness is as filthy rags.

So for the answer to your question go back to your previous thread about who are the wicked , because at a guess you are trying to continue the same thing using different scriptures.
I have no clue what you are talking about- putting on a new body; woman don't weep for me? just give the answers for crying out loud.
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Old 07-01-2009, 02:37 PM
 
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The righteous are those who believe in Christ and the unrighteous are they who deny Christ. Dont get me wrong but you can tell the difference by what they believe about Christ and the truth is the Bible from cover to cover.
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Old 07-01-2009, 02:40 PM
 
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The righteous are those who believe in Christ and the unrighteous are they who deny Christ. Dont get me wrong but you can tell the difference by what they believe about Christ and the truth is the Bible from cover to cover.
Robin!!!!!!!!! Buddy!!!! to the rescue. Thank you
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Old 07-01-2009, 02:43 PM
 
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The righteous are those who believe in Christ and the unrighteous are they who deny Christ. Dont get me wrong but you can tell the difference by what they believe about Christ and the truth is the Bible from cover to cover.
Completely agree
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Old 07-01-2009, 02:48 PM
 
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Who are the righteous and who are the unrighteous?
The righteous person does the right thing.
The righteous person does things and thinks things that God wants us all to do.
The righteous person is a good example and is a good person.

The unrighteous person does evil, will cause harm to others, and will not do the things that our Lord would want any of us to do.
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