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Well, at least we're not "debating/discussing/arguing" over the OTHER two taboo subjects (race and politics) - peace to you ALL! So long as folks are discussing Christ... then if I have to be the badguy to get them to do, so be it. I don't shy away from the designation because it IS the lot of those who belong to Christ, yes? So, per my Lord:
"Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you." Matthew 5:11, 12
"Woe to you when [all] men speak well of you,
For so did their fathers to the false prophets." Luke 6:26
As for being "saved" (wonder who's gonna broach the subject of being saved "from" WHAT...), no one has to take MY word for why I stated what I did. Takes Paul's:
"But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down from above) or, “‘Who will descend into the abyss?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say? “The Word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord JAHESHUA and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord... shall be saved.”
How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed[/u][/b]? And how shall they believe in Him that they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written:
“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace,
Who bring glad tidings of good things!”
But they have not all obeyed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”[j] So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God." Romans 10:9-17
And...
"Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh? Have you suffered so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain?
"Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?— just as Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed.” So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham." Galatians 3:2-9
"But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise...by faith in [Jesus] Christ... might be given to those who [i]believe. But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be declared righteous... by FAITH.
How about the writer of the letter to the Hebrews?
"But WE are NOT of those who draw back to destruction but of those who have FAITH... to the saving of the soul." Hebrews 10:39
"Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto [Jesus], the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:1, 2
Fageddabout us. What is Christ himself is recorded to say? In the account regarding the two men impaled with him, he said to one:
“Assuredly, I say to you today you will be with Me in Paradise.” Luke 23:43
WHY did he say that? Because the man believed in Christ's resurrection? How can THAT be... when the resurrection hadn't taken place? Nor is there any indication that man knew of such... or even looked forward to such. So, why did Christ say what he did? Because of the man's FAITH... in him as the Son of God! The SAME reason that my Lord said that he would build his "church" upon PETER'S... FAITH... that he, Christ... WAS THE SON OF GOD.
And that is what I am referring to: the One who speaks to me IS the SON of God. He is the HOLY One of Israel and Holy Spirit. JAHESHUA. The CHOSEN One of JAH (MischaJah)... He who is the MOST HOLY One of Israel, JAH... of Armies (JaHVeH).
Now, do I CARE if anyone believes ME? No. Absolutely not. I cannot save a single not. Not even myself. But one would do well to ask himself/herself: how can my gaze be solely on CHRIST... if it's on the GB? The Pope? Shelby?
Stop looking at ME so much... and concerning yourself with what *I* say... and turn your gaze... and EAR... to CHRIST. And look at HIM... so as to hear what HE says. You might surprised what you receive.
K, gotta run. Plane to catch soon.
To ALL of you... peace to you... and may JAH bless! I'll be back a bit, so... PLEASE... keep the Light (that is Christ) ON in you!!
YOUR servant and a slave of Christ,
SA
Matthew 10:22 - And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.
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