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Old 05-18-2016, 02:06 PM
 
Location: Connecticut
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Assessment:
*Nothing new.
*Two sentences - not much effort.
*Trite, unimaginative this-or-that assertion.

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Hahaha, thankfully Jesus doesn't judge me according to my own works.
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Old 05-18-2016, 02:08 PM
 
Location: Connecticut
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That's the conservative Protestant mantra.

Many other Christian groups (like Catholics and liberal Protestants) disagree.
Lol, I'm not a Christian. The living Jesus has nothing to do with Christianity.
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Old 05-18-2016, 02:10 PM
 
Location: Connecticut
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Fortunately, this is true for ONLY a TRUE believer. One, who's faith can move mountains.
Rest assured, none of them here.
I think, this also answers Q from another poster about having sex and homosexuality.
And His name is Jesus Christ.

I see you're still knowing humans according to their flesh.
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Old 05-18-2016, 02:10 PM
 
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So then I can do as I like and not bother to go to church on Sundays for forgiveness?
You can even go fishing. Going to church for forgiveness has nothing to do with true Christianity.

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So sex before marriage is actually OK? That also means that homosexuality is OK!
No, it means Christ died for those sins. But He didn't die to keep the sinner from being judged or set straight for their acts.
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Old 05-18-2016, 02:14 PM
 
Location: Connecticut
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To which deity are you referring? Every theist on the planet believes that their god is living because you inherently can't worship / obey / praise something that's dead.

I am guessing you are referring to the protestant evangelical version of god, in which case this thread probably belongs in the Christianity forum rather than here in R&S. Although lacking as it does either a question or topic of discussion and just being something you blurted out with no context at all, I'm not sure how much value it even has there.
Nope, nope... no world pseudo-religion/belief system has it right. Those are all corrupted. I'm not a Christian. It's real simple, if you believe in the God that already did for you, He is living. If you believe in a "god" that you think wants you to do something, yourself, you've missed the mark.
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Old 05-18-2016, 02:16 PM
 
Location: Connecticut
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No, it means Christ died for those sins. But He didn't die to keep the sinner from being judged or set straight for their acts.
He did die for those sins and He only sees us as Jesus. But there is a world system in place (that has nothing at this point to do with God, directly) that keeps order, at least somewhat. Our rewards are already complete in Jesus, as is our sanctification.
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Old 05-18-2016, 02:19 PM
 
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Nope, nope... no world pseudo-religion/belief system has it right. Those are all corrupted. I'm not a Christian. It's real simple, if you believe in the God that already did for you, He is living. If you believe in a "god" that you think wants you to do something, yourself, you've missed the mark.
Regardless of what you claim, you are of the Christian religion according to your statements, one of the three which originated from the belief in Yahweh, the Abrahamic God.
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Old 05-18-2016, 02:33 PM
 
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C.S. Lewis once said, “God doesn't love you because you are good, but He will make you good because He loves you.” Awaken to your eternal perfection in the world to come: “You shall be perfect even as your heavenly Father is perfect” can be read as a prophecy.
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Old 05-18-2016, 02:51 PM
 
Location: Northeastern US
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Nope, nope... no world pseudo-religion/belief system has it right. Those are all corrupted. I'm not a Christian. It's real simple, if you believe in the God that already did for you, He is living. If you believe in a "god" that you think wants you to do something, yourself, you've missed the mark.
How about I just dispense with all that and not afford belief to ANY deity whether it wants me to do things or not? Because there is no good reason to believe in even one of them.
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Old 05-18-2016, 04:01 PM
 
Location: In a little house on the prairie - literally
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The living God already paid for all of everyone's sins, but this world says that we need to do something. Either to be saved or for rewards OR they claim that there is no God and that we make things whatever we want.
Meh, I kind of ignored Allah and Zeus also. I wonder about Thor at times, especially right now as I am deciding if it is really Him mumbling up in the clouds.
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