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Eric Sikma

Male. Lives in Walla Walla, Washington, United States. Born on August 14, 1965.

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Eric Sikma

March 9, 2023 11:31 pm

Sure...Why not? I’ll step up to the microphone. Exactly 0% are exempt. That means 100% of nobody. I know all about your sins...your shortcomings...your faults...your mistakes. I have plenty of my own.... View MoreSure...Why not? I’ll step up to the microphone. Exactly 0% are exempt. That means 100% of nobody. I know all about your sins...your shortcomings...your faults...your mistakes. I have plenty of my own. JOHN 8:7-11 (ESV) And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.” ROMANS 3:10-12 (ESV) (...)as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” ROMANS 3:21-26 (ESV) But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. https://www.biblegateway.com/ According to Ephesians 5:11, instructions are to have nothing to do with the deeds of darkness but rather expose them and according to 1 John 4:1, instructions are to test the spirits. Over the years, there has been quite a lot taught about Christianity. The problem is, many of those things simply are not Biblical. Makes one wonder at times - Human opinion versus God The Father’s opinion...Wonder who would win? Additionally, Mosaic Law and/or other types of Legalism - Sad, huh? One thing to also remember is that there are dozens of each, cults and false religions. Many of them have done a SPECTACULAR job of messing up the Gospel message with either bogus teachings, fake literature based on fake Bibles and so on. Sometimes love must be tough. The desire is for everyone to hit as close to 100% as possible of everything for which God The Father created that person, self included. No one is perfect and there is no one righteous...AT ALL (Ecclesiastes 7:20, Isaiah 53:6, Isaiah 64:6, John 8:7, Romans 3:10-12, Romans 3:21-26). EVERYONE needs a savior (1 John 1:8-10). As long as a person is able to identify from the heart with the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus...ONLY...that person is justified (Galatians 2:20-21, Romans 5:10, Romans 6:5, 2 Corinthians 5:17). Anything above and beyond that is merely some human attempting to push some “religion”, or “sin management”, or “man-plan”. Rather than ask, “What would Jesus do?” Perhaps instead inquire as to what He may be doing in you. It’s more accurate and allowing Him to live in you is more feasible than merely trying to imitate behavior(s). “...and you will know the truth and the truth shall set you free” (John 8:31-36). (Proverbs 3:5-6, Proverbs 27:17, Hebrews 4:12, Hebrews 10:14, Jude 1:23, etc. are additional motives.) (SIDE NOTE – The term “Christ” is a title, not a name. It means either “The Anointed One” or “Messiah”.) Psalm 118:8 implies that it’s better to trust in God The Father than it is to put confidence in man. “To sanctify” means “to set apart”. “To put to its intended purpose,” in other words. In Hebrews 10:14, “For all time” means (may I have a drumroll, please) “For all time”. (That’s spiritually-speaking, of course. The rest of you? Welcome to being human.) (ANOTHER SIDE NOTE – In some translations, “For all time” is worded as “Forever”, “To the end” or “For eternity”.)

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