11 “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12 “Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. (Lk. 8:11-12 NKJ) The gospel is preached in the public square, and […]
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As a former Jehovah’s Witnesses who once quoted “He is…firstborn over all creation” to prove Christ is the “first created”, I want to share the context I never saw when I did that. Let’s see what Paul is really saying about Christ: 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all
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Star Wars in Daniel It grew so big it reached the army (06635 צָבָא tsaba’) of heaven, and it brought about the fall of some of the army (06635 צָבָא tsaba’) and some of the stars (03556 כּוֹכָב kowkab) to the ground, where it trampled them. (Dan. 8:10 NET) And I, Daniel, fainted and was
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18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit (ζῳοποιηθεὶς δὲ πνεύματι) : 19 By which also (ἐν ᾧ καὶ) he went and preached (2784 κηρύσσω kerusso) unto the spirits in
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The John Ankerberg site posted excepts of Dr. Ron Rhodes articles claiming “No Second Chance After Death”. No Second Chance After Death While I agree those who reject God in full knowledge don’t get a second chance, billions of have died before Christ came, or in lands which the gospel wasn’t fully and convincingly preached.
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Google “Will there be a second chance for salvation after death?” and dozens of respected sites will appear emphatically proclaiming “No”. What about those who do not believe? Wouldn’t they repent and believe if they were given a second chance? The answer is no, they would not because their hearts are not changed simply because
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Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead? (1 Cor. 15:29 NKJ) The practice of vicarious baptism only existed among the Montanists in the early centuries. Mormons practice it today. The passage has generated over 400
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Does the Lake of Fire Symbolize Eternal Torment for all cast into it? When “Death and Hades” are cast into the lake of fire” they are destroyed (1 Cor. 15:26), but the Devil, Beast and False Prophet receive eternal torment (Rev. 20:10). These different fates require the symbolism of a consuming fire that cannot be
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“Implication” is the interpretive key opening the door to a mass of evidence for postmortem opportunity for salvation. 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” 37 Jesus said to him, “`You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38
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Can you show from the scriptures where to find the gifts of special revelation ended in the 1st century?-JLB “Not explicitly” but the extraordinary gifts of revelation were ceasing in Paul’s day as can be inferred from 1 Cor. 13:8-13 8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are
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