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On Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 10:50:09 PM UTC-4, Snit wrote:
> I often wonder if Christians have actually read the Bible... so many seem to
> think it is a good source of teaching morality. I find that interesting,
> given the actual lessons in it (some moral, some not).

Many Christians teach morality.  The Bible is a correct and true guidance
for morality.  It is expected, however, that people who are not yet saved
will not be operating under the guidance of God's Holy Spirit, and will be
operating under the spirit of this world, wrapped up in sin, caught up so
heavily and blindly in it that when they are finally saved they realize
the foul state of their lives when held up next to a Holy, Holy, Holy God.

But it's not for Christians to try and teach morality alone to non-
believers.  Our job is to teach people the need for obeying Jesus Christ,
which is a comprehensive teaching of the foundational knowledge of God's
existence, sin's existence, the nature of man, the nature of the fall of
man, that we are three-fold beings (soul, body, spirit), and that because
of sin we died spiritually and are now under judgment for sin, of the free
gift of salvation from Jesus Christ for those who repent and ask Him to
forgive their sin.

It is a very difficult teaching because everything related to Jesus Christ
is spirit, and people in sin are dead spiritually.  They CANNOT hear any
of it.  Therefore, it is not a Christian's job to make people believe, but
only to speak His words and teach people rightly.  It must be God Himself
who reaches into people and flips the invisible switches and knobs which
make that person then able to hear the message, able to come to Jesus,
able to repent and ask forgiveness so they are saved.

It is entirely an act of God.  He just uses us as parts of the act of
salvation.  But all of it, including our own drawing from within to teach
people about Jesus Christ, comes from Him and His power and authority.

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The Bible is divided into two parts:  The Old Testament, and the New
Testament.  The Old Testament focused on Israel and the future coming
of their Messiah.  The New Testament focuses upon Jesus, the Messiah,
and the rejection of the Messiah by Israel, so that we are now in a new
age of grace, the age of the gentiles where all people worldwide can
now be called in and grafted in to the Kingdom.

This time will soon end, and focus will again return to Israel.  But
until that time, the offering of salvation from Jesus Christ is extended
out to all people world-wide.  And all who will seek the truth will be
saved.  The rest will perish.

Thank you,
Rick C. Hodgin

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Re: Saving (not files) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-30 14:28 -0700
  Re: Saving (not files) "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-04-30 15:00 -0700
    Re: Saving (not files) Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-04-30 18:47 -0400
      Re: Saving (not files) "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-04-30 17:01 -0700
        Re: Saving (not files) Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-04-30 21:21 -0400
          Re: Saving (not files) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-30 19:42 -0700
            Re: Saving (not files) "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-04-30 19:52 -0700
        Re: Saving (not files) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-30 19:38 -0700
      Re: Saving (not files) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-30 19:33 -0700
    Re: Saving (not files) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-30 19:32 -0700
      Re: Saving (not files) "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-04-30 19:42 -0700
        Re: Saving (not files) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-30 19:49 -0700
          Re: Saving (not files) "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-04-30 20:01 -0700
            Re: Saving (not files) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-30 20:52 -0700
              Re: Saving (not files) "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-05-01 06:35 -0700
                Re: Saving (not files) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-01 08:14 -0700
                Re: Saving (not files) "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-05-01 09:32 -0700
                Re: Saving (not files) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-01 11:05 -0700
                Re: Saving (not files) "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-05-01 11:21 -0700
                Re: Saving (not files) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-01 11:54 -0700
                Re: Saving (not files) "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-05-01 12:11 -0700
                Re: Saving (not files) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-01 12:23 -0700
                Re: Saving (not files) "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-05-01 12:32 -0700
                Re: Saving (not files) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-01 12:47 -0700
                Re: Saving (not files) "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-05-01 12:54 -0700
                Re: Saving (not files) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-01 13:35 -0700
                Re: Saving (not files) "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-05-01 14:25 -0700
                Re: Saving (not files) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-01 15:56 -0700
                Re: Saving (not files) "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-05-01 16:02 -0700
                Re: Saving (not files) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-01 16:48 -0700
        Re: Saving (not files) Cardinal Basil Hume <Basil.Hume@invalid.invalid> - 2017-04-30 22:59 -0400
          Re: Saving (not files) "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-04-30 20:07 -0700
          Re: Saving (not files) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-30 20:49 -0700

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