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  • footwasher
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    Originally posted by brightfame52 View Post

    Now you started a long drawn out rabbit trail, just because I said life happens when the Spirit is given. Jesus said the Spirit quickens Jn 6:63


    It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

    Quickeneth here simply means gives life. When one is given life they begin to live, in this case they begin to live Spiritually.
    You have to prove it is a rabbit trail, not correct.

    I showed you, repeatedly, from Scripture, what happens when we believe God's word, that a promised land/Kingdom has come near us, can be entered, which were also Jesus' words:

    ​​​​​Luke 11
    20But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

    Which Paul said needed to be believed, in order to receive the Holy Spirit:

    Acts 19
    4Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”

    Which would create faith in the hearers, if they believed:

    ​​​​​​Heb 6
    7For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God. 8But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.

    1 Cor 10
    1I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. 2They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 3They all ate the same spiritual food 4and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. 5Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.

    Even Christ had to receive the Holy Spirit, the faith creating ministry through suffering and rescue, cross and resurrection, and learn to have faith in God's ability to rescue, in order to have enough faith to be obedient, to attempt to do great works, pick up crosses every day, and finally attempt the eponymous task at Calvary.

    Heb 5
    8Although He was the Son, He still had to learn obedience from suffering

    You only gave a weak example of Scripture, which can be interpreted in zillion different ways, of what happens when we believe.

    This shows that you don't know what the Gospel is, never heard the right Gospel, therefore couldn't believe, in turn never received the Holy Spirit, like I and others in the Scripture record did.

    Besides, how do you know that you are living spiritually? What if you are behaving better because you don't want to go to hell, and you think Scripture teaches you will become a better person if you really believe and receive the Holy Spirit?

    In other words you may be trying to prove it by acting good, when in fact believing the Gospel leads to being baptised into an experience, called Moses or Christ, as 1 Cor 19 shows, drinking from Christ, which is synecdoche for cross and resurrection, suffering, and needing to learn from it, learn God always rescues, even from the most difficult problem, death, as 1 Cor 15 shows:

    ​​​​​​1 Cor 15
    3For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5and that He appeared to Cephasa and then to the Twelve. 6After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.
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    Instead, the aim is to get the viewer to examine himself and thereby to move him to try hard to strive to be on the narrow road. The way to everlasting life and to avoid waking up in hell, according to this video, is to try our best to be on the narrow road. Live the best life you can and maybe you will avoid hell.

    This is a sad video from one perspective, from the perspective of those who think that this is the good news of Jesus Christ. However, for those of us who believe the promise of life and hence are sure that we will never wake up in hell, we can rejoice that God has shown us the truth. And we can and should seek ways to share the promise of life with all who will listen.

    https://faithalone.org/blog/must-see...ke-up-in-hell/

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  • brightfame52
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    Originally posted by footwasher View Post

    But the text says that when Abraham believed the Gospel, that the Kingdom/Land had come in the midst of men, he was led into the wilderness, experienced cross and resurrection, was put in danger and rescued from Pharoah. He learned that God could always rescue, and realised this was how the promise to be a blessing to the world would be fulfilled. He would pick up a cross every day, God would rescue, and when he was lifted up from the earth, he would draw the world to God. He really expected God to raise Isaac up from the dead:

    Heb 11
    19Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.
    ...

    But the text says that when Israel believed the Gospel, that the Kingdom/Land had come in the midst of men, she was led into the wilderness, experienced cross and resurrection, was put in danger and rescued from Pharoah, and hunger and thirst. She did not learn that God could always rescue, and realise this was how the promise to be a blessing to the world would be fulfilled. She would pick up a cross every day, God would rescue, and when she was lifted up from the earth, she would draw the world to God. But suffering scared her, and she wanted to go back to Egypt. She loved the darkness, wanted to stay on the broad, easy road, living life as safely and comfortably as she could, like us. Did not want to come into the light, living a life that resulted in treasure which did not rust and perish. Have Eternal life. Only Caleb was born again, had had a different spirit, a different mindset, meta noia-ed, change of mind, changed from a fearful follower to a courageous leader.

    Num 14
    24“But My servant Caleb, because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land which he entered, and his descendants shall take possession of it.
    ​​​​​...

    But the text says that when Jesus believed the Gospel, that the Kingdom/Land had come in the midst of men, He was led into the wilderness, experienced cross and resurrection, was put in danger and rescued from hunger and thirst and the Devil. He learned that God could always rescue, and realised this was how the promise to be a blessing to the world would be fulfilled. He would pick up a cross every day, God would rescue, and when He was lifted up from the earth, he would draw the world to God. He learned obedience from suffering.

    John 12
    32And when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.
    ...

    But the text says that when the disciples in Acts 19 believed the Gospel, that the Kingdom/Land had come in the midst of men, they were edified by tongues, experienced cross and resurrection, were put in danger and rescued virtually. They learned that God could always rescue, and realised this was how the promise to be a blessing to the world would be fulfilled. They would pick up a cross every day, God would rescue, and when they were lifted up from the earth, they would draw the world to God. God would prepare crosses in advance for them to pick up, evil situations, darkened Scripture. When they healed the situation, explained the difficult Scripture, they would show what the Kingdom was like and draw people like Rahab, Naaman and Nicodemus to God.

    Ep 2
    10For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

    Is 45
    7Evil situations, darkened Scripture, I the Lord create all these.

    Heb 5
    8Though He was the Son, He still learned obedience from suffering.

    John 9
    1Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth, 2and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

    3Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him. 4While it is daytime, we must doa the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work. 5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

    1 Cor 14
    4The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but the one who prophesies edifies the church.

    See how the world is drawn to God:

    Joshua 2
    8Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof 9and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you. 10For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Seab before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.c 11When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.

    John 3
    1Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 2He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.

    1 Cor 14
    24But if an unbeliever or ungifted person comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted and called to account by all, 25and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”
    ...

    Doh! You are a teacher of Israel, and you don't know this? You need to believe the correct Gospel, really receive the Holy Spirit, experience cross and resurrection, learn obedience from suffering, be born again, be allowed to enter the Kingdom, so that you can be a blessing to the world, because in the Kingdom, where God is with you, you can pick up crosses, heal people, explain Scripture by the finger of God, and draw the world to God by revealing His light to all mankind, when you use the gift He gives you:

    As Scripture says, he ascended to heaven and gave gifts to His People.
    Now you started a long drawn out rabbit trail, just because I said life happens when the Spirit is given. Jesus said the Spirit quickens Jn 6:63


    It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

    Quickeneth here simply means gives life. When one is given life they begin to live, in this case they begin to live Spiritually.

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  • footwasher
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    In other words, don't follow me because you receive nourishment, but follow me because you see the Kingdom of God and want to find out how to get in:

    John 6
    ​​​​​26Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.

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  • footwasher
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    Of course, when you feed the people, you shouldn't be like Moses, or the sons of Sceva:

    Numbers 20
    10He and Aaron gathered the assembly together in front of the rock and Moses said to them, “Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”

    You should be like Jesus, in His actions and in His teachings, in the advice He gave, and give the glory, the credit, to God:

    Mark 9
    39“Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me,

    John 5
    19Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.
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  • footwasher
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    Ephesians 4
    8This is why it says: “When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people.”

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  • footwasher
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    Originally posted by brightfame52 View Post

    Life happens duh. When one receives the Spirit, they receive Spiritual life, and so live spiritually. What happens normally when people receive physical life ? They live physically. Duh
    But the text says that when Abraham believed the Gospel, that the Kingdom/Land had come in the midst of men, he was led into the wilderness, experienced cross and resurrection, was put in danger and rescued from Pharoah. He learned that God could always rescue, and realised this was how the promise to be a blessing to the world would be fulfilled. He would pick up a cross every day, God would rescue, and when he was lifted up from the earth, he would draw the world to God. He really expected God to raise Isaac up from the dead:

    Heb 11
    19Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.
    ...

    But the text says that when Israel believed the Gospel, that the Kingdom/Land had come in the midst of men, she was led into the wilderness, experienced cross and resurrection, was put in danger and rescued from Pharoah, and hunger and thirst. She did not learn that God could always rescue, and realise this was how the promise to be a blessing to the world would be fulfilled. She would pick up a cross every day, God would rescue, and when she was lifted up from the earth, she would draw the world to God. But suffering scared her, and she wanted to go back to Egypt. She loved the darkness, wanted to stay on the broad, easy road, living life as safely and comfortably as she could, like us. Did not want to come into the light, living a life that resulted in treasure which did not rust and perish. Have Eternal life. Only Caleb was born again, had had a different spirit, a different mindset, meta noia-ed, change of mind, changed from a fearful follower to a courageous leader.

    Num 14
    24“But My servant Caleb, because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land which he entered, and his descendants shall take possession of it.
    ​​​​​...

    But the text says that when Jesus believed the Gospel, that the Kingdom/Land had come in the midst of men, He was led into the wilderness, experienced cross and resurrection, was put in danger and rescued from hunger and thirst and the Devil. He learned that God could always rescue, and realised this was how the promise to be a blessing to the world would be fulfilled. He would pick up a cross every day, God would rescue, and when He was lifted up from the earth, he would draw the world to God. He learned obedience from suffering.

    John 12
    32And when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.
    ...

    But the text says that when the disciples in Acts 19 believed the Gospel, that the Kingdom/Land had come in the midst of men, they were edified by tongues, experienced cross and resurrection, were put in danger and rescued virtually. They learned that God could always rescue, and realised this was how the promise to be a blessing to the world would be fulfilled. They would pick up a cross every day, God would rescue, and when they were lifted up from the earth, they would draw the world to God. God would prepare crosses in advance for them to pick up, evil situations, darkened Scripture. When they healed the situation, explained the difficult Scripture, they would show what the Kingdom was like and draw people like Rahab, Naaman and Nicodemus to God.

    Ep 2
    10For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

    Is 45
    7Evil situations, darkened Scripture, I the Lord create all these.

    Heb 5
    8Though He was the Son, He still learned obedience from suffering.

    John 9
    1Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth, 2and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

    3Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him. 4While it is daytime, we must doa the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work. 5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

    1 Cor 14
    4The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but the one who prophesies edifies the church.

    See how the world is drawn to God:

    Joshua 2
    8Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof 9and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you. 10For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Seab before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.c 11When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.

    John 3
    1Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 2He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.

    1 Cor 14
    24But if an unbeliever or ungifted person comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted and called to account by all, 25and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”
    ...

    Doh! You are a teacher of Israel, and you don't know this? You need to believe the correct Gospel, really receive the Holy Spirit, experience cross and resurrection, learn obedience from suffering, be born again, be allowed to enter the Kingdom, so that you can be a blessing to the world, because in the Kingdom, where God is with you, you can pick up crosses, heal people, explain Scripture by the finger of God, and draw the world to God by revealing His light to all mankind, when you use the gift He gives you:

    As Scripture says, he ascended to heaven and gave gifts to His People.
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  • brightfame52
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    Originally posted by footwasher View Post

    But Scripture said people tried to receive the Holy Spirit by works of the law and failed, and only succeeded by believing the Gospel:

    Gal 3
    2I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard?

    In other words, it wasn't as if they received the Holy Spirit when they were having breakfast, when they were suddenly zapped with a high voltage current. They received the Holy Spirit after hearing the promise to Abraham had finally arrived amongst men, the Promised Land, the Kingdom of God, where by entering, they could be blessings to the world, by being lights guiding people to God, in turn by being faithful to God, and then received the Holy Spirit, because they believed the announcement, the good news, because they saw proof, saw the finger of God helping Christ, and His followers, making them guiding lights.

    And you haven't told us yet what happened to you so called experience of having God's will force you to receive the Holy Spirit.
    Life happens duh. When one receives the Spirit, they receive Spiritual life, and so live spiritually. What happens normally when people receive physical life ? They live physically. Duh

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  • footwasher
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    Originally posted by brightfame52 View Post

    By the Will Of God, He is received whenever God determines to give one life !
    But Scripture said people tried to receive the Holy Spirit by works of the law and failed, and only succeeded by believing the Gospel:

    Gal 3
    2I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard?

    In other words, it wasn't as if they received the Holy Spirit when they were having breakfast, when they were suddenly zapped with a high voltage current. They received the Holy Spirit after hearing the promise to Abraham had finally arrived amongst men, the Promised Land, the Kingdom of God, where by entering, they could be blessings to the world, by being lights guiding people to God, in turn by being faithful to God, and then received the Holy Spirit, because they believed the announcement, the good news, because they saw proof, saw the finger of God helping Christ, and His followers, making them guiding lights.

    And you haven't told us yet what happened to you so called experience of having God's will force you to receive the Holy Spirit.
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  • brightfame52
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    Originally posted by footwasher View Post

    So how did you receive the Holy Spirit?

    What happened? Did you feel you were floating on a cloud? Did you change?
    By the Will Of God, He is received whenever God determines to give one life !

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  • footwasher
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    Originally posted by brightfame52 View Post

    Receiving the Holy Spirit is part of the saving effects of the death of Christ of Christ. All whom Christ died for shall receive the Spirit , its a redemptive consequence Gal 3:13-14



    13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

    14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
    So how did you receive the Holy Spirit?

    What happened? Did you feel you were floating on a cloud? Did you change?

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  • brightfame52
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    Originally posted by footwasher View Post

    The saving results of Christ's death is to receive the Holy Spirit, the ability to pick up crosses and be resurrected. That was what Abraham was taught, when God put him in danger at Pharoah's hand and then rescued him. Abraham realised this was how he would be a blessing to the world. He would pick up a cross, God would rescue him, and he would reveal God's help in his life.

    Heb 11
    ​​​19He considered that God is able to raise people even from the dead, from which he also received him back as a type.

    Even Caleb realised this, after seeing how God rescued Israel from dangers He put her in.

    That's why when they were tested to see if they really had faith, they both obeyed. Abraham offered up Isaac. Caleb went to fight the Amalekites. They were born again, became new persons, unlike the rest of Israel, who were not allowed to enter the Kingdom of God:

    Numbers 14
    20“I have pardoned them as you requested,” the LORD replied. 21“Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD, 22not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times— 23not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.

    24But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
    ...

    ​​​​​​Even Jesus learned not to avoid the crosses God gave Him, after seeing God rescue Him in the wilderness:

    Heb 5
    8Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered.

    Since you keep beating the drum about the saving results of the death of Christ, please tell me how you received the Holy Spirit, and what happened.
    ​​​​​
    Receiving the Holy Spirit is part of the saving effects of the death of Christ of Christ. All whom Christ died for shall receive the Spirit , its a redemptive consequence Gal 3:13-14



    13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

    14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

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  • footwasher
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    Originally posted by brightfame52 View Post

    Partner i dont know what you talking about, but its not teaching the saving results of Christs death.
    The saving results of Christ's death is to receive the Holy Spirit, the ability to pick up crosses and be resurrected. That was what Abraham was taught, when God put him in danger at Pharoah's hand and then rescued him. Abraham realised this was how he would be a blessing to the world. He would pick up a cross, God would rescue him, and he would reveal God's help in his life.

    Heb 11
    ​​​19He considered that God is able to raise people even from the dead, from which he also received him back as a type.

    Even Caleb realised this, after seeing how God rescued Israel from dangers He put her in.

    That's why when they were tested to see if they really had faith, they both obeyed. Abraham offered up Isaac. Caleb went to fight the Amalekites. They were born again, became new persons, unlike the rest of Israel, who were not allowed to enter the Kingdom of God:

    Numbers 14
    20“I have pardoned them as you requested,” the LORD replied. 21“Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD, 22not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times— 23not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.

    24But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
    ...

    ​​​​​​Even Jesus learned not to avoid the crosses God gave Him, after seeing God rescue Him in the wilderness:

    Heb 5
    8Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered.

    Since you keep beating the drum about the saving results of the death of Christ, please tell me how you received the Holy Spirit, and what happened.
    ​​​​​
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  • brightfame52
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    Originally posted by footwasher View Post

    Substitution means His life was given for abundant life, instead of the life of the believer. The believer's life could never give life, so how is Christ's life a substitution?




    But in John 3, eternal life as noted by Nicodemus was the life of doing things that are only possible if God were with the person, described as 'eternal life':

    John 3
    16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and onlye Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.



    The gift is offered to the world, but only received on showing faith. Israel even ate the bread, but only Caleb was allowed into Rest, eternal life.

    You still have not revealed how you received life, and how it is the same life Nicodemus and Rahab observed, of God doing great works through the believer, causing the world to be drawn to God to receive the same life.
    Partner i dont know what you talking about, but its not teaching the saving results of Christs death.

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  • footwasher
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    Originally posted by brightfame52 View Post

    Christs saving death is saving/salvation because it gives life, and that more abundantly. Jn 10:10-11


    10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they[Sheep] might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

    11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

    Notice in Vs 10 that Jesus says specifically of His Sheep, that the reason why He came into the world was so that they might [ as in purpose] have life, not to offer life to them, but so they may have it, experience it, and that in a abundant manner. Then He gives us in Vs 11 the cause and ground of that giving them life, because He giveth His Life [meaning His substitutionary death] for them the Sheep. His death for them, ensures them having [experientially] life and that more in abundant.
    Substitution means His life was given for abundant life, instead of the life of the believer. The believer's life could never give life, so how is Christ's life a substitution?

    That word abundantly in Vs 10 is the word perissos and means:
    1. exceeding some number or measure or rank or need
      1. over and above, more than is necessary, superadded
        1. exceeding abundantly, supremely
        2. something further, more, much more than all, more plainly
      2. superior, extraordinary, surpassing, uncommon
        1. pre-eminence, superiority, advantage, more eminent, more remarkable, more excellent
    This is speaking of Spiritual life, so Christs death ensures the spiritual abundant life. This is also what Christ meant whe He spake these words in Jn 6:33

    But in John 3, eternal life as noted by Nicodemus was the life of doing things that are only possible if God were with the person, described as 'eternal life':

    John 3
    16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and onlye Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

    For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

    The world here is not all without exception, but His Sheep World, all without distinction.
    The gift is offered to the world, but only received on showing faith. Israel even ate the bread, but only Caleb was allowed into Rest, eternal life.

    You still have not revealed how you received life, and how it is the same life Nicodemus and Rahab observed, of God doing great works through the believer, causing the world to be drawn to God to receive the same life.

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  • brightfame52
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    Christs saving death is saving/salvation because it gives life, and that more abundantly. Jn 10:10-11

    10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they[Sheep] might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

    11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

    Notice in Vs 10 that Jesus says specifically of His Sheep, that the reason why He came into the world was so that they might [ as in purpose] have life, not to offer life to them, but so they may have it, experience it, and that in a abundant manner. Then He gives us in Vs 11 the cause and ground of that giving them life, because He giveth His Life [meaning His substitutionary death] for them the Sheep. His death for them, ensures them having [experientially] life and that more in abundant.

    That word abundantly in Vs 10 is the word perissos and means:
    1. exceeding some number or measure or rank or need
      1. over and above, more than is necessary, superadded
        1. exceeding abundantly, supremely
        2. something further, more, much more than all, more plainly
      2. superior, extraordinary, surpassing, uncommon
        1. pre-eminence, superiority, advantage, more eminent, more remarkable, more excellent

    This is speaking of Spiritual life, so Christs death ensures the spiritual abundant life. This is also what Christ meant whe He spake these words in Jn 6:33

    For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

    The world here is not all without exception, but His Sheep World, all without distinction.

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