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NickyLouse

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  1. Were all ten virgins saved? If so... Did the 5 foolish ones lose their salvation? If so, What is meant by having enough oil? How do we know whether we are saved? Is my debt paid in full or not? If the foolish five were not saved, what does it mean to go and buy oil from them who sell it?
  2. If there remains no longer any sacrifice for their sins, then death is what they get as the penalty for sin, as stated throughout Scripture. They do not lose their rewards only, but their life. (there remains no way left for them to be forgiven of their sin). You are reading that into the text. That is not what it says. It says that they can no longer be renewed unto repentance - not salvation. You can only introduce salvation into the passage if you believe that your repentance had something to do with your salvation.
  3. This is not a valid statement, and is not found in Scripture. The previous arguments before this in the post are subject to serious testing by Scripture to see if they are true or not. My contention is not that anyone can ever lose their salvation. The only way that one could possibly lose it or undo the atoning sacrifice of Christ is if they had something to do with their salvation in the first place. We don't have anything to do with our salvation. Only after we have been saved can we do anything good.
  4. I think there can be a misconception about whether repentance is required of salvation. There is nothing we can do in the affirmative or in the negative concerning salvation. We are, however, responsible for our repentance. When verse 6 speaks of falling away, it is not simply talking about a sin. It is speaking of an abandonment of the rewards allotted to those who would receive them by following closely to the Savior. If that occurs, there is no room for repentance. They have gotten so far away from the Savior that to return to follow Him would mean a renewal of salvation for which there is no additional sacrifice. When you look at repentance in the vein of sanctification rather than salvation, there is no conflict with this passage. Looking to the tabernacle as the model for salvation and sanctification, you will see the brazen altar in the outer court as a symbol of salvation. However, in order to enter the holy of holies, the priest must wash at the brazen laver, symbolic of repentance and sanctification. If someone who has repented by way of true godly sorrow and has been walking by faith abandons that way of living, the passage in Hebrews is saying that they have exited the holy of holies and cannot re-enter because there is no longer a sacrifice for them. They have not lost salvation, but they have lost their rewards. We must never confuse sanctification (that requires our cooperation) with salvation. Otherwise, we would all surely lose our salvation.
  5. Thomas is my favorite. He was real. He desired that Jesus show Himself to him. Imagine how heartbroken he was that he was the only one who was absent. He was with Jesus the whole time that the other ten were. He expressed his desire to die with Jesus. He was singled out by Jesus to be absent so that we who have not seen would be blessed. And when Jesus did appear to him, Thomas confessed Him as his Lord and his God. The woman who had been forgiven much at the house of Simon who wiped her tears from the feet of Jesus is also my favorite. She didn't ask for anything. She simply acknowledged what had been done for her and could not express her gratitude in any other way than to pour out her greatest possession on Him and weep at His feet.
  6. On a side note concerning the moedim, I have been told that the Greek word phatne is a word that in Hebrew is referred to as sukkah. You'll find the word phatne in Luke 2:7. Could it be that the innkeeper was really a generous person who offered his own special sukkah for privacy to a woman giving birth rather than in an inn that was more akin to a bunkhouse? Blessings
  7. I can see from your blog that your prayer was accompanied by thoughtful understanding of relevant scripture. That helps me to confirm what I've been learning. I do not have the full concept to be able to defend it yet, but I hope to discuss it more in detail. Blessings
  8. Abraham was not justified by his actions but by faith. His obedience proved his faith. It would have been absurd to say that he had faith had he not followed up by his actions. If someone told me that my house was going to catch on fire tonight and I trusted that it was true, if I went home and slept that would mean that I really didn't trust him (or that I had a death wish). What else did Abraham have to do other than take Isaac and the wood and the knife and the fire to be sacrificed? He added nothing else to what God commanded of him. However, what does it mean to have faith in the atonement now? What needs to be done to directly prove that we have received His faith by grace? The answer must be "nothing". For otherwise, we can say that there is a never-ending list of things to prove it. What specifically are we told to do to be saved other than believe? One caveat might be to confess it with your mouth, but I do not think that falls into the same category as repentance or other acts of obedience that are truly meant to sanctify us. Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
  9. May I perish if I add anything to the atoning sacrifice of Yeshua to somehow think that it secures my salvation. His sacrifice alone is the only way for a sinner such as myself to have salvation. My "righteousness" before I was saved was filthy rags and accounted for nothing with respect to salvation or sanctification. My deeds built on the foundation of Christ after salvation add nothing to salvation. Nor does it in any way secure my salvation.
  10. Yes... and adding anything of your own nullifies it for yourself. trying to do anything to appease God for your sin nullifies it for yourself. Believing in Jesus (that His sacrifice atones for sin) is all that is required for salvation.
  11. My pastor or my teacher or my friend or my brother or whatever you want to call him has a Th.d (h.c.) as a Messianic Rabbi and out of respect for his dedication I call him rabbi. Matthew 23 is talking to teachers who were vying for the praises of men. My rabbi who has much more wisdom and understanding than me is a humble man who would be fine with me calling him brother. Thank you for that reminder. Blessings
  12. Great post! JLB I often turn to gotquestions.org, but I think they have oversimplified HRM. The parts above that I highlighted indicate a complete departure from what our Messianic congregation teaches. However, we do believe that Torah is still relevant. We just do not believe it is binding for salvation. The thing I have learned at our congregation is that there is a distinction between salvation and sanctification. Salvation is unilateral, meaning that we do absolutely nothing to deserve or earn it. It is God's promise that the Messiah will bring and has brought about salvation. All we have to do is believe it and receive it. Sanctification is entirely separated from salvation (except that salvation precedes it). Sanctification requires work on our part to repent and pay heed to God and His word. He is the one who sanctifies, but not without our cooperation. In light of this understanding, we must always be very careful about whether a passage is discussing salvation or sanctification. I hope that is helpful.
  13. Please know that I do not want to put a yoke upon anyone. For trying to place commands for salvation on anyone is a burden that they cannot bear. However please consider this as a matter not of salvation but of being made holy by God, being set apart and sanctified for His use. If the Spring feasts (Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits and Pentecost) have been fulfilled in the first coming of Christ and the Fall feasts (Trumpets, Atonement and Tabernacles) point to His return AND if the feasts were to be abandoned after His first coming... why did God appoint the Fall feasts at all? If it was good to observe the Spring feasts up until the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, then it would seem good to observe the Fall feasts up until His return. I think of the moedim as dress rehearsals as though they were for some magnificent once in a lifetime set of performances that were to take place. At least the first 2 or 3 moedim have taken place. We observe their occurrence by looking back at the great performance of Yeshua on that certain Passover and Firstfruits when He died and was resurrected. But do we now simply forget what happened and abandon the rest of the appointments as well? If Passover were a musical recital, we might continue year after year reminding ourselves of that perfect performance by singing the songs we heard there. However, there are more recitals to come. Do we stop the dress rehearsals for those future events now that the first one has passed? I personally believe we will observe them all throughout the Millennial Reign as well. Blessings to all.
  14. I heard that back-slidden means that at some point in your past you loved Jesus more than you do right now.
  15. The charismatics are very alluring. They draw people away from the truth. They change the plain meaning of verses that they build their doctrine around. That sounds like what Satan did with Eve.
  16. Actually, it does! Thank you! Furthermore, it goes on to say, "whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God" as it pertains to judging one another. Mutual edification is the key.
  17. I think they will try to stand upon their own "good works" and continue thinking that mankind can save himself - even from the wrath of God. They will try to prop up this house of cards by pledging allegiance to mankind to whatever depravity it slips into. The whole world will be going to hell in a hand-basket and they will be whistling past the graveyard.
  18. I see. I thought you were saying that only good people would choose to be saved.
  19. Hi mlbrokish. If I assume you are talking about salvation, we have no free will. Most people are semi-Pelagianists and will say that the only thing we do to earn salvation is to believe. Do we have the free will not to believe once He reveals the truth of the atoning sacrifice of Jesus? I think not, if we have truly understood. Only someone who is not in their right mind (canceling the question of free will) would "choose" to jump out of an airplane without a parachute when given the "choice" of first putting one on. However, if you are in your right mind, you allow the parachute to be placed upon you. What we do have free will about is to repent of our sin and thus be sanctified - set apart for God's workmanship. In that respect, our sovereign God will use whomever chooses to repent of sin (whether of commission or omission) to accomplish His will on earth. But that is ONLY AFTER salvation has been given. As I have heard said many times, we are dead in our sin and dead men make no choices concerning anything. But once we are made alive in Christ, we must choose whom we will serve. https://www.gotquestions.org/semi-Pelagianism.html Excerpt: Semi-Pelagianism allows that humanity is tainted by sin, but not to the extent that we cannot cooperate with God's grace on our own. Semi-Pelagianism is, in essence, partial depravity as opposed to total depravity. We are sinful, but we can still recognize the truth, cooperate with God’s grace, and choose to seek Christ. We need God’s grace to be saved, but we can take the first step toward Christ on our own, apart from grace.
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