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Originally Posted by MrSmith764
Reguardless such a person would not be following that supose Church leader; he would be lead by God via the Holy Spirit. Not everyone that attends a Church believes everything what is said from the pulpit...take it from me I am one of them, and I know of others that are like that too.
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If that is so, then it doesn't much matter which church a person goes to, whether it is Catholic, Evangelical, Word Faith, Baptist or Jehovah's Witness.
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Honorable in whose eyes? No one makes it into the kingdom of God because of goodness on their part. If that were so, then Jesus sacrifice was for naught. It is only by accepting the sacrifice of Jesus that one can truly be saved. The Bible says our goodness is like filthy rags to God. Of course, when one has received the Holy Spirit, which is the nature of God in them, they will desire and seek to do good. But they don’t do good to save themselves, because they are already saved; but the nature of God in them causes them to want to do good.
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Okay.. So by your perception human good means nothing in the eyes of God.
If that is so, then those who are saved don't need to be good to others, or good at all, in order to get into heaven.
By the way, where is the filthy rags reference? I don't remember that.
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If it were possible for a normal human being to be born and never sinned, he could only pay with his life for one person. Only God's life is worth more that all human beings that ever lived and those to come combined.
Jesus was not an ordinary human being; He was God in the flesh. Jesus knew His past; He knew where He came from. He did not have to go through some kind of aid in order to help Him remember who He is or where He came from.
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Actually that was my point in responding to your opinion of reincarnation. If Christ was different, it would seem logical that his perceptions and memories would be different as well.
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Well this is one of those beliefs that I do not subscribe to. I have studied the scriptures from cover to cover, many times and it shows that the vast majority of humanity who have died, are neither saved or lost; they are awaiting the second resurrection....their are three resurrections mentioned in the Bible. The scriptures also show that those who are alive when Jesus returns but are not saved, will be given the Holy Spirit after Jesus has set up His kingdom on the earth, in Jerusalem. Nations will volunteer themselves to go up to Jerusalem to be taught God's ways. The saints who were glorified at Jesus' second coming will rule/teach these nations. The scriptures say that the saints will be kings and priest; they will hold a political and a religious office...there will be no separation of Church and state, everything will come under the kingdom of God.
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I'm not clear on what you are saying here...
If you don't accept Christ, then you sleep until he returns and then you are saved?
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People believe all kinds of things; but their can only be one truth. Everyone cannot be right, that's confusion. The scripture says, "God is not the author of confusion."
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When it comes to philosopy and religion, this is not true. There can certainly be more than one truth.
That line of the Bible is certainly correct. The divine has not been the source of religious confusion; humans have. Humans have no idea what God wants and they try to guess at it. Since different people have different ideas, it creates confusion.