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« Reply #15 on: November 06, 2009, 11:28:20 AM »

One more thing, if its ok for us to be openminded and tolerate other religions/beliefs, then why would Jesus even say 'I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one can come to the Father but through ME (John 14:6).   Whistling

There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12).



There is no other way to God but through the Son. Anyone who argues against that is in darkness and understands nothing.

Don't be deceived.


I totaly agree

yet we cannot close our minds to them. as christians we have to teach about the Jesus of the bible.

remember what the Lord gave solomon

1Kgs 4:29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

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Jn 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Jn 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Jn 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
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« Reply #16 on: November 06, 2009, 11:33:30 AM »

ozell, I agree with much of what you are sharing here, and your "signature" is also nice to see:


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Jn 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Jn 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Jn 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

However, for some strange reason, people often seem to think that these "commandments" that Jesus is referring to here have nothing to do with the specific things He taught, that what He's really talking about is just basically a reminder to follow the ten commandments.

Here are some of Jesus' actual commandments that usually cause quite a bit of controversy when people begin to realize what it means for them:

"If anyone of you wishes to be my follower, you must forsake all that you have, sell all of your possessions, and give the money to the poor..." (Luke 11, 12, and 14).

Or this commandment:

"No one can serve two masters---you can not work for God and money". (Mt 6).

These kind of teachings will definitely sort out the "salad-bar christians" from those that at least TRY to follow Jesus, wouldn't you say?

thank you in Jesus mighty name

Most chrisitan donot understand all of the words directed toward man was a command

it is written  we are to live by EVERY WORD OF JESUS

Mt 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
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Jn 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Jn 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Jn 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
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« Reply #17 on: November 06, 2009, 11:37:37 AM »

(James 2:10-11) For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. (v11) For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. For he that said not to commit adultery is the same that said also, do not kill, and he that said not to kill said also remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.

You can not pick and choose which of the commandments you are or aren’t going to keep, it’s either the Lords way or the highway, and that highway leads straight to the lake of fire.

The truth is that we have become, in large part, a society of Salad-Bar Christians. Many like to profess that they follow Christ, but few actually follow Him! Many like to profess that they believe in the Ten Commandments, but they are extremely quick to "water down" the commandments when it suits their purpose—and our modern "lifestyle." We like to think that we stand for truth. But how many of us resort to lying "a little" when it suits our purpose? How many of us actually keep the dietary law of the bible. Again, the word of God is very clear.

For the Apostle John quotes the word of God promising: (Rev 21:7-8) (v.7) He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. (v.8) But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
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Jn 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Jn 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Jn 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
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« Reply #18 on: November 06, 2009, 11:39:09 AM »

The liar and the murderers along with the whoremongers and the abominable will receive the same reward.

 Let’s take a quick look at one way that you can make yourself abominable in the eyes of the Lord. (Lev 20:25) Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.

You mean you didn’t know that you could make yourself unclean and abominable by eating certain manners of food?

Yes, what your diet consists of could very well have you tossed into the fire with the liars and the murderers and the whoremongers. Sisters and brothers, I urge you to read the bible for yourself and pray for some understanding.

But since our western society is too "educated" and likes to "compromise," we do not really want to believe do we?

Sisters and brothers, I pray that as thousands have already done, more and more of you will open your hearts and minds and be willing study your bible and to understand and practice the full Truth.
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Jn 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Jn 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Jn 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
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« Reply #19 on: November 06, 2009, 11:41:15 AM »

We do need to take seriously the inspired Word of God!

The Apostle Paul was inspired to tell us that;

(2 Thess 2:10-12) (v.10) And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. In order to be saved you must learn and practice the truth; learn what thus said the Lord and do it. (v.11) And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

And if you keep playing games with the word of God, he will give you a strong delusion and you will actually start to truly believe those lies that you deal with, and you know the ones that I’m referring to. If you keep finding reason to deal with the paganism of the Roman Catholic Church, you are going to wake up one day and find yourself stuck in the land of no return and it is called the lake of fire.

(v.12) That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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Jn 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Jn 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Jn 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
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« Reply #20 on: November 07, 2009, 04:20:29 AM »

When lessons like this are put before your face check it out and prove us wrong, or are you going to be one of the many that believe not the truth. Or are you going to do what the bible tells you to and;

(1 Thess.5:21) Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

That’s what you are supposed to do - “Prove all things”.

 Get off into your bible and read it for yourself and quit letting someone dictate it to you.

Read your bible and pray for understanding and the word will strengthen us, so that we can stand up against all the human argument and reasoning against the knowledge of God, and so that we can truly bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ!
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Jn 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Jn 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Jn 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
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« Reply #21 on: November 07, 2009, 04:22:20 AM »

Certainly, none of us are perfect.

We all need time to grow and to change. But we must start somewhere. We must be willing. And we need to learn to go all out with a zeal and enthusiasm that shows God that we want to be in his Kingdom and to fulfill his will in our lives with all our hearts. We must learn to aim high. For Jesus tells us: "Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect" (Matthew 5:48).

We know as long as we are in the flesh we can’t be perfect but we must strive for it. We must try and be like God, after all God is recreating God.

I hope that each of us can come to realize how easy and how dangerous it is to be a Salad-Bar Christian and just "go along" with this world's society, for the attitudes of lethargy and compromise are all around us. God knew that this would happen!

That is the reason He specifically described the last era of the Church the Laodicean era in this way: (Rev.3:14-16) (v.14) And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; (v.15) I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. (v.16) So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

 The Lord is warning you that if you are neither hot nor cold then you are lukewarm. You shouldn’t be a lukewarm Christian. You are either with the Lord or against him, there is no in between.
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Jn 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Jn 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Jn 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
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