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		<title>Pleading the Blood of Jesus Is it Right or Wrong?</title>
		<link>https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2014/09/24/pleading-the-blood-of-jesus-is-it-right-or-wrong/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah (Discerning the World)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2014 18:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Pleading the Blood of Jesus &#8211; Is it Right or Wrong? Many people in the Charismatic and Pentecostal camp love to &#8220;plead the Blood of Jesus&#8221; over themselves and others and everything for that matter, turning the blood of Jesus into a&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2014/09/24/pleading-the-blood-of-jesus-is-it-right-or-wrong/">Pleading the Blood of Jesus Is it Right or Wrong?</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.discerningtheworld.com">Discerning the World</a>.</p>
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		<title>Importance of Spiritual Baptism (Part 2)</title>
		<link>https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/12/28/importance-spiritual-baptism-part-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Lessing (Discerning the World)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Dec 2013 06:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Latter Rain Teaching / Dominionism / Kingdom Now]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pentecostalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water baptism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baptism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baptism of the Holy Spirit]]></category>
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<p>Important, please read:  (Part 1) Someone who loves me to death and has fought tooth and nail for the observance of baptism by immersion in water as the only acceptable and biblical way to baptize new converts, asked me to&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/12/28/importance-spiritual-baptism-part-2/">Importance of Spiritual Baptism (Part 2)</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.discerningtheworld.com">Discerning the World</a>.</p>
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		<title>Free Will</title>
		<link>https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/11/27/free-will/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Lessing (Discerning the World)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2013 17:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Calvinism / Augustinism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R.C. Sproul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical Understanding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calvinism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free will]]></category>
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<p>WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAINT&#8217;S GROWTH IN HOLINESS AND SANCTIFICATION &#8211; GOD ONLY OR GOD AND MAN? I have heard it said on numerous occasions on the internet that those who adhere to the doctrine of free will (also&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/11/27/free-will/">Free Will</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.discerningtheworld.com">Discerning the World</a>.</p>
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		<title>Importance of Spiritual Baptism (Part 1)</title>
		<link>https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/10/28/importance-baptism/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Lessing (Discerning the World)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Latter Rain Teaching / Dominionism / Kingdom Now]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pentecostalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water baptism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baptism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baptism of the Holy Spirit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical Understanding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law]]></category>
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<p>Someone who just loves me to death and has fought tooth and nail for the observance of baptism by immersion in water as the only acceptable and biblical way to baptize new converts, asked me to read Ironside&#8217;s complete article&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/10/28/importance-baptism/">Importance of Spiritual Baptism (Part 1)</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.discerningtheworld.com">Discerning the World</a>.</p>
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		<title>Hell &#8211; What Does the Bible Say About It</title>
		<link>https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/08/16/hell-what-does-the-bible-says-about-it/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Research Authors (Discerning the World)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2013 15:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Pentecostalism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Heaven / Hell]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[what does the bible say about hell]]></category>
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<p>After Desmond Tutu claimed  &#8220;I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to the other place.&#8221;  &#8211;&#62; Read here.    I thought it appropriate to publish this article&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/08/16/hell-what-does-the-bible-says-about-it/">Hell &#8211; What Does the Bible Say About It</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.discerningtheworld.com">Discerning the World</a>.</p>
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		<title>What is Entering &#8216;The Presence&#8217; Really all About?</title>
		<link>https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/07/16/what-is-entering-the-presence-really-all-about/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah (Discerning the World)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2013 11:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Latter Rain Teaching / Dominionism / Kingdom Now]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Spirituality / Meditation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Age Spirituality / Theosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occultism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pentecostalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meditation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Presence of God]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Practice the Presence]]></category>
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<p>No man can approach God, no man has seen Him, nor can any man see Him 1 Timothy 6:16 &#8220;Who only has immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach to; whom no man has seen, nor can&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/07/16/what-is-entering-the-presence-really-all-about/">What is Entering &#8216;The Presence&#8217; Really all About?</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.discerningtheworld.com">Discerning the World</a>.</p>
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		<title>Calling Others Idiots</title>
		<link>https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/07/12/calling-others-idiots/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Lessing (Discerning the World)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Calvinism / Augustinism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pentecostalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical Understanding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calling People Names]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Idiots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[name calling]]></category>
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<p>In Matthew 5:21-22 Jesus Christ sovereignly decrees that the destination of those who call others idiots is eternal punishment in hell. Please note, all you Calvinists out there, that this is a sovereign decree and as such you have no&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/07/12/calling-others-idiots/">Calling Others Idiots</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.discerningtheworld.com">Discerning the World</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Most Lethal Sin &#8211; The Hardening of Your Heart</title>
		<link>https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/07/10/the-most-lethal-sinthe-hardening-of-your-heart/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Lessing (Discerning the World)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2013 12:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Latter Rain Teaching / Dominionism / Kingdom Now]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calvinism / Augustinism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heaven / Hell]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Moses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical Understanding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hardening of your heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sin]]></category>
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<p>For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that [Israel] might destroy them utterly, and that without favor, as the Lord commanded Moses. (Joshua 11:20) Modernists and liberal theologians have&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/07/10/the-most-lethal-sinthe-hardening-of-your-heart/">The Most Lethal Sin &#8211; The Hardening of Your Heart</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.discerningtheworld.com">Discerning the World</a>.</p>
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		<title>Jesus Christ is our Sabbath Rest</title>
		<link>https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/07/07/jesus-christ-is-our-sabbath-rest/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah (Discerning the World)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2013 13:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Latter Rain Teaching / Dominionism / Kingdom Now]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hebrew Roots Movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pentecostalism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jesus is our sabbath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sabbath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sabbath keepers]]></category>
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<p>Jesus is Our Sabbath Jesus says in Matthew 11:28 &#8220;Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Jesus is &#8216;Lord of the Sabbath day&#8217; (Matthew 12:8). You see Jesus came to seek and&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<title>Elected, Chosen, and Predestinated</title>
		<link>https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/06/23/elected-chosen-and-predestinated-biblical-truth/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Research Authors (Discerning the World)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jun 2013 06:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Calvinism / Augustinism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical Scripture to Remember]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salvation]]></category>
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<p>What It Means to Be Elected You are elected THROUGH sanctification of the Spirit and the application of Jesus&#8217; blood on your soul. That does not happen before you get saved. That does not happen eons ago when you supposedly&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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