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They saw Him but didnt "see" Him.

That verse in Revelations is referring to when everything's said and done.

Are there any tidbits of wisdom you've gleaned from your life in Christ?

2 Peter 3:5-7 5For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God theheavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water, 6through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water. 7But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

I've always had an extremely fatalistic bent to my nature. I didn't choose to I just am like that lol. So I sometimes kick against the grain with Calvinism because the thought (and in some cases, reality) that Im not in control of some stuff. The fact that things are going to be the way God wants them to regardless of whatever can be scary. Cause it strips away my control. Some who tout Calvinism are talking about God saving someone. They forget that they were free to choose to beleive that doctrine. They are using predestination the way I use free will. To gain a sense of control. Which goes against their teaching of that there is no free will. If there isn't, they wouldn't need to explain how there isn't. And indeed there wouldn't even be the ability or reason to explain anything. They chose believe there's no choice. If it we're truley no choice of man in any matter we would not be capable of giving and receiving love. I really like the story of your cat. And I think thats the perfect analogy for how salvation works. God chooses whom He will for His own reasons and makes it possible for us to choose Him. There's both going on. That's what I've come to believe. That the two arent mutually exclusive. It just usually comes down to which attribute people tend to put more emphasis on.

Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? __ That is amazing to me.

Tomorrow is Wednesday.

You said that yesterday.

Thought this article was interesting. https://www.sciencealert.com/a-physicist-has-come-up-with-the-maths-to-make-time-travel-plausible

Yeah that's a good point. Any doctrine can humanized sort to speak and viewed and applied in an earthly way. I think theres eternal security in terms if you're trying and have a heart and willingness to do God's Will He'll keep you and enable you to do His Will.

You guys are encouraging her in her "salvation" when its apparent she isn't saved. If so she wouldn't have years and years of habitual sin. That's the danger of once saved always saved. Using it as an excuse to not witness.

No, you haven't sinned too much but you really ought to read the bible, and pray and repent. Seek God and He will open the door to you. God loves you and Jesus came to the earth to save people.

I didn't say believers arnt judged. I said They wont fall into condemnation. Salvation is being saved from Gods wrath. So the judgment and Salvation are linked.

Well that sort of makes sense but i cant imagine they are forgiven eternally. Judgment and salvation are linked. The saved don't fall into condemnation. But salvation is from God alone.

Thats not what He said either. He put the imperative on the believer to "remit" or "retain" someones sins.