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That's funny. The phrase "Kingdom of God" appears in 68 verses of the NT and the single word "kingdom" appears 158 times in 150 verses. And in the vast majority of them, it is clearly talking about something that is literal and future. (Those who promote the fallacy of a spiritualized and mystical Kingdom use 5 exceptional passages to try to prove their ideas, and many others simply ignore the word "Kingdom" and try to apply it all to salvation.)Claudia_T: I still havent seen a thing about this "Kingdom" you keep talking about.
Well, I'm glad that you at least see that.Claudia_T: Look, either you are saved or you arent.
Never mind. I guess you don't see that you are either saved or you aren't. Apparently, you have to somehow "qualify" yourself to be saved.Claudia_T: there arent going to be any Christians in heaven except for "qualified" Christians...
Care to back up this claim with Scripture?Claudia_T: The bride is all of us who are saved.
Thats nonsense. I understand completly what you are saying. Always have."Mike,
at this point it seems like you are just trying to PRETEND that you dont understand what I am saying."
No, you TRY and keep them."Yes I keep the commandments,..."
Then you dont "keep" them."...no I dont keep them perfectly."
These were under the Law because they were Israelites, and they certainly werent "blameless" in the sense of never breaking them because Gods testimony is that nobody has ever kept that law perfectly.(except Christ of course)"Lk:1:6: And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless."
God bless,"Who also has made us ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life."
In the light of gekko's quote, what is the answer to the title of the thread?Originally posted by gekko:
jeepers. claudia has already said she hasn't kept the whole law.
go a little easy on her will ya? this been goin on for a few pages now - her tryin to get that into your heads!
Gekko go back and re-read the parable, the church isn't even mentioned in that parable. The church wasn't even in existence at that time.i bet the bible will say otherwise. what's the parable of the sower mean then? if you cannot get the understanding of that parable, how are you to understand the meaning of all parables?
Gekko find a Greek NT online or go out and buy one and you will see that in the original language (which is God's Word and error free - not the translations) that it has been mistranslated as kingdom of heaven. There is a definite article in front of heaven and it is always plural not singular.J.Jump said "kingdom of the heavens"
kingdom of heavens? - no. it says "kingdom of heaven.