Can you hate anyone, and be a Christian?
Nov 22, 2023 20:07:59 #
Marty 2020 wrote:
Well, let's just say there are people I love less than anyone else on the planet or off. Seriously - although you may hate the behavior, you should not hate the person. And God doesn't just ask us not to hate!I have my opinion.
What’s yours?
What’s yours?
Luke 6:35 "But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil."
And, yes, I've failed at this many times...
Nov 22, 2023 20:09:47 #
padremike
Loc: Phenix City, Al
Marty 2020 wrote:
Romans 16:25 should clear it up.
That mystery is the rapture.
That mystery is the rapture.
You do realize that doxology in Romans you provided has nothing to do with a rapture? Furthermore 2/3 of Protestant churches and clergy reject rapture theology for good cause. You're free to indulge of course, I'm simply providing data you'll never receive from a church that teaches rapture theology. I truly understand your too heavily invested in it emotionally to have it challenged.
Nov 23, 2023 11:04:45 #
padremike wrote:
You do realize that doxology in Romans you provided has nothing to do with a rapture? Furthermore 2/3 of Protestant churches and clergy reject rapture theology for good cause. You're free to indulge of course, I'm simply providing data you'll never receive from a church that teaches rapture theology. I truly understand your too heavily invested in it emotionally to have it challenged.
Okay then what is that mystery that Paul brings up?
Nov 23, 2023 12:18:43 #
padremike
Loc: Phenix City, Al
Marty 2020 wrote:
Okay then what is that mystery that Paul brings up?
Romans 16:25–27 is a one-sentence doxology or hymn of praise to God. Paul praises the One who has revealed the long-hidden mystery of the Gospel, the Good News of salvation through faith in Jesus, making it available to every nation and people. It has nothing whatsoever to do with a Rapture.
Nov 23, 2023 13:56:04 #
Marty 2020 wrote:
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Enoch is also a picture of the rapture as is the come up hither of revelation.
Enoch is also a picture of the rapture as is the come up hither of revelation.
Those passages are not a picture of the rapture, they describe the rapture.
Nov 23, 2023 14:21:28 #
Parky60 wrote:
Those passages are not a picture of the rapture, they describe the rapture.
Okay
Nov 23, 2023 14:23:07 #
padremike wrote:
Romans 16:25–27 is a one-sentence doxology or hymn of praise to God. Paul praises the One who has revealed the long-hidden mystery of the Gospel, the Good News of salvation through faith in Jesus, making it available to every nation and people. It has nothing whatsoever to do with a Rapture.
I’ll just believe it anyway.
Thank you for your time.
Happy thanksgiving.
Nov 23, 2023 17:07:35 #
padremike
Loc: Phenix City, Al
Marty 2020 wrote:
I’ll just believe it anyway.
Thank you for your time.
Happy thanksgiving.
Thank you for your time.
Happy thanksgiving.
I know. A blessed Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones also.
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