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Because without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. For the
testament to take effect, the testator must die.

I see you are referring to Hebrews 9:16. Interesting fact about that
scripture is that the "testator" (or covenanter) himself does not have
to die.

In the Sinaitic covenant that Yahweh made with Israel God, the
covenanter, did not die. For certainly Yahweh cannot die.

The way to understand that scripture is that the _human_ covenanter
provides the death. Moses was the human covenanter of the "old"
Covenant with Israel while Jesus was human covenanter of the "new"
covenant with the "Israel of God". Animal sacrifices took the place of
Moses' blood while Jesus' blood made the "new" coveant valid.

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Matthew Johnson wrote:

> In article <091.34.08.05.202286000@srcbs.org>, Bob Felts says...
[...]

>
> >Rather, the Church is the group of people chosen by the Lord Jesus.
>
> No. That is an ancient heresy. The Church is represented by the Parable
> and the wheat and tares, which shows that even up to the end times, there
> will always be wicked people in the Church -- making life harder for the
> righteous.

No, the world is represented by the Parable of the wheat and the tares.
The Church is the wheat. The tares are not a part of the body of
Christ, unless you hold that part of the body will be burned and
excluded from the "barn".

>
> And indeed: Judas was an example of this during Christ's time, Simon and
> "the cutters" an example in Acts, Marcion and Novatian examples in the
> third century etc.
>

Was Judas saved?

> >That makes it hard to define, because He doesn't always consult us on
> >who He has chosen.
>
> But you can get this 'definition' from Scripture only by eisegesis. It is NOT
> the definition Paul gave. Paul even addressed _some_ of "the cutters" as
> Christian brethren -- even if as misguided ones.
>

Aren't the misguided ones also chosen by our Lord?

> >> It can't be all of them.
> >
> >Not the way you seem to have defined it. I gave you the defintion of
> >"Church" that I use; what's your definition?
>
> I already gave it to you: the Body of Christ.
>
[...]
> >
> >So does that mean I don't believe in Christ? Am I damned?
>
> That is a question you have to settle with your own conscience. If I try to
> answer it for you, it will do no good to anyone.

So why will you not answer it for me, but you will answer it for BB?

I hope you don't mind if I ask you to explain to me what appea