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Hi all...

I hope to post a few messages, first on the Noachide Laws, then on moves
to establish them as legally binding & enforced in western nations such
as the USA, and then to look at the implications for Christians (and
others) who refuse to obey them.

There are other echoes for general Bible Topics, where the participants
will give a better insight into other topics than I can, but some to
be aware of are:

1) Grace. Grace is all that God is free to do for man on the basis
   of the cross. Therefore Grace is unmerited favour from God.

2) Salvation. Salvation is the grace gift of God to man through faith.
   It is entirely apart from works, and is through belief on the Lord
   Jesus Christ. 

(From "The Bible Topic Book" - Volume 1)

The love of God and salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ can
perhaps best be found in John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he
gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life.

However, the nations of the world are being deceived into rejecting God's
plan of salavation through Jesus Christ, in favour of a counterfeit plan,
based on legalism and obedience to "Noachide Laws" or
"Universal Laws".

It is important not to hate those who are implementing the laws, or those
who seek to obey them, and to understand that "we wrestle not against flesh
and blood [other humans] but against principalities and powers, against the
rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high
places (Ephesians 6:12).

Again, this is a bible topic that can be explored in other areas.

Cheers, Steve..

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