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To: markomalley

Romans 6:23:

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”


3 posted on 06/21/2013 4:12:12 AM PDT by ScottfromNJ
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To: ScottfromNJ
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

I love the quote but not to back up an opinion of why someone else may go to Hell. I like it because it illustrates the wonderful gift of Christ's sacrifice that sinners might not perish - not because they stopped behaving sinfully, but because He has washed their sins from them and refuses to count/recognize future sinful behavior if they have accepted Him as their Lord and Savior. May not seem fair to those who really try hard to not commit sinful acts, but it is because HE IS.

Jeremiah 31:34:
No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the Lord.
“For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.”

Quotes are only useful if truly apropos of the situation - I would no sooner take a quote like yours out of context than try to use the "Body is your temple" quote to declare that eating right and exercising is a requirement to the whole deal.

I say what I said to try to help believers keep it real and not fall into the habit that the enemy uses - misusing Biblical Words to further aq personal opinion/belief rather than conveying the true meaning of the quotes. When we do it, we help justify the Evil One's minions.

15 posted on 06/21/2013 5:27:33 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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