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20-11-2016, 02:29 AM
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"The Son of Man came not to be served..."
I've been sharing lately this statement by Jesus, thinking it may be of benefit to some believers involving our salvation, wrought by the shed blood of the atoning, and Passover lamb of God.
Does the statement Jesus made assist you in understanding the liberty and freedom one has in Christ?
"The Son of Man came NOT to be served, but to serve,
And to give His life as A RANSOM for the many."
Saved means rescued, as by another. Grace means, "Unmerited Favor".
Also, topics of both "The Elect", and "Predestination" are valid issues brought up by Paul in the epistles.
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"I believe there are two sides to the phenomena known as death. This side where we live, and the other side, where we shall continue to live.
Eternity does not start with death.
We are in eternity now." - Norman Vincent Peale
"There is no place in this new kind of physics for both the field and matter, for the field is the only reality." - A. Einstein
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20-11-2016, 04:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Morpheus
I've been sharing lately this statement by Jesus, thinking it may be of benefit to some believers involving our salvation, wrought by the shed blood of the atoning, and Passover lamb of God.
Does the statement Jesus made assist you in understanding the liberty and freedom one has in Christ?
"The Son of Man came NOT to be served, but to serve,
And to give His life as A RANSOM for the many."
Saved means rescued, as by another. Grace means, "Unmerited Favor".
Also, topics of both "The Elect", and "Predestination" are valid issues brought up by Paul in the epistles.
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What if I go on to reason like this:'well if he is jsut going to save me no matter what I can do whatever I want and I'm still safe'. Can I do that? |
20-11-2016, 06:32 AM
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Good afternoon FallingLeaves 
Life is to be experienced, follow your heart.
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Have fun and enjoy
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20-11-2016, 07:43 AM
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Master
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Originally Posted by muffin
Good afternoon FallingLeaves
Life is to be experienced, follow your heart. |
I caught your edit. I think you are wise. |
20-11-2016, 09:47 AM
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Master
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I would interpret that as Jesus alluding to selfless Service.
[Service is the coin of the Spirit.]
The life of Christ was a macrocosm, played out on a public stage, an exemplification of what is expected of us to the highest ideal .... The overcoming of the lower self/ego; giving light and rendering Service to others, as an act of love.
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All this talk of religion, but it's how you live your life that is the all-important thing.
If you set out each day to do all the goodness and kindness that you can, and to do no harm to man or beast, then you are walking the highest path.
And when your time is up, if you can leave the earth a better place than you found it, then yours will have been a life well lived.
http://holy-lance.blogspot.com
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20-11-2016, 03:13 PM
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Master
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Interesting responses.
Well, addressing Falling Leaves post, if you are among the elect, and predestined to salvation, then you won't be inclined to, "do whatever you want", as far as intent is concerned.
Correct?
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"I believe there are two sides to the phenomena known as death. This side where we live, and the other side, where we shall continue to live.
Eternity does not start with death.
We are in eternity now." - Norman Vincent Peale
"There is no place in this new kind of physics for both the field and matter, for the field is the only reality." - A. Einstein
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20-11-2016, 04:43 PM
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Knight I love that response.
Even when you look at the life of Christ it has something you'd expect out of a masterpiece novel or a great film but it's one of those things in life where you say, "I can't believe that happened". Some people thought 9/11 was too impossible because it sounds like a movie but it HAPPENED.
Jesus's life was all set up and staged by God and the Angels. It took thousands of years in the making at the appropriate time for this advanced Spiritual Being named Jesus to take on a human body and play out this "Christ Life" for the world to mimic, contemplate, follow, and remember.
Knight- I think you'd love Richard Rohr. He is one of the best spiritual teachers around. Some call him "a modern day St. Francis". He wrote a new book called the "Divine Dance. The Trinity and Your Transformation".
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20-11-2016, 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Morpheus
Interesting responses.
Well, addressing Falling Leaves post, if you are among the elect, and predestined to salvation, then you won't be inclined to, "do whatever you want", as far as intent is concerned.
Correct?
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well that is a good answer! I like that! |
22-11-2016, 02:09 PM
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I think the statement from Jesus provides us with untold freedom when we realize how much freedom there is in service. So much of our life is robbed by the desire to save our lives.
I like what Jesus said: ''If I then your Lord and Master have served you, then you also serve one another. If you understand these things happy are you if do them''.
There is real peace and happiness when we serve because it aligns us with God - that we are as he is.
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23-11-2016, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by ciel_perdu
I think the statement from Jesus provides us with untold freedom when we realize how much freedom there is in service. So much of our life is robbed by the desire to save our lives.
I like what Jesus said: ''If I then your Lord and Master have served you, then you also serve one another. If you understand these things happy are you if do them''.
There is real peace and happiness when we serve because it aligns us with God - that we are as he is.
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Amen Ciel. Didn't Paul say something about putting aside those sins which so easily beset us, and running the race set before us? This is what the Lord has done in the "ransom" His Son accomplished for us on the Cross.
Free, to be people of God.
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"I believe there are two sides to the phenomena known as death. This side where we live, and the other side, where we shall continue to live.
Eternity does not start with death.
We are in eternity now." - Norman Vincent Peale
"There is no place in this new kind of physics for both the field and matter, for the field is the only reality." - A. Einstein
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