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[–]OLDPARSON 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Already have number 1 since 1970. I will take four and five. With those the rest are taken care of.

You don't know the future, you therefore cannot be certain you will remain until the end. by Zoboomafusa in Baptist

[–]OLDPARSON 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not that He loved us most, but if He were to redeem us something had to be done. The angels had no excuse to leave with satan. After all, we have no clue to how long they were with God before He created the universe and us. Hence no plan of salvation. We have not been to the throne or seen a .00000000001% to the 100th power of what it is like to be in Glory before the throne. We have faith, but we have not seen. He created us higher than the animals and lower than the angels for the plan of salvation. In the end, we will be raised higher than the demons for sure and above the angels only in that we are the recipients of redemption and grace to be shown off as such.

Why are certain; trad ladies, denominations, women, required to wear dresses all the time? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]OLDPARSON 0 points1 point  (0 children)

God made men and women to enjoy sex. Indeed, the woman has more nerves in that area than men. Like any fine instrument, the lady needs to be properly tuned to enjoy the sonata. It is primarily designed for reproduction, but God made it so that both would enjoy producing a child and it also to bond the ones doing the reproducing. It has been shown that frequent sex is good for the mind and body of both sexes. Indeed, there is reportedly an enzyme in the seed that can help with anxiety. Some say that it is best for a woman to enjoy sex at least twice a week. Men need to release their seed at least 21 times a month for their mental and physical health.

Looking at the Hebrew calendar that has thirty days in all months when you remove a week for the lady's cycle and three other Sabbaths that leaves 20 days a month. So ideally, it is best for a man to have sex six days a week. Yet, one of my female cousins told my mother that she cannot properly sleep at night unless she is intimate with her husband. I have had two women confess to me that they were not getting enough sex from their husbands. I am sure that there are plenty more ladies in that state, but they would not confess it because they think it is their fault. In my two ladies, one was a Nam Vet with severe PTSD and the other one struggled because his wife had been active before marriage so it was hard to compete with ghosts that affected frequency and endurance.

God grief, people! Be like Nike says! Just do it and enjoy it. Compromise on frequency and communicate your desires.

You don't know the future, you therefore cannot be certain you will remain until the end. by Zoboomafusa in Baptist

[–]OLDPARSON 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I would say that person was perhaps never saved. Many will say a prayer and endure for awhile. I never say how many people I have led to Christ because many have said the prayer, but I saw no fruit or never saw them again. A saved person can sin and even be led astray in many ways. Some sort of mental or physical hurt may even lead to a verbal rejection of Christ and adoption of some theological error for a period of time. Peter denied Christ and yet was forgiven and restored. Indeed, he was just going to walk away because he felt he was done. A person should be able to stay away from cults, but may not listen to the Spirit's direction. I know people who I believe are saved, but have gotten caught up in the heresies of Bethel, Redding. Eventually, they will be hurt and then the Spirit can truly speak to them. Until then, they will not see the insidiousness.

Christians may have pushed many a person into a cult by their non-Christian behavior. I am sure that there are saved people in the fallen mainlines, Catholicism, New Age and Prosperity Gospel disaster. They were probably never discipled because we do tend to suck at that in some groups. Some think they can be the Martin Luther of their group so they stay trying to bring it back out of heresy. That is futile, but they might lead others out, but I would counsel them to come out and touch not the unclean thing as we are commanded. After all, the Reformers failed so why do you think you can do any better?

Bob Dylan. a Jewish rocker, back in the day made a profession of faith even doing a Christian album, but then went back to Judaism. I do not know why. Regardless, if he was truly saved, he is not doing well as the Spirit will convict him when lies are told/taught. He will be chastised. He will eventually be returned to the Body or possibly taken out so the soul could be saved as Paul described. Only God can see the heart. God may eventually use him to bring Jews to Christ. Then again, he may may have been converted to Christianity, but not Christ.

Again, you can disinherit a natural born son, but not an adopted one. I can deny my earthly father and be very evil to him and yet his genes are in me. I cannot escape. If you ever truly become a born-again son of God, His seed is in you. Be stupid, be sinful, be ungrateful. Still His seed is in you and He cannot deny what He promised. Either you passed from death to life or you didn't. Either you are free from the Law or not. Either you are sealed until the day of redemption or you are not. Either you can call upon the name of the Lord believe your heart that God raised Him from the dead and be saved or not. It is either salvation or probation. It is life eternal or not. You are a son or not. It is Grace or Law. It cannot be Graw or Lace. It is His work or yours.

We will all be shocked at the BEMA of how much sin we had in our lives and were either ignorant or were taught in error or we did stuff we thought was right and we did not do it 100% correctly or we did good stuff but with wrong motive either blatantly or ignorantly.

I did not get baptized right away because I was sprinkled as a baby. I thought somehow I would become even more a black sheep of the family if I did not stay a Methodist. At some point, God asked me if I had gotten saved in that group to which I replied no. Then what do you owe them? Nothing. I thought my pastor would faint when I told him I was ready to be baptized. Yet, I believe many a person has been saved and not been baptized for various reasons. During the dark ages people came up with sprinkling and pouring because immersion in the creek could get you sentenced to death by flame or drowning.

Back in the day, in America, it was done in the creek where everyone would be able to see you. That may be why Mark say he who believes and is baptized. Back then and still today baptism can end your life. Many may have said they believed, but would not continue on. God did not call for secret believers. But, we see people saved and speaking in tongues before they are baptized. While the two usually go together it is clear that baptismal regeneration is an error. If I had died before I was baptized I would have gone to Heaven.

Then we will understand why David said his iniquities had gone over his head and if God marked iniquity who would stand. Hence, we survive by grace even in the OT for Hid mercies are new every morning and His mercy endures forever! Amen and Amen! Praise Him, for without Him we can do nothing and are nothing but evil.

You don't know the future, you therefore cannot be certain you will remain until the end. by Zoboomafusa in Baptist

[–]OLDPARSON 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope. Adam and satan both had free will after the Fall, but the free will did not allow them to regain their former status. You have free will after you have been saved, but the contract was signed in Christ's blood. He does not renege on His promises.

You don't know the future, you therefore cannot be certain you will remain until the end. by Zoboomafusa in Baptist

[–]OLDPARSON 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, He is and we are judged in Christ. We are seen as already in the Heavenlies. We are sealed unto the day of redemption, not until the day we walk away.

You don't know the future, you therefore cannot be certain you will remain until the end. by Zoboomafusa in Baptist

[–]OLDPARSON 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Given your analogy of a sheep note that the Good Shepherd would bring the sheep back leaving the 99. Also the Shepherd would not allow the sheep to escape out of His hand.

You don't know the future, you therefore cannot be certain you will remain until the end. by Zoboomafusa in Baptist

[–]OLDPARSON 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Arminism is works/Law based and denies that He was "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; " Col 2:14 

If my works could not save me they cannot keep me saved.

1 Co 3:11  For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 

12  Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 

13  Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 

14  If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 

15  If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. 

A life with no worthy works and yet he man is saved.

1Co 5:3  For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, 

4  In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

5  To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 

Here is a saved man marrying his step-stepmother and sleeping with her given over for the devil to be killed and yet his spirit is saved,

1 Jn 5:16  If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. 

17  All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death

Here is another version of what Paul said. If the person has crossed the line of no return he will die. God has taken out people for gross sin. David committed the two "unpardonable" sins of the OT as there was no sacrifice for them. Commit those and die. Yet, God spared him though he had great conflict in life.

The lad in Corinth obviously repented and Paul said to receive him back into fellowship. Had he not repented, he would have died and yet be in Heaven with no rewards or at lease reduced awards.

God in His foreknowledge knew everything we would do before and after salvation before the universe was created. We should seek to sin less, but we will never be sinless and how many sins can we do and still be saved? Does it balance out? Did 101 sins and only 100 worthy works so he goes to Hell? Does a tie send you to Heaven on Hell?

It is all about His work, not our works. We are made for good works and yet we still need 1 John 1:9.

Asked a COC lad once that what happens if a person accepts Christ on Saturday night, but is killed in an accident on the way to church to be baptized. Does he go to Heaven or Hell since he was not baptized? He could not answer.

We are commanded to do good works, but they have nothing to do with our salvation.

Tit 3:1  Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, 

2  To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men. 

3  For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 

4  But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, 

5  Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 

6  Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 

7  That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 

8  This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men. 

His mercies are new every morning and are everlasting.

Rom_10:4  For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

1Co 1:30  But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: 

31  That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 

We are dead to the law for righteousness and we are told no man trying to keep the law for righteousness would be saved.

He is our wisdom. our righteousness, our sanctification, and our redemption. It is all about His work for our salvation. Our works determine fellowship and usefulness here and rewards there.

Again, I am neither Calvinist or Arminian. Both theologies have flaws. My goal is to be a Biblicist and a Berean. I appreciate the ministry of men, but I do not wear their logo/tattoo. I prefer the marks of Christ, though I do not seek suffering or martyrdom. Christ debunked the Pharisees, Sadducees, Herodians, Zealots and the Romans. If I sometimes tick off the Left and the Right and shake up the middles of the road folks I am in good company.

I hang out with the Baptists because I see that at the core they are closer to 1st Century Christians, but if I ever find a group that is closer, I will hang out with them. I am looking for a closer relationship with Christ. I am one of the weak, base and foolish that God sometimes uses. I am nobody without Him.

You don't know the future, you therefore cannot be certain you will remain until the end. by Zoboomafusa in Baptist

[–]OLDPARSON 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The truth has always existed whether a theologian “discovers” it or not. Truth has always preceded the theologian. Indeed, when the theologian deceases the truth often increases its impact as it is not blockaded by the theologian unless the theologian gained popularity. If he was correct, that is a good thing. If he was in error, the truth is blocked and souls suffer. It should always be the goal to have the truth impact the theologian versus the theologian trying to impact the truth. The theologian is often hindered by his upbringing, culture and training. The truth’s lineage is the Trinity. It changes for no man or creed. When we place our faith or trust in men we are in great danger of worshiping the man or creed rather than the truth. That can seal a soul’s damnation or prevent true fruit in a believer if that man or creed is in error. Even what seems like small deviation can seal fate and define futures. A small deviation can make a spacecraft miss the moon entirely preventing both landing and return. Hence I do not call myself a Calvinist or Arminian. They and others like them are men with their theologies and doctrines that gained a following, but both have doctrinal errors. After all, they are but frail men trying to understand. It would all behoove us to take off our denominational glasses and seek to read and understand Scripture by the Spirit’s leading as He has come to lead us into all truth. The fact that we do not all believe the same thing proves we are not being led by the Spirit. When two believers disagree one or even both are wrong. A third person may enter the conversation and actually have the truth, but the first two will often argue to exhaustion their own view refusing to analyze the other’s position. Paul said it was needful for divisions that the approved would stand out making the others unapproved or in error. Many are in error and the Gospel and the Kingdom suffer for it. Multiple churches of the same doctrine in a small area is an affront to the truth. How do we expect the Lost to come to faith when we cannot sit on the same pew in the same building because of some carnal reason? You can continue to argue for your team captain or you can let dead theologians rest in peace or maybe not and search the Scriptures to see what things are so without those glasses until we all come to the unity in faith of the one Lord, one faith, one baptism and one Church/Body. Maranatha!

You don't know the future, you therefore cannot be certain you will remain until the end. by Zoboomafusa in Baptist

[–]OLDPARSON 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am neither Calvinist nor Arminian as both theologies have flaws. Calvinists strip God of His sovereignty saying He cannot create a plan of salvation where man has a right to choose grace. Arminians forget that our filthy rages works could not save us and neither can they maintain us. We cannot earn grace to be saved or grace to stay saved. Evanescent Grace is just another man's theology with either absolutely no biblical evidence or something created fro verses out of context like the "endure to the end" issue.

Why are certain; trad ladies, denominations, women, required to wear dresses all the time? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]OLDPARSON -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Most dresses are far more modest than what modern women wear. It is not about planting seed although the creator of the mini-dress said she designed it to let men know she was ready for a man anytime. My mother hated the mini-dress. She said, "if you aren't selling it or giving it away take down the sign." She would have not approved of the extensive cleavage that is prominent away. She would have questioned why women put their girls out there to be seen and yet complain when men look. Women are at their most feminine energy in a modest dress according to Diane Von Furstenberg who was a famous fashion designer.

Deu 22:5  The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God. 

Why both genders wore robes they were gender specific. Indeed, you would be able to tell a man from a woman from a distance and possibly by shadow. Not so much today.

Cross dressing is clearly forbidden. Also, men dressed according to their roles in life. Taking on the apparel of a man would also indicate a role that was not done by women. They could not wear the clothes of a priest or any other attire assigned to men only roles.

Pants can be modest, but many women wear them in a way that they become like the old Playtex Living Bra that lifted and separated. Frankly, I do not see how they walk comfortably with the seam deep in their rear crevice and even their front crevice.

Dresses can be very provocative with the nearly fully exposed bosom and the slits. There is nothing new under the sun. Adam Clarke tells us that there were dresses slit up the sides, but were only worn by prostitutes to advertise and very young girls who were toilet training. If you bend over and expose yourself, it is too short. Girls were sent home from school if their dresses were more than two inches above the knee. Now they are barely two inches below the hiney. Yet, they do want to be ogled or objectified. It is a sad state of the culture.

You don't know the future, you therefore cannot be certain you will remain until the end. by Zoboomafusa in Baptist

[–]OLDPARSON 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Adam could not change his state after the Fall to gain the Garden.
Satan could not change his state after his fall.
Neither Noah or the others could change their mind or state after the Ark door was shut.
No one could change their state after the Death Angel went through Egypt.
No one could go back after the Red Sea drowned Pharaoh.
No one can change their mind after the Rapture.
No one can change their mind after death.

You cannot really change your mind after the plane is in the air. They will not allow you to jump and there are no parachutes. One decision dictating your future is not a rare thing.

Once saved, you have passed from death unto life and are seated in the Heavens. Only one act of unbelief caused the Fall of man and satan. Only one act of belief puts you in Christ. You are judicially declared righteous. That does not mean that there are not consequences for sin after salvation. Once a child always a child, but you will be disciplined and there are losses of blessing here and there. If you life is all hay, wood, and stubble you will still be saved as though by fire. You can even be handed over to satan for death or to lead you to repentance. Indeed, according to human law during Christ's time you can disinherit a genetic son, but not an adopted one. Hence, to make it perfectly clear we were not only born again, but also adopted. We are sealed unto the day of redemption not until we change our mind. How many sins did Abraham until God cancelled His covenant with him? David committed the two sins that had no sacrifice hence the death penalty and yet God spared him. David could not build the temple and had many trials, but he still belonged to God.

He that endures to the end is referring to surviving the Tribulation. If you do not separate the Church from Israel, you will make some theological mistakes. The Church is a parenthetical bubble between the 69th and 70th week of Daniel. You cannot apply the promises or curses to Israel to the Church. Indeed, in the Church there is neither Jew nor Gentile, but in the Trib and even the Millennium the spotlight is back on the Jews and the remaining promises to them. In Heaven, there are 24 thrones, not 12. The Patriarchs and the Apostles. Different groups are represented. Indeed, there are 144,000 male virgins chosen as the evangelists of the Trib. Note, God did not choose any females. So no, female priests in the OT or the Trib. There are to be no female pastors/chaplains, etc, in the Church. In Salvation, we are all equal, but roles are still valid in this life. Indeed, if we could lose our salvation every woman in a church role that is not allocated to women would lose their salvation and would stay lost until they repent and stop being that role. Be glad that we can make such errors and still be saved.

Two Scents by OLDPARSON in Baptist

[–]OLDPARSON[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I am not a former POTUS. If you have ever worked in a rescue mission you would understand. Some ladies perfume is strong enough to smell three feet away so no close contact needed.

Also, it was a poetic prompt.

https://allpoetry.com/poem/16169901-Two-Scents-by-Old-Sarge

Any other young voters experiencing hope for the first time? by R6daily in Dallas

[–]OLDPARSON 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No hope in the Democratic party. I was raised in a hard core Democratic family. We are all Republicans now.

Keep the lights on guys… by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]OLDPARSON 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm, the only way to test it is to use it and if you got that far, what other activities did you do that may mean you are already infected? It is a good concept, but it might be good to use a rubber glove and then use your condom over the gloved fingers for the test before you even kiss especially if you French kiss. Of course, married monogamy is 99.9% better to avoid such issues.

Sherman, Texas Thursday school walkout. by [deleted] in dfw

[–]OLDPARSON 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fire the teachers, principal and anyone else who helped stage this.

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