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dmiller, don't let anyone talk you out of the redemptive powers of the Lord Jesus Christ. Your sins have been paid for ... 1Jo 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 1Jo 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world. :)-->

My greatest week in TWI was July of 1973, when I took PFAL at Shelter Island, NY. Imagine learning all the goodies in Pfal in one week's time, in beautiful natural surroundings. That's gotta be the best way to take PFAL, if they ever bring it back. :)-->

Steve, I hate Kmart. I go shopping at Walmart. ;)--> :)-->

Steve, I agree with you on both counts. :)-->

Steve, it sounds interesting and I will purchase it. Thanks for the tip. :)-->

Wow, I never really thought about this. Is it possible that the extreme anti-abortion folks are practicing idolatry by worshipping unborn fetuses?

Goey, cheap shot to folks who needed to hear God's word, and got real blessed hearing and believing in Jesus Christ, and learning more about God. Shame shame shame on you.Besides, you said once you probably got born again while in twi ... and I don't look at you as a glassy - eyed sycophant. :)-->

Steve, listen to John Schoenheit's tape set on Revelation and you will hear the answer. :)-->

That's true, but God laid on Jesus the iniquity of us all. Perhaps you just don't truly believe it?

Steve, have you listened to John Schoenheit's tape set on the Book of Revelation? I thought it was pretty exciting and detailed some amazing and blessed things. :)-->

Thanks mj412, you said it better than I did. :)-->

It does make sense now, since all you seem to look at and focus on are his sins and works of the flesh, therefore naturally, that's all you're going to think has any significant meaning, from God's perspective, would be his evil works. Therefore you conclude that was the sum total of his life, end of story. Geeze folks, if that's all God looked at and focused on in our lives, our evil works, our sins, our works of the flesh -- and condemned us forever because of it, then I think we are in some deep doo doo. Come to think of it, he did look at all that ... and that's why he sent us a solution to all that ... he's called Jesus Christ. John 3:16I believe John 3:16. :)-->

My belief is that he did both good and evil works. But, as a matter of salvation, there is no equivocation. He was/is born again of God's spirit, because he confessed with his mouth the Lord Jesus, and believed in his heart that God hath raised him from the dead.Also, Jesus is the lamb of God, to take away the sins of the world. Jesus suffered and was crucified because of the world's sins, God laying our sins upon Jesus, on the cross, so that you and I and Victor Paul could be saved, a la Romans 10:9. If there are any sins a person commits that Christ didn't bare on the cross, then Christ failed, and Christ's passion is a hoax. Now I know you don't believe that, do you? Take a look at those other sins besides adultery, murders, drunkeness, etc. There's envy, strife, wrath, lust, emulations, hatred etc. So you believe folks who do those aren't saved as well? Not me.We were taught in twi that "shall not inherit the kingdom of God" must mean in the category of rewards and cannot mean no salvation, because then there's a major contradiction in the word of God. I believe that VPW and others were saved, a la Christ's perfect sacrifice, and Roman's 10:9. :)-->

Ok, so it's what I said before, you believe then that they are unsaved because of works of the flesh. Interesting!

Ok, but then what will stop them being saved? Since you believe they aren't, perhaps you could explain why?

Did you say that as well, or am I seeing mirages?

So then they are unsaved because of works of the flesh. Interesting!

More than that... we have a major contradiction of scripture. But I am interested to know what some folks believe. I still believe that VPW and the BOT are saved Christians. Therefore, I'd like to know the rationale why some folks no longer believe that, if they don't.

Rascal, my corps grad family members may have had some pull, I don't know. But if what you say is true, that folks who didn't complete their corps commitments no longer remained within the will of God and in good standing in the household, there's no way I would have been allowed to do what I did, irrespective of my family members. Also, this wasn't about just me, we observed a good amount of folks who left their corps commitment, became "Joe Believer", and were still loved and in the will of God and part of the household. :)-->

Catcup: Please expand on what you stated and how it relates to VPW and the BOT. We learn in the epistles that folks who are born again are heaven bound, saved, having eternal life. Are you suggesting then that VPW and others who are born again may not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, because of their evil works? -or- Are you suggesting that VPW and the BOT, because of their evil works, aren't saved? Please explain.

What you were told was Balderdash. If people were not in good standing in the household, they wouldn't have been allowed to be in docvic's(praise be his name)'s presence for an entire month, every day across the country on a motorcycle trip in 1984, something I did. He knew I got dismissed from the Corps, he knew all about me. Here's another: I hadn't even been GOING TO TWIG FOR 6 MONTHS and took Advanced Class 1978. How about that? He knew that, too. I was no outcast and was very much part of the household, even though never completed my corps commitment and now and again, tripped out.

Come on Rascal, are you saying that if a person didn't fulfill their Corps commitment, they couldn't remain within the will of God and in good standing in the household? Goodness, then how do you explain all the folks who didn't fulfill their Corps commitment, and still remained in good standing in the household, myself included?

I think that was up to the individuals involved. Some thought that having a child at that time was more important than keeping or making Corps commitments. It was all up to the individual. That's why I keep saying:

Well, I say that's God's call, not yours or mine. Also, he may have confessed his sins before God on his deathbed, we just don't know. We don't know that the destruction wouldn't have occurred anyway, and besides, you think VPW warning us to remove LCM and the BOT would have helped? HA. I think that would have been a circus.

I don't know about getting rebuked harshly, but I do think that communicating about individual personal responsibility would be in order. ... Heartless policies? I actually think the policy of allowing the woman to make a choice was in the woman's best interest! Maybe TWI should have hellishly demanded that the women continued their pregnancies and forced them to be parents?