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You continue to avoid responding to the issue at hand, which is this: If anyone believes in Christ at any point in their life, they received eternal life. Therefore, if @TNTJohn1717 has ever believed in Christ he has eternal life. Regardless whether you agree with certain things he may have written on X, he has eternal life.

@sphereofpower2 @TNTJohn1717 My knowing to date, john has a,facade. He goes all around the Truth in writing on X. I,ve never heard his voice on spaces though.

Why do some Christians block others at the first sign of a disagreement? I highly respect @TNTJohn1717 and agree with most of his bible teaching, and have told him so quite a few times. He's got a very good grasp of difficult doctrines found in Scripture and teaches them in a way that exposes people to the truth in a way that resonates and makes sense. However, when I disagreed with him on this latest topic regarding the order in which God created the sun, he responded as shown in the screenshot, then blocked me, which prevents me from responding and having a further discussion about the topic. I'd like to have a discussion with him about this to talk about where I think he's made an error in interpretation of Scripture. I can't do that now. The only thing I can do is post about this and ask the question of why believers do this to other believers who disagree with them. And I'm talking about cordial disagreements, not those where another believer is attacking or personally criticizing the other believer. For those disagreements, blocking may be the appropriate response. But for cordial, respectful disagreements between believers we should be able to withstand a challenge to what we're teaching and have a conversation with those who disagree with us in a professional manner. How else will believers on the wrong track ever receive correction otherwise?

@gary_giff @TNTJohn1717 Yet here you are claiming to know that another believer in Christ does not have eternal life. Such arrogance and ignorance of Scripture at the same time.

@sphereofpower2 @TNTJohn1717 Then let God in Heaven be True, and every man a liar. Again the scripture says " all " men are liars. I found 50 years ago, it was safe to rest in that scripture ,which also agree with all other scriptures.

@gary_giff @TNTJohn1717 We do know from Scripture that any person who has believed in Christ has received eternal life. If @TNTJohn1717 claims to have believed in Christ, then he has eternal life, regardless what behaviors you observe or what may think about him.

@sphereofpower2 @TNTJohn1717 If we are not sure, who has Eternal Life , the scriptures are not withheld. However ,if i have not previously said " there is no private interpretation " . This also explains the millions of " christian religions ", in 2026. When i was a little boy ,i think i could count them.

@gary_giff @TNTJohn1717 Christ knows. You don't. Therefore, you should stop pretending to know who does not have eternal life.

@sphereofpower2 @TNTJohn1717 However " Christ " knows . He teaches the same in 2026 as 2000 years ago. Ie to abide in Him this moment. Only in Christ Jesus is found Eternal Life, and in no other.

@gary_giff @TNTJohn1717 You don't have the ability to determine if someone who claims to have believed in Christ is not born of God.

@sphereofpower2 @TNTJohn1717 When one is born of God,s Spirit , that one is able discern the same Spirit in another.

@gary_giff @TNTJohn1717 You're speaking falsehoods from a position of arrogance Gary. Unless you have something constructive to comment on that is supported by Scripture, take your unbiblical viewpoints elsewhere.

@sphereofpower2 @TNTJohn1717 I was going to add about tnt john ,having reviewed more of his writing. He continues on as one ,whose goal is to remain very close to Truth , while unable to draw any soul into where he is not and has not gone. He is another seeking to have an outer appearance ,while still dead.

@gary_giff @TNTJohn1717 You aren't the arbiter of who is a believer in Christ and who isn't. Many believers behave as unbelievers, as the carnal believers in Corinth (1 Cor 3:1-3) did. You would say they are unbelievers. God called them believers still.

@sphereofpower2 @TNTJohn1717 Also christian, you cannot believe anyone who says they are of Christ. This too must be proven. Search if you would.

MORMONISM: started by Joseph Smith claiming an angel gave him a message. ISLAM: started by Muhammad claiming an angel gave him a message. BIBLE: “even if an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, a curse be on him (Gal. 1:8)!”

@gary_giff @TNTJohn1717 While one specific academy year stands out in some accounts, Spurgeon’s education involved several years of intermittent schooling plus extensive self-education. The “one year” idea is an oversimplification of his autodidactic path.

@sphereofpower2 @TNTJohn1717 There is another one too. Spurgeon had only one year of schooling , yet he was one the most effective preachers ever.

@gary_giff @TNTJohn1717 If 75 minutes is too long for you, then listen to 35 minutes at a time. No excuses for learning the Word of God.

@sphereofpower2 @TNTJohn1717 I just took an intro to rthieme. I notice he speaks 75 minuites or more usually. That is much too long for one to come regularly and listen. My pastor was his pastor.

@gary_giff @TNTJohn1717 No, AW Tozer was not R.B. Thieme Jr's pastor.

@gary_giff @TNTJohn1717 Your pastor praying for you is great of course, but that doesn't magically give you knowledge of bible doctrine found in Scripture. You must learn it yourself through exegetical teaching by a credible pastor-teacher.

@sphereofpower2 @TNTJohn1717 My pastor was AW Tozer. I know he prayed for me.

@gary_giff @TNTJohn1717 That doesn't matter. You have your free will, and can use it to listen to a pastor-teacher who does know the original languages of Scripture. Listen here: rbthieme.org/bible-studies/…

@sphereofpower2 @TNTJohn1717 I barely have a grade 4 education.

@gary_giff @TNTJohn1717 The New Testament was written in Koine Greek. If you want to know what God's Word actually says, you must learn what it says in the original language as written by the human authors. Otherwise you'll continue to misinterpret Scripture and believe false doctrines, as you're doing.

@sphereofpower2 @TNTJohn1717 I don,t speak greek.

So when it comes to being asked about what Paul said to the carnal believers in Corinth in 1 Cor 3:1-3 you say "yesterday is gone, and i was not there 2,000 years ago with Paul...so there is not much I can tell you..." but now you want to quote the apostle John and what he said 2,000 years ago in 1 John 4:17? You can't have it both ways. Either you accept all of the Word of God or you don't. Which is it? And by the way, the word translated into the English as "perfect" in 1 John 4:17 is the Greek word "teleios," which means to become mature or complete. It does not mean to be without flaw or imperfection. This passage says that when we consistently reside in His love through the filling of the Holy Spirit, our love becomes mature or complete.

@sphereofpower2 @TNTJohn1717 Herein is our Love made perfect that we may have boldness in the day of judgement : because as He is, so are we in this world.

Matthew 22:37-39 "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." By the way, are you perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect?

@sphereofpower2 @TNTJohn1717 When i spoke to you how when Christ is in one,s soul and spirit ,the Love of God is shed abroad in the heart. That is the evidence of Christ indwelling. Christ left us with only one command. Be perfect as your Father in Heaven.

@gary_giff @TNTJohn1717 The Word of God is not gone. Never will be. Your rejection of Scripture explains everything. You've shown you reject the Word of God, which explains why you're teaching false doctrine.

@sphereofpower2 @TNTJohn1717 Yesterday is gone, and i was not there 2000 years ago with Paul and the mess with Appolos and their converts at that time, so there is not much i can tell you how that all turned out. I stay in Christ this moment , making " new " history.

You're deflecting. Very transparent. I'll answer for you. The people Paul mentioned in 1 Cor 3:1-3 were believers, in Christ and born of God. Yet they were admonished by Paul for living in sin for their envy, strife, and divisions. You would not be able to see from the outside that they were in Christ, yet they were. This passage destroys your argument.

@sphereofpower2 @TNTJohn1717 I don,t preach a history god like the majority , nor a futuristic god like a small minority. This is 2026. Now is the day of salvation. Only this moment can the soul say yes to Christ , when He comes knocking to let Him in. Yesterday is gone ,tommorrow is not here yet.

@gary_giff @TNTJohn1717 Were the people mentioned by Paul in 1 Cor 3:1-3 in Christ and born of God?

@sphereofpower2 @TNTJohn1717 I know John. He has " immaculate theology " ,yet he does not know Christ. It is nessecary to " be in Christ " , and not until then is the Love of God found in one,s soul. Then authorization is given to open the covers of scripture. They were recorded only for the Child of God.