Good one miia. You asked God and of course there are plenty of scriptures about the fate of the wicked. The word ‘wicked’ and ‘perish’, ‘death’, & ‘destruction’ go hand in hand.

But like the Pharisees of old who blocked the way for many by claiming to be the gatekeepers of truth, not only did they persecute the messiah, but their attempts at mak…

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The Gentiles only become Jews in a symbolic sense when they choose to live by the Spirit.  Paul’s journey to Jerusalem made this clear as the letter reveals that Gentiles were only required to live by a version of the Noahide  Laws.  It is written in the book of Acts.

Hi Kerwin, I believe you are wrong with this.

The Gentiles obeyed the Ten…[Read more]

AndrewAd, (I’m getting confused here, there are three different members with similar names/initials!)

I also went through a dark stage where I questioned the eternal conscious torment belief, so much so that I became angry at the possibility that it was so and stopped praying.  I eventually prayed and asked God if it was true… and told God how…[Read more]

Lightenup, Amen to your post!

Kerwin… IMO, though it is correct the Ten Commandments were given to Israel only in the beginning… anyone then and now who becomes a part of Israel is expected to obey the Ten Commandments.  Israel is now made up of Jew and Gentile… I mean the true Israel which is the Church in Christ according to scripture?

Gene, you said quote: Therefore as Paul said. “By the way law “works”, through “fear” because of the penalty a law extracts, which can cause obediance to it. But that kind of obedience is a fear based obediance, and what does scripture say about that. Unquote. Scripture says “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has…[Read more]

“Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so,
he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach
them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:19)

Ed,

That does not necessarily mean the person in question is “in” the kingdom of hea…[Read more]

8—And then shall that lawless one be revealed, whom YHVH shall consume with the Spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

That makes perfect sense!

Matt 24:37-42.
“For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. “For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marry…[Read more]

3—Let no man deceive you by any means: for , until there comes a falling away first, and that man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition; 4—who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called Deity, or that is worshipped; so that he (thinking himself) as god, sits in the temple of YHVH, showing himself that he is god. 5—Do you not remem…

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I loved his closing words.

Hi Lightenup.

Firstly, it is “miia” with 2 i’s 🙂 (Then your @ will work!)

I have been doing a lot of thinking and reconnecting through prayer the past couple of days… I’ll leave it there for now but, thanks for your well written explanation.

Do we both agree the Ten Commandments were not “done away with”?

hi Andrew.
Still, it covers some interesting points.

Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t believe in healings or miracles, or visions, etc., and attribute those things in all instances to Satan: a dangerous thing to believe according to scripture.

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Hi Lightenup. Thanks.

I can understand you reasoning to say YHWH is a unity, and your reference to Israel and the church as an example of a unity. And, I agree we can’t have the Father without the Son, and I see the differences in the Old and New Testaments as you pointed out.   I agree there is a unity of Father and Son… but, the “unity” also…[Read more]

Hi Everyone,

Muhammad is 10 for 10, teaching his followers to break all 10 of God’s commandments.

Hi Ed. Without pointing fingers at a particular group perhaps we could look at our own lives.

Hi Ed,
so it’s ok to make an image?
Do you see the fullstop?

“You shall not make for yourself an image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. FULLSTOP.

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the in…[Read more]

Hi all,

All I’m saying is could we please move past “whether or not the Ten Commandments should be obeyed” which to me, is a ridiculous question. That’s like saying, “You can murder, you CAN commit adultery, etc…”, see, foolishness, of course the Ten Commandments have not been “done away with”.

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For more on the Ten Commandments and what is required of Gentiles please read this:

http://lightofmashiach.org/acts15.html

From http://www.promotethetruth.com/id6.html

“Make sure not to be deceived by someone telling you that the Torah (Law) has been done away with. The teaching that the Torah (Law) is done away with is a flat out lie and doesn’t make sense. Many people are living in deception thinking that Shaul’s writings in Col 2:14-17 was talking about the 10…[Read more]

True DavidH.

I like what Shania wrote.

Some here are treading on very dangerous ground. Yes, there are false prophets. Yes, there are those with black magic power to work miracles… but to say that all miracles are false is incredibly dangerous. It is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit to call that which comes from the Father as from the devil.

Why d…

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Hi Nick, so are you saying the ten commandments, namely; I am the Lord thy God, though shalt have no other Gods before me, though shalt not make a graven image, though shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, remember the sabbath day and keep it holy, honor thy father and mother, though shalt not kill, though shalt not commit adultery,…[Read more]