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AlexDofTX

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  1. I am not a Lutheran, but I thank God that Lutherans still remember Reformation Day. I find everything about Halloween repugnant and repulsive. It grieves me to see the celebration of demons and death. Why should children be taught to beg as a good thing? Or expect treats when they do nothing more than dress up as ghosts. Nor do I care for many Protestant alternatives with their Fall Festivals which is no better than Earth Worship, or the earth goddess Gaia? But Reformation Day is something all Protestants should celebrate. On October 31st, 1517 Martin Luther nailed his 95 Thesis denouncing the papal sale of indulgences which sparked the Protestant Reformation by which millions of Europeans found the new birth, and the seed was laid for a new country built upon biblical principles AKA the United States. Thank you Lutherans for keeping this true holy-day alive. Since this is the 500th anniversary, perhaps some element of the Gematria might occur. The number 5 is the number of grace and the number 10 is the number of divine perfection. Perhaps a multiplication of 100 will be significant.
  2. This first group I would not consider to be wolves, but seekers on the wrong path. This second group, however, I would defnitely regard as wolves. I would also add Satanists pretending to be Christians so they can infiltrate a group and cause havoc. This third group I would call Carnal Christians who know Christ but live by their natural understanding and their flesh. The non-Christians I would put in group 1 whose pride blinds them from the truth. This fourth group I would call legalists. Believers who are still justifying them selves and have never understood the grace of God, except when they need it for themselves. Most of what you write here are signs of sincere followers of Christ, with some exceptions that should be added to your first set of possible wolves. There is almost always a witness in my spirit when I speak with true disciples of Christ. Fruit is seasonal. There should be some fruit but that does not mean that necessarily there will be abundant fruit. Likewise fruit is a litmus for wolves because Jesus was talking about identifying wolves in sheep's clothing when he said, By their fruit you will know them. I would add this to your fourth group above as believers that are legalistic. This is a hallmark of a mature believer versus a young believer. Again, mature believers instead of young believers. By their very lack of experience young believers naturally gravitate for a list of rules. As Hebrews (5:12) says, strong meat belongs to those who by reason of use have learned to discern good and evil. Inexperience still needs rules as a guide. This is another characteristic of either a true wolf from category two above, or a legalist from category four who needs to convince others that they are right so they can bolster their own self justification. Hebrews 5:12 again in maturity, since you are clearly a mature Christian, brother. Excellent conclusion. We are to reach out to as many people as we can and they come in all kinds of conditions. This is the most thoughtful answer to my question that I have read so far. Thank you again for your feedback.
  3. Thank you for a comprehensive answer. Of course as you indicate, not all these people are wolves in sheep's clothing. However, it is an extremely practical summation on dealing with believers and non-believers alike with the intent of turning them towards Jesus. By the way, I updated my avatar. I took a selfy and used a graphics program to place my eyes, nose and mouth over the artwork of Polycarp. I have not been on this site for a while since CF let me back on their site. But anytime you speak, where ever it may be, I will read what you write, because what you say is always that good. Thanks friend. PS I copied what you had to say so I could save it to my files. Great points!
  4. God's Elect is Jesus. All who abide in Christ are God's Elect.
  5. While our created minds can not comprehend an existence that has always been, God did not come into being, He simply is, hence his name, I AM.
  6. First of all, that is not God talking but Jesus. Jesus has a dual nature: man and God and he was speaking as a man. So the man Jesus was given all authority by the Spirit of God. Second, the word "authority" means "the author". God is the author of all creation, therefore the authority rests in him as the first cause.
  7. Yes because he voluntarily laid his life down by accpeting our sins upon himself. If had not, he would not have died.
  8. Very tired right now, will get back to you later.
  9. You are half right, believing is an action. But study is not believing. Doing is believing. Study may give you a guide on what to do, but the mere act of study without acting upon it is the source of carnal pride and weariness of the flesh.
  10. That is not what I said nor meant. I meant imagining him in our reading is not necessarily how he looked just as what we imagine what radio talk show people look like is rarely correct. I do not agree that our spirit is our intellect. The mind is the realm of the soul, not the spirit.
  11. Being hungry, thirsty, sorrowed or tempted does not mean his body aged as we understand it. He experienced everything we experience because of sin on the cross. On the cross he became sin who knew no sin. There he experienced aging, so much so that Isaiah said that he was marred beyond recognition. His being marred was not due to the scourging or crucifixion. It was because the sins of the world were put upon him.
  12. Oh brother, give me a break. Think about what I am saying not what you think I am saying.
  13. He became the last Adam, perfect without sin. He was fully human as Adam was fully human before he sinned. We should not assume being fully human means with a fallen nature.
  14. Jesus was 33 years old when he died. I don't want him to be 21, I am thinking of what it means to have been sinless. I don't understand why so many people think that his being fully human means he had a body that was corruptible. He was fully human as the first Adam was fully human which is why he is called the last Adam. As far as his being our high priest, he knows all that we experience in sin because he became sin who knew no sin on the cross. When the sins of the world were placed upon him, then he knew the infirmity of aging as well as all sickness and debilitations. Jesus was perfect just as Adam was perfect. If Adam had not sinned he would have eaten from the tree of life and never died. Jesus is the tree of life, thus would not die. All I am addressing is his appearance, nothing more.
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