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Originally posted by @fmfThe irony here of course is that you are the one who keeps bringing it up.
The practical joke [which had absolutely no element of impersonating women in it] and the ensuing apology happened in 2010, that's eight years ago. Why do you insist on mentioning it now in 2018 ~ eight years later ~ seemingly every day?
Originally posted by @dj2beckerThis is not true. Romans1009 has brought it up a few times every week since the beginning of February.
The irony here of course is that you are the one who keeps bringing it up.
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Originally posted by @romans1009Who cast the first stone?
You think I care if anonymous atheists respect me, an anonymous Christian, on the forum of a chess website?
Originally posted by @dj2beckerJesus clearly identified who are goats and who are sheep.
So in your estimation, 'goats' believe all of scripture and 'sheep' cherry pick? 🙄
The sheep of Christ:
- hear his voice
- they follow his commandments
- they get eternal life.
Goats
- dont hear his voice
- they dont follow his commandments
- they dont get eternal life
If you want eternal life in the Kingdom of God, then become a sheep.
If you want to be saved then profess your faith.
Originally posted by @rajk999You’re obsessed with a parable that you don’t understand. At least try to understand it if you’re going to keep citing it.
Jesus clearly identified who are goats and who are sheep.
The sheep of Christ:
- hear his voice
- they follow his commandments
- they get eternal life.
Goats
- dont hear his voice
- they dont follow his commandments
- they dont get eternal life
If you want eternal life in the Kingdom of God, then become a sheep.
If you want to be saved then profess your faith.
God is the one who grants spiritual growth to people.
Paul, Peter, Apollos and any other servant of God can only plant and water. God has the divine life. And only He can cause that life to grow within people.
With all this clamor against a servant of God like the Apostle Paul the Christians should beware of over reacting to exalt him.
His own attitude was that he was nothing, as all other faithful servants of God were nothing compared to God who makes people grow in Jesus Christ.
"I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused the growth.
So then neither is he who plants anything nor he who waters, but God who causes the growth. " ( 1 Cor. 3:6,7)
Originally posted by @romans1009Well explain it to me then.
You’re obsessed with a parable that you don’t understand. At least try to understand it if you’re going to keep citing it.
Originally posted by @romans1009No. You provided opinions. Im interested in what Christ said.
I’ve already done that and I’ve explained the doctrine behind it countless times. At some point, it becomes pointless and a waste of time,
Originally posted by @rajk999Romans can't reasonably explain what Matthew 25:31-46 actually says, so he finds ways to avoid doing so. It flies in the face of the core of the doctrine that he has been taught, so at most all he is willing to do is to reiterate the core of the doctrine that he has been taught.This tactic is intellectually dishonest at best.
Well explain it to me then.
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Originally posted by @thinkofoneI've expounded Matthew 25:31-46. And no one I know of has offered an effective counter argument.
Romans can't reasonably explain what Matthew 25:31-46 actually says, so he finds ways to avoid doing so. It flies in the face of the core of the doctrine that he has been taught, so at most all he is willing to do is to reiterate the core of the doctrine that he has been taught.This tactic is intellectually dishonest at best.
That judgment is not the last judgment.
It is the judgment of those living on the earth at the end of the great tribulation. Some of which will be transferred into the millennial age and some of which will go to the lake of fire.
Their judgment is not based upon the gospel preached in the church age concerning the grace of Christ. Their judgment is about how they treated or mistreated the persecuted saints of God during the great tribulation and the time of the Antichrist.
This is the briefest and most concise comment on a subject which calls for much more in depth examination.
Originally posted by @thinkofoneYou can claim I haven’t already addressed that all you want but I have. And I’ve explained how salvation by faith alone does not minimize the importance of good works and that good works are evidence of salvation and God’s Holy Spirit indwelling a believer but y’all just don’t want to hear it.
Romans can't reasonably explain what Matthew 25:31-46 actually says, so he finds ways to avoid doing so. It flies in the face of the core of the doctrine that he has been taught, so at most all he is willing to do is to reiterate the core of the doctrine that he has been taught.This tactic is intellectually dishonest at best.
Nor do you want to explain how the thief on the cross obtained salvation, what God’s New Covenant with man was, how your view of salvation is different from the Old Testament, what is meant by the “good news” of Jesus Christ and on and on.
If you would stop and think for two minutes instead of lashing out at the doctrine of salvation by faith alone, you would realize that the only way a saved person would not do good works is if he or she died very shortly after accepting Christ and didn’t have the opportunity to do them (like the thief on the cross.)
God’s Holy Spirit indwells a believer after he or she accepts Christ and works to change his or her heart, leading to an aversion to sin and good works. The only way good works do not result is if the person either dies very shortly after accepting Christ or if his or her acceptance was not sincere.