No todos los discípulos de Cristo son creyentes, y no todos los creyentes son discípulos

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Recientemente recibí este comentario por correo electrónico: El evangelio de Juan dice “muchos de sus discípulos volvieron atrás, y ya no andaban con él” (Juan 6:66). Me resulta informativo aprender que esas personas no caminaban más con Él. Uno casi los consideraría apóstatas, aquellos que nunca fueron realmente salvos en primer lugar. ¡Pero Juan los
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What Is the Role of the Shed Blood of Christ in Forgiveness? Part 4: Do the Scriptures Teach That God Has Already Forgiven Our Future Sins? 

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The four parts of this article stem from a question I received about unlimited atonement and the forgiveness of sins. You can see the question in part 1, here. In this fourth part, we will consider the question of whether there are two types of forgiveness, fellowship and positional, or just one, fellowship. When a
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What Is the Role of the Shed Blood of Christ in Forgiveness? Part 3: If Believers Must Confess for Forgiveness, Are We Out of Fellowship a Lot?

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When I came to faith in Christ, my concern was how I could be sure I was saved. Warren Wilke used Eph 2:8-9 to show me that all who believe in Jesus have been saved once and for all. I knew I was born again. I don’t recall that we discussed the issue of the
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What Is the Role of the Shed Blood of Christ in Forgiveness? Part 2: If Jesus Actually Removed the World’s Sin, Are All Forgiven?

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In part 1 (see here), I presented Dan’s question about Jesus’ shed blood and the forgiveness of sins. I showed that Jesus actually took away the sin of the world (John 1:29). Now in this second installment, I will show that there is a difference between taking away sin and forgiving it. Many people wrongly
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Homossexualidade e casamento do mesmo sexo? Avaliando a tradição à luz das Escrituras

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A maioria das pessoas que se identificam como cristãs acredita e ensina que a homossexualidade não é pecado e que as pessoas nascem como homossexuais. Eles sugerem que a homossexualidade está bem, contanto que seja com apenas um parceiro por toda a vida. Até mesmo muitos evangélicos apóiam o casamento gay. No entanto, isso é
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What Is the Role of the Shed Blood of Christ in Forgiveness? Part 1 Did Jesus Actually or Potentially Take Away the Sin of the World?

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I received this terrific question from Dan. He writes: My wife and I are fairly new Christians. We live in a suburb south of San Diego. We attend a large Baptist church, and two weeks ago we joined a home Bible study. We are learning all sorts of new things, but at this second Bible
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