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Are you a member of a Bible church that meets online?

We know what manner, and we stumble, and fail, daily. Therefore we long for His return, that He will transform us to be "that manner".

Your next step: Trust Jesus for salvation, not yourself. Cry out to Jesus to both save you and to feel/sense your salvation. Then read Psalm 23 aloud.

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Why do you ask? I feel there is a question underlying the question. Thanks.

The tithe has relevance for NT believers. I'm not a legalist, but I understand tithing, offerings, being baptized, witnessing, etc. all bring benefits not only to the church or unbelievers, but the participants. There are dozens of dozens of great churches that are rich in good works for every pastor who is a greedy consumer.

The key is Christians will pray and intercede, for themselves and others, even "serious sinners".

I understand, and there is flexibility there, but the tithe is meant for the church to support the leaders and run the church ministries. I personally used to tithe to individuals I was supporting in the church rather than the main fund, however, my pastor gave me permission to do so when I asked.

But the church needs money, too, and all the NT teaching is "take care of the church first--and second and third". Almost every statement "help the poor" is to help the poor of the congregation/God's people. How about splitting your tithe into three parts and you can always make offerings (above a tithe) as led?

Then . . . be humble and have a heart of flesh again. God knew today would be your return day, and has patiently waited, with love. WELCOME HOME!

Of course! Have you given thanks yet for difficult circumstances today!

The unpardonable sin is to reject Jesus as Savior! I know for Jesus says in the passage "There is ONE thing that cannot be amended in the next world." Put differently, almost ANYONE who worries about the unpardonable sin has NOT done it. TRUST JESUS for salvation today! A ONE TIME decision!

Sounds like you're saying that person with seconds left to live, and no time to walk, should confess and ask for pardon. That action--trusting Jesus, not oneself, for salvation--IS salvation. Don't mistake sanctification--growing in holiness on the Earth--with salvation, having assurance that God will more fully transform us later, making us able to enter Heaven. Thanks for your patience with our discussion.

...And what does the person do/should do who has ten seconds to live, no Bible, no chance to read cover to cover...?

Do you have an idea as to how that sounds? Try this, perhaps: Trust Jesus, now, for salvation. He died and rose for sin, so that when we trust Him, we receive eternal life. Let's try again. You see me struck by a car. Running over to help me, you lean over my body. I clutch at your shirt and say, "I have seconds left before I die and I'm not right with God. What do I do?" Your reply is . . .

And that means what? I grew up Jewish. What should I do next?

For perhaps the fourth time in this thread I'm asking you, how is one saved?

I didn't say you have to starve to death, you said "you have what you need" and I suspect you have much more than "what you need", although frankly, to fully follow the command you'd have to starve to death--one reason I know we're not saved by commandment-keeping. Like everyone I else I know trying to get into Heaven via works, you have vague, fuzzy doctrine I cannot follow--I'd have to do what you do, not what you say. Why don't you have the last word, but, please, I urge you, throw your doctrine at the feet of Christ. You seem to rely on your commandment-keeping, which is known as the biblical heresy of legalism--salvation by works, not trust in Jesus Christ. Please be cautious, dear brother!

Why is it "wasting your money" to follow the commandments? You are claiming to follow them fully but are not. Jesus is not merely saving us from "sin messes" here, since in this world we have trials. He is saving us entirely from this world and from ourselves, to perfect us and bring us to a place where we truly sin no more. I hope your trust is in Jesus, because your doctrine concerns me. It seems vague and fuzzy on many levels, starting with a non-biblical idea that I'm to obey God's commands but not His precepts, statutes, etc. -- that seems bizarre for a start.

Do you keep "what you need to survive" or do you have possessions beyond what you need to survive? For the COMMANDMENT is clear regarding neighbors, and was repeated by Jesus is different ways--"When were you in prison, master, or needed food or clothing"? Sell those golf clubs, that second car, etc. unless you understand that no one fulfills those commandments 24/7 -- therefore, Jesus. Your faith seems to be in your ability to avoid sin and keep commandments. What is Jesus saving you from? Hint: yourself/myself, praise Jesus!

What happens to born again Christians after death? What happens to atheists after death? What verses say "the apostles never had fear for death or imprisonment"? Does your neighbor lack food, clothing or a home? Why do you keep and covet yours instead of giving it to your neighbor?

No, the Jewish people had 613 commandments centuries before Jesus, and a millennia before Christians divided into "decrees, ordinances, etc." What you're doing is keeping some moral law but skipping ceremonial and legal law. So you believe that a good life without trouble is Heaven? Didn't the apostles and righteous ones of both testaments have trials? Was Job's great trial caused by sin? You disbelieve that "on Earth as it is in Heaven" is talking about two places that are sometimes disconnected, therefore, we pray that as it is there it becomes here...?!

But does our Law judge a man before it hears what He has to say?

Hi Jeff, Have you never read my posts? I'm a fundamentalist born again believer. I'm trying to ask the other poster to repent of his poor doctrine. He has some kind of legalistic "keep these commandments but not these". Thanks.