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To: MHGinTN; Iscool
It is not a trial of sins...There is no condemnation...It is a trial of rewards... YES!

Some people just don't get that once you are born again/born from above, you are a new creature in Christ, the old is gone, the new is come, that the believer has been transferred from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of the Son God loves, the record of debt that stood against us having been canceled, his sins have been forgiven and separated from us as far as the east is from the west, and we are SEALED by the Holy Spirit who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we come into possession of it.

You become one of God's children. He gave those who believe on Jesus the RIGHT to that.

It's not on again off again salvation.

The only thing sin does is disrupt the lines of communication, it doesn't sever the relationship each and every time.

A married couple isn't divorced and remarried every time they have a disagreement and make up.

A child is not disowned by their parents every time they disobey, needing to be adopted back into the family every time after they show the *proper* amount of remorse through works done to convince the parent to forgive them.

Honestly, if earthly parents treated us the way Catholics claim God treat us, we'd consider them awful parents.

God identifies as a Father for a reason.

374 posted on 11/06/2015 8:00:04 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom
A child is not disowned by their parents every time they disobey, needing to be adopted back into the family every time after they show the *proper* amount of remorse through works done to convince the parent to forgive them.

You obviously did not grow up in an Irish Catholic family:)

378 posted on 11/06/2015 9:01:56 PM PST by redleghunter (Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation)
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To: metmom

Selah!


393 posted on 11/07/2015 8:56:33 AM PST by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: metmom; caww

Jesus told the story of the prodigal son SPECIFICALLY to teach us the way our Heavenly Father views us. He never stopped waiting for his wayward son to return. He never stopped thinking of and treating this son AS a son. He rejoiced when his son returned and did not hold his sins against him.


397 posted on 11/07/2015 9:36:33 AM PST by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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