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How would you come to a pre-tribulational rapture view from scratch?
Your question is the story of my life in the last few years. As someone who is post trib pre wrath the majority of teaching in today's church is pretrib teaching. I have recently ask my pastor this ...
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Should Christians call to God asking him to receive their spirit when dying?
Before the advent of Intensive Care Units in hospitals, people with terminal diseases would be allowed to die peacefully at home. Near and dear ones of the patient would sit around the bed and recite ...
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Should Christians call to God asking him to receive their spirit when dying?
As you are looking for a prototype regarding whether Christians should (or could) say, “Father into your hands I commit my spirit” when they face imminent death, I refer you to Acts 7:55-60. And this ...
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Why is Hell considered a permanent situation?
In order to comprehend that the suffering in the lake of fire is everlasting then you need to understand why Jesus resurrects the dead (both the righteous and the unrighteous). After Jesus resurrects ...
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Should Christians call to God asking him to receive their spirit when dying?
Should or Could There is no commandment to say anything when at the point of death. But such expressions like what Jesus and Stephen said, reflected the close personal relationship that a man of God ...
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Should Christians call to God asking him to receive their spirit when dying?
I don't see why not? You do not have to designate a specific person of the Trinity, you can just call upon God. I posted a similar question 11 days ago asking Unitarians why Stephen at Acts 7:59-60 ...
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Should Christians call to God asking him to receive their spirit when dying?
Should Christians call to God asking him to receive their spirit when dying?
Do not know if ”should” be the first word in your question, but rather ”can” might be more appropriate.
Many Christians ...
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Should Christians call to God asking him to receive their spirit when dying?
Alternatively, the cry may be taken as one specific to the case of Jesus, an expression of the fact that he was "laying down his life".
See "... I lay down my life, that I may take it ...
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Why is Hell considered a permanent situation?
As has already been pointed out in a comment and in one particular answer, there is a danger of mixing up things said by Jesus in chapter 5 of Matthew's gospel, which will lead to misunderstanding. To ...
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Why is Hell considered a permanent situation?
There are actually different beliefs on this matter. One issue is differing interpretations of terms like 'unquenchable fire' - does it mean the fire will continually burn the inhabitant or simply ...
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Why is Hell considered a permanent situation?
Judicial Process The first verse quoted is progressive. It deals with being held accountable for one's actions (1) by a common judge, (2) then by the high Sanhedrin council, and (3) by the ultimate ...
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What scriptural arguments are there, if any, that there is hell but it is not eternal?
Hell is eternal in that it was prepared as a place for the punishment of eternal beings.
Firstly - Angels are eternal.
Heb 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the ...
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