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Abraham had defeated King Chedorlaomer and the other three allied kings, and then was met by Melchizedek, the Canaanite King of Salem and “a priest of God Most High.” (Interestingly, the word Melchizedek means, “My king is righteousness,” and Salem, “peace.” ) Melchizedek presented bread and wine to Abraham, and blessed him with these words: “blessed be Abram by God Most High, the creator of Heaven and earth; and blessed be God Most High, who delivered your foes into your hand” (Genesis 14:19-20). Keep in mind that bread and wine were customarily offered in sacrifice among the “first fruits” of the earth in thanksgiving to the Creator. Although Melchizedek is technically a pagan priest, he recognizes the one supreme deity, using the title, “God Most High,” just as the Jewish people would. Accepting this blessing and offering, Abraham gives to Melchizedek a tithe of one-tenth the booty from his campaign. After this encounter, however, Melchizedek disappears from the Genesis story.

Melchizedek is mentioned again in Psalm 110: “The Lord has sworn, and he will not repent: You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek” (110:4). This psalm is considered one of the most important of the Messianic psalms, identifying the forthcoming Messiah, our Lord Jesus Christ, as King, Priest, and Conqueror.

Perhaps St. Paul, the traditional author of the Letter to the Hebrews, was the greatest promoter of Melchizedek. (See Chapters 5-9.) St. Paul used the person of Melchizedek to illustrate the doctrine of the sacrificial priesthood as established by Christ. St. Paul begins, “Every high priest is taken from among men and made their representative before God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins” (Hebrews 5:1). Despite human weakness, a man is called by God to be a priest.

St. Paul then compares and contrasts the priesthood of Melchizedek with that of Aaron, the Levitical Priesthood: The priesthood of Aaron was based on his ancestry from Abraham. The priests following Aaron were of his family, the House of Levi, and appointed priests because of their heredity. Also, these priests offered the sacrifices of the Old Covenant.

You all saying bullshit, No holy spirit or Jesus or god. Amazes me how stupid some people get

I fully agree with you Ajisafe. Many people are not in touch with tradition anymore. Better they find out the true christian roots.

Wake up, there is no royal way to getting fit. You got to do the hard work.

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Dump her fast lol. She is saying bullshit. How can you hold on with that crap. But if he wants to Bleep his life, I'm not going to stop him.
Grow up man.

For me they are thesame, I call God "Allah" in my language.

And a gun

I proud to be Italian, best food in the world. What have you to offer? )

All bullshit to me. Go half half for the ticket. If she does not agree, there is something fishy. This is only my opinion.

I fully agree with exu and enigma. But if people want to waste their money, it's their choice. One thing is for sure, am not going to save so that my pastor may buy a jetski.

When we talk about God it is practically the same with Christians and Muslims.

The problem in this world is that people have a lot of personal philosophies.

If nuru says Jesus was a muslim, and he is a muslim, I don't see why he has a problem.

Not Nigerian but I like chess

I will not take part in saving for my pastor's jetski. That's for sure

She said her boyfriend is everything u want in a guy without the things you don't want. Very clever. Even me, I always find the prefect girl without the things I do not like. ) You amaze me ))

Greatpeter says lot of bullshit

I like girls. They are good

Yeah you want him wealthy. How romatic. )))))

Watching romance movies durring that period is the fastest way to death
I agree with that one

Sounds boring to me. Loving God is not enough and that's a fact..

Have read the book by Leo Tolstoy " The Kingdon of God is within you ". I think that answers a lot of questions about who is ruling the world. Also depends on us.

Can be like that if she is ugly.

Found PASTORS in LONDON like that lol

God also said that after 7 years, all people should release people from debt too.

What the Bible teaches though is that giving in a necessary and vital part in being a christian, and that most likely we should be giving a bit more than we actually do. Giving from the heart is more important than just following a law.

This leads me to the question of strict adherence to Christian doctrines based on literal interpretation of Bible.
1)Strong emphasis on Bible inerrancy. Every single word is literally true.
2)Strong hostility to critical study of the Bible.
3)Those not sharing same religious viewpoint are not "true Christians"
4)Clinging to the belief of "faith alone" (Calvin and Luther).

For Bible only christians, the only things that are really seen as "sin" are
-- Matters of sex.
-- Not following the religious teaching teachings.
-- Questioning authority.

In this regard, they are a lot more like the Pharisees than they are like Christ. The Pharisees taught that their beliefs were the truth because they were literal and directly from the Bible and therefore cannot be questioned.

Who was Christ?
1)A cultural and social revolutionary who disregarded the conventions of polite society.
2)Broke the religious laws regularly.
3)Associated with the "wrong crowd.
4)Challenged the emptiness and superficiality of societies traditions and beliefs.
5)Christ was crucified, at least partly, for being a modernist and an ethical relativist.
6)If Christ came to live among us now, these people would have him crucified again, not because they hate Christ, but because they would not recognize him.

Which non-Christians go to Heaven, if any? Situations to consider:

a. Universalism: God loves everybody and saves everybody, whether they cooperate with Him or not.
Objection 1: Then why evangelize?
Objection 2: If God gave people the freedom to reject Him, why would he take it away again? If He planned to take it away, it isn’t really freedom.

b. People who cannot hear or respond to the Gospel.
0. Those who knew God but died in Old Testament times.
They are saved by Christ, same as us. Noah, Abraham, etc., are Christ’s firstfruits. The whole Epistle to the Hebrews is about this.
1. Those who die as infants or are severely mentally deficient.
The Bible says little or nothing, but most Protestants believe that such people are not fully accountable for sin, and hence are not separated from God in the first place. Catholics used to believe that they have inherited sin from Adam and will spend eternity in a state called limbo ("the edge", where they lack the joys of Heaven but are not punished for sin. Latest teaching of catholic church is that they are not separated from God and go to heaven.

2. Those to whom the Gospel is never preached, or who, due to prior prejudice or misinformation, are unable to understand it when they hear it.
Be careful what you say about this case.
"God wouldn’t punish them for rejecting Christ" – no, He never punishes you for rejecting Christ. He punishes you for your own sins, not the sins you have not hat the opportunity to commit, and that’s quite enough!
"God will save everybody who has no opportunity to choose whether to accept Christ" – well, then, let’s arrange for Christianity to die out, so then nobody will hear the Gospel and everybody will be saved!
See also the next 2 cases.

3. Those who live a life of good works while practicing some other religion (or none).
Remember that good works do not save you. Enough said. But see the next case:

4. Those who seek God’s mercy while practicing some other religion (or none). This is the interesting case.
Two clear Biblical teachings:
1. Salvation is made possible by the death of Christ on the cross. Apart from Christ and what he did, there is no salvation. (Acts 4:12, John 14:6; Lk 10:22)
2. Non-Christians can, at least in principle, perceive God’s righteousness and their need for His mercy. (Romans 1:18-20, 2:14-16; Acts 17:28)
Whatever we conclude will need to be faithful to both of these teachings.

My opinion is the following (and you are welcome to disagree):
a. It is possible for a non-Christian to realize his need for God’s mercy and seek it.
(Note: Although I think this is possible, I do not think it happens routinely. Missionaries report finding occasional cases of it.)
b. In my opinion, God will not turn away people who seek His mercy, even if their understanding of Him is vague and they lack historical knowledge of Christ. (Some of God’s people in the Old Testament knew little about Him and His works; one example appears to be Melchisedek.)
c. We should never rely on Christ to save people who have not heard the Gospel. We have our marching orders.
d. The Bible gives no statistics on how many people go to Hell. It does, however, clearly teach that it is possible to do so, and that evangelism is urgently needed.
I run as close to universalism as I can – which is not very close, because I’m constrained by the Bible.

I God wanted homosexuality he would have created two men. Bible states clearly that if a man has sex with another man they should be put to death. To me it is very clear.