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“I was charged $160.90 by snaptravel but the hotel receipt was for $130.78. I contacted snaptravel and was told the $30 difference was a "small fee" charged to cover their services. This is a hidden fee--consumers beware. I won't be using this site again!!”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi there, thanks for reaching out. Our hotel rooms are sourced from different partners including Expedia, Booking and Hotels.com to get you the best rates, and what makes us special is our access to exclusive deals which are only available through direct messaging. This is just to explain that we definitely not trying to mislead anyone and we are truly sorry that it has caused you this inconvenience. It is just that, even though the hotel might provide you with a folio of the so you have a record of services provided, nonetheless, the invoice you received at the time of booking is the correct documentation for the breakdown of the charges of your purchase. The price on the folio is what we negotiate with our partners. We add a small margin to cover the costs associated with running a business. We're proud of having the lowest prices around — saving you money on hotels so that you can spend more on the rest of your trip! For more information please check this link: How can Snaptravel offer such great deals?

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“Dishonest and pathetic scamming company installed the app just so that I could online chat with customer service for my paid booking but hotel doesn't have it. Everytime you get a different person though they give you the same canned scripted response. Tonnes of other guests paid for their bookings and sometimes only to find the hard truth on check-in date that either the hotel doesn't actually have the reservation from snaptravel or snaptravel haven't paid the hotel. STAY AWAY!”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi Benjamin, thanks for reaching out to us. As a third-party we cannot control why some properties can only see find the HCN closer to check-in versus others that can provide their HCN weeks in advance. In your case, I can see our support team has escalated your case and they were able to confirm your HCN. Apologies again for the inconvenience.

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“"name aaron minch im separate from you and people because your all carnally minded and its death but to be spiritually minded is life and peace and its sinful to think the way the world thinks and your carnal minds are enmity against god for it is not subject to the law of god neither indeed can be so you that are in the flesh cannot please god but me im not in the flesh no more im in the spirit and the spirit of god dwells in me forever and im spiritually minded and i have life and peace inside me as long as i live and there is therefore now no condemnation for me because im in Christ Jesus and the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and death and god knows my heart and thoughts not you and no man in this world and you and my mom and everyone are the enemies of the cross of christ whose end is destruction whose glory is in your shame whose god is your own belly who mind earthly things my conversation is in heaven as long as i live for i look for my savior my Lord jesus Christ im troubled on every side yet not distressed and i look to the things that are unseen as long as i live because the unseen things are eternal but the things that are seen are temporal and i want to be alone with god in quietness and peacefulness away from the world and distractions and confusions from people and the world so i can worship god in spirit and in truth abiding in jesus and his words praying in faith as long as live and jesus is all need want and have forever not you and no man in this world and his presence goes with me and he gives me rest and i trust alone in jesus christ and i trust no one in this world and im not lucky im blessed everything have is because of gods grace and favor and i will never mur mur complain about anything i will be blessed grateful and thankful as long as i live and im separate from sinners and the world my kingdom is not of this world i have a home eternal home in heaven with god forever where i belong and im on my way home to spend eternal life with jesus christ in heaven forever where i belong when i die and im jesus sheep i hear his voice and i know him and he knows me and i follow him and he has given me eternal life and i will never perish neither shall any man pluck me out of his hands and god knows my heart and thoughts not you and no man in this world im separate from sinners and the world and im separate from smokers cussers blasphemers fornicators drunkards idolaters and i avoid strife and i stay away from people that have rage and wrath and that are bitter and that have a sinful anger and i stay away from people who want to argue and do vain babbling empty constant worldly talk and chatter and empty discussions that get nowhere and are useless and i avoid foolish and unlearned questions and i will not make friendship with a angry man lest i get a snare to my soul and learn his ways like god said to be separate in the bible wherefore i come out from among all of you people and i touch not the unclean thing and im separate saith the lord almighty like god said in the bible and i avoid arguing bickering like the bible says because i have a personal loving relationship with my heavenly father it causes pain to my unity and peace and joy that god gives me but will never take away my peace and joy of eternal life that god has given me through jesus christ by the power of his holy spirit living in me and im in fellowship with jesus christ and communion with the holy spirit and i reject people who cause divisions within the body of christ after a second warning and have nothing more to do with such people i am the body of christ and i stay away from people who sow discord and i live a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty like god wants me to and i live peaceable and harmony with others like god said in the bible and i will never be unequally yoked together with unbelievers because righteousness and unrighteousness have nothing and common just as light and darkness are opposites and i have received the righteousness of god through my faith and trust in jesus christ and im saved by gods grace through my faith and trust in jesus christ and the gift of god is eternal life through jesus christ our Lord and im on my way home to spend eternal life in heaven with sweet holy jesus forever when i die where i belong i rejoice in the lord always not in man for he is the god of my salvation and i have forsaken everyone and everything for jesus name sake because jesus gave me eternal life and the flesh is unsaved carnally minded no holy spirit child of satan and spirit saved spiritually minded child of god indwelling of the holy spirit according to gods words in romans 8:9 KJV Holy Bible a mind controlled by the holy spirit in romans 8 5 6 and\nPaul has just urged the Corinthians to open their hearts to him again. Now he turns to a direct command: that believers in Christ not be yoked with unbelievers. The imagery of the \"yoke\" brings to mind the rigid harness used to keep livestock locked together and pulling in a consistent direction. The Old Testament used a form of the word to forbid mating cattle of different species (Leviticus 19:19). The Law also forbids harnessing together an ox and a donkey to plow a field (Deuteronomy 22:10).\n\nThe point of this phrase will soon become clear. Those in Christ are something other than those who are not in Christ. They are not the same\u2014spiritually\u2014and should not be locked together into any kind of binding relationship. Paul begins to ask a series of questions to show the absurdity of a believer in Jesus being \"unequally yoked\" with an unbeliever.\n\nPaul asks: what cooperation can there be between virtue and wickedness? Those in Christ have \"become the righteousness of God\" (2 Corinthians 5:21). Those outside of Christ continue in their status as unrepentant, lawless sinners. The two cannot\u2014must not\u2014be joined together. To do so makes as little sense as trying to join light and darkness in fellowship. It can't be done. As soon as the light arrives, the darkness must vanish.\n\nIt's essential to realize Paul is not saying believers should never associate with unbelievers, at all (1 Corinthians 5:9\u201310). Believers should continue to live and function in the world, which includes contact with unbelievers (1 Corinthians 10:25\u201326). He has written to the Corinthians previously, though, not to sue each other in pagan courts of law (1 Corinthians 6:1\u201311), not to join themselves sexually to temple prostitutes (1 Corinthians 6:12\u201320), and not marry unbelievers (1 Corinthians 7:39).\n\nRather, Scripture's teaching here is that Christians must not enter into binding, partnering agreements with non-Christians.\nContext Summary\nSecond Corinthians 6:14\u201318 begins with Paul's command to the Corinthians not to be ''unequally yoked'' with unbelievers. Light and darkness cannot be in fellowship. Christ and Satan cannot work together. Christians are God's temples on earth since His Spirit lives in them. That's why they must separate themselves from any kind of formal, binding relationship with unbelievers. Paul references several Old Testament Scriptures to show that believers in Jesus must separate themselves from being ''yoked'' to unbelievers since God is their Father and lives among them.\n\n\nChapter Summary\nThis passage appeals to the Corinthians not to miss the day of salvation. Paul insists that he and those who work with him have done nothing to keep anyone from believing in Christ. He points to the evidence that he has been a true apostle and representative of Christ and asks the Corinthians to open their hearts to him again. He commands them not to harness themselves to unbelievers since Christ can have nothing to do with Satan or darkness. God lives in them through the Holy Spirit, so they must separate from everything that is opposed to God.\n2 Corinthians 6:14-18\nKing James Version\n14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?\n\n15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?\n\n16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.\n\n17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.\n\n18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.\nIt can be argued, as I have suggested in a previous volume, that the message of this great and most eloquent chapter really begins at verse 5. The first four verses sum up the argument of chapter 7; and here we have a new section which runs from the 5th verse to the end of the 13th verse.\n\nLet us remind ourselves that the object of the entire chapter, and therefore the object of every subsidiary section, is really to prove the contention of verse 1 namely, that `There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus'. That is the fundamental proposition. The Apostle's purpose is to show the absolute certainty and finality of the full and complete salvation of all who are `in Christ Jesus' - in other words, of all :who are in the realm of the Spirit, and in whom the Holy Spirit of God dwells. Of course this has its negative side - that this salvation only applies to such people as have been set free from `the law of sin and death' by `the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus'. They are the only people for whom there is no condemnation and to whom, therefore, this certainty of final and complete salvation applies. The Apostle has been reminding us in verses 3 and 4 of the way in which believers have been put into that position and thereby set free from the Law and all its demands, and all that it does to those who are unregenerate and `in the flesh'.\n\nHaving done that, Paul can proceed to prove that it is essential that we should be `in Christ', and in the realm of the Spirit, before this can possibly happen to us. He has made his great asseveration in verses 1 and 2; then in verses 3 and 4 he shows us how we get into that position. Now he wants to establish the fact that it is only to such people that this full and final salvation is guaranteed and is absolutely certain. We can put it in this way, that the object of verses 5 to 13 is to prove the contention of verse 4 in particular, and especially its second statement. He has told us that the object of salvation is `that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us'. But, he says, `the righteousness of the law' is only fulfilled in those `who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit'. Now he proceeds to show why he speaks in this way, why it is that only in those who walk `after the Spirit' and not `after the flesh' can `the righteousness of the law' be fulfilled.\n\nA general analysis of this sub-section, verses 5 to 13, I suggest, is the following: Verses 5 to 8 give us a picture of the contrast between the Christian and the non-Christian, with the special object of showing that `the righteousness of the law' cannot possibly be fulfilled in the non-Christian but only in the Christian. In verses 9 to 11 Paul applies this to the Roman Christians. He says: `But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his' - that is to say, he is not a Christian at all. As far as they are concerned he knows that they are `in the Spirit' and not `in the flesh'. So he shows them what their present position is in the light of that fact, and what their future glory is going to be as its outcome. Then in verses 12 and 13 he gives them a practical exhortation because of all that is true of them. `Therefore, brethren, we' - of whom all this is true - `we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh; for if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.'\n\nTwo things, therefore, stand out very clearly here. The first is that in verses 1 to 4, as I have been careful to stress all along, the Apostle is describing and writing about all Christians, not merely some Christians. He gives no indication whatsoever that there are two classes of Christians. A popular teaching says that there are (2) `carnal' Christians and `spiritual' Christians, and that here Paul is talking only about the `spiritual' Christians. This section will confirm and prove to the hilt our contention that in verses 1 to 4 the Apostle has been talking about all Christians, not certain special Christians only, not only Christians who have received some second experience. That `there is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus' is true of every Christian. This is quite basic because it determines, as we have seen, our view of sanctification. Verses 5 to 13 will prove that to us quite clearly and put it beyond any doubt whatsoever.\n\nThe second principle that verses 5 to 13 bring out clearly is that a complete change in us is absolutely essential to salvation. If a man does not undergo a radical change, if he does not enter into the realm of the Spirit, `the righteousness of the law' can never be fulfilled in him. Christianity, as the Apostle has told us so often, involves a complete, a radical change in the nature of the human being.\n\nThese, then, are the two great principles on which we must keep our eyes. They stand out very clearly in the first sub-section of this section, verses 5 to 8. It is quite clear, I repeat, that here the Apostle is comparing and contrasting not two types of Christians but the non-Christian with the Christian. They that are `after the flesh' are the non-Christians; they that are `after the Spirit' are the Christians. It is a wrong interpretation to say that `they that are after the flesh' are the so-called `carnal' Christians; for we shall see that the Apostle says something about them which makes it impossible that they should be Christians at all. We must keep this particularly in view because the Apostle's whole object is to show how utterly impossible it is to say of any man as he is by nature that to him there is `no condemnation' or that `the righteousness of the law' will be fulfilled in him. On the other hand, the moment a man is delivered from the condemnation of the law, and is changed, and in this new realm, his hope is certain, and nothing can ever rob him of it.\n\nThat, then, is the theme we are going to consider. But instead of taking the passage verse by verse, and drawing out the contrast between the two types of persons verse by verse, it seems to me to be more advantageous to consider first of all what the Apostle tells us about the non-Christian; and afterwards to look at the Christian positively as a whole. This method will help us to follow the Apostle's argument.\n\nWe take first what Paul says here about the man who is not a Christian. His general description of him is that he is `after the flesh'. What does he mean by this? We have earlier explained that the word `flesh' means fallen human nature, human nature as it is before the Spirit of God begins His work in a person. It is man left to himself, man born, developing and growing in life in this world outside the activity of God upon him. The non-Christian is `after the flesh'. The word `after' is interesting. Some would translate it as `according to the flesh', but the best translation is `under the flesh'. The word the Apostle uses carries the idea of being `under' something else, under authority in particular. So we are told that the non-Christian is one who is habitually dominated by the nature with which he was born. Chapter 5 has already told us in a most amazing manner - and Paul has worked it out in detail in chapters 6 and 7 - that we are born like this because of our connection with Adam and because of Adam's sin. Everyone born subsequent to Adam has been born `after the flesh'; we are born under the power, the domination of this fallen human nature which we inherit. The Apostle adds that it is something that is continuous - `they are after the flesh'. They are born in sin, they exist in sin, in sin they go on living.\n\nHow does that show itself, and to what does it lead- The first thing is that such a man `minds' certain things. `They that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh.' That is a most interesting expression. In the Epistle to the Philippians the Apostle uses exactly the same expression several times. He says `Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you' (3:15). Verse 16 has the same word: `Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.' Then Paul introduces it negatively in verse 19, where he is talking about people `whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things'. 'To mind' is a term with which we are familiar, an expression that is quite commonly used. If a man is a busybody and puts too many questions to you and shows too great an interest in your affairs, you say to him ,`Mind your own business'. The expression means, therefore, the deliberate action of your mind on certain objects. That is why you say to the busybody, `Do not train your mind on me and on my affairs, switch it to your own affairs, mind your own business'.\n\nBut the term includes not only thought and understanding, it includes the affections, the emotions, the desires and the objects of pursuit. In other words, it is a comprehensive term. `To mind earthly things' not only means that non-Christians think about them occasionally, but that these are the things which they think of most of all; these are the things of which they think habitually, the trend or the bent of their thinking is toward them. `Earthly things' are the things that please them most of all, the things that give them greatest satisfaction; and therefore the things which they seek after most of all. The term is comprehensive, and we must not limit it merely to the intellectual aspect. It is much wider than the interests of the mind, and takes in the whole personality. The Apostle John, in his First Epistle (chapter 2, verses 15 to 17) has the same idea though he uses a different term. He says: `Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.' He might equally well have said, `Mind not the world, neither the things that are in the world'.\n\nThe first thing about the non-Christian, therefore, is that because he is dominated by his fallen human nature, he is a man who is deliberately interested in, and concerned about `the things of the flesh'. Once more we have to be careful that our understanding of this expression is sufficiently comprehensive. What are `the things of the flesh'? The danger is to limit the term to sensual pleasures and to the sins that belong only to the body. The term `the flesh' tends to make us think immediately of physical sins, sins which belong primarily to the realm of our animal being. They are certainly included, but it is important for us to realize that the term is very much more comprehensive in its use, as we find when we turn to the Epistle to the Galatians chapter 5, verses 19 to 2 6. `Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness'. Yes, but also `Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like'of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. We see that the notion is indeed a very wide one. Or go back again to the First Epistle of John, chapter 2, verses 15 to 17: `Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world'. What are they? The Apostle lists them as `the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life'. `The flesh' is a big term, a widely inclusive one.\n\nWhat then does `the flesh' mean? In a word it means `worldly mindedness'. That is a term which John Bunyan uses, and it is the term that some people would use here. 'Worldly-mindedness'! It includes everything which is opposed to `the mind' and `the life' of the Holy Spirit. Another way of putting it is to say that `the things of the flesh' means every aspect of life without God, everything in life from which God is excluded. It refers, in other words, to the life of this world only; it denotes a complete severance from all that is spiritual. It concentrates on the visible, the seen, and has nothing at all to do with the unseen. Or again, we can say that it means the temporal only, this world of time only; it has nothing to do with the eternal. Its reference is to life in this world only, to life bounded by the body and the various qualities and attributes of the fleshly mind, but to the exclusion of the spiritual element.\n\nThe tragedy of the matter is that many people think that this description - `they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh' - applies only to open, obvious, profligate sinners, on the streets and in the public houses of great cities; the fact being that it includes also very highly intellectual people, very moral people, and people whom the world would describe as very noble. To `mind the things of the flesh' includes political interests without God, social interests without God, cultural interests without God. That is what the expression means. Paul has in mind man's highest pursuits, his philosophy, his art, his culture, his music, that never get beyond the flesh. God is outside it all, He is excluded from it; there is nothing spiritual about it. Men may write very cleverly, and in a very learned and interesting and entertaining manner about social conditions; they can tell us how to ameliorate bad conditions, how to improve them; they can write eloquently about forming some sort of Utopia, they can produce masterpieces of art and of literature and of music; but there is no soul there, there is no God there, no Spirit there. It is all `after the flesh'.\n\nHow important it is to realize the truth of this matter! That is why that list in Galatians 5 is so important. Paul does not stop at drunkenness and adultery and murder and things of that type. He goes to the realm of the inner man; and there you find that his list is all-inclusive. So what the Apostle is really saying about the non-Christian is that it does not matter where he fits in this gamut of possible interests and behavior and conduct, he is still only minding `the things of the flesh.' It is because the world does not understand this that it is not interested in the Gospel. The world's good, moral people are admired so much today; and yet the Apostle's words describe exactly where they stand. They are as much `after the flesh' and they as much `mind the things of the flesh' as does the man who falls into drunkenness or gives rein to his passions and lusts. It is purely a difference of degree. There is no essential difference at all.\n\nThe good, cultured well-spoken moral man is as devoid of the Spirit as the most obvious and profligate sinner; he is outside the life of God as much as the other. He hates to be told this, of course; that is why he is the typical Pharisee. And that is why the Pharisees crucified the Lord Jesus Christ. He convinced them of being `after the flesh' and `minding' only the things of the flesh. What a terrible state this is and how alarming it is to realize that people can be in it without ever imagining it! They draw many distinctions and divisions; but there are none in reality. The only difference between the obvious so-called `sinner' and the highly cultured good moral man is purely a social difference, a superficial one. Let me go a little further; it is perhaps a difference in the skin; the second man keeps his skin a little cleaner than does the first man. The first man has mud and filth and mire about him in abundance, the other takes baths very frequently, so his skin looks very white. But the difference is skin-deep only. In their inner beings, as men, and in their relationship to God, there is not the slightest difference between them; they both together mind the things of the flesh. All their thinking, all their interests, all their pursuits are entirely outside the realm of the spiritual and of God. That is what the Apostle tells us about them.\n\nThe next thing the Apostle says about them is found in verse 6, where we find the words, `To be carnally minded is death'. The translation in the Authorized Version is most unfortunate; the expression should not have been changed. It should read, `The mind of the flesh is death' or, `To have the mind of the flesh is death'. He has already said that non-Christians mind the things of the flesh; now he is saying that the people who do mind the things of the flesh, and have the sort of mind that does that, are dead.\n\nHere Paul is describing the quality, or the state of mind of people who only mind the things of the flesh. It is, he says, nothing else but sheer death.\n\nOur Lord gives us the best understanding of this in what He said to Peter on that occasion at Caesarea Philippi when the Apostle made his great confession in reply to our Lord's question `Who do ye say that I am?' Matthew records the matter in his 16th chapter. Peter said, 'Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God'. But a few minutes later, when our Lord began to tell the disciples about His approaching death, Peter said, `Be it far from thee, Lord'. Our Lord rebuked him severely and said, `Get thee behind me, Satan, for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men'. The word translated `savourest', really means `to think' - `thou thinkest not the things that be of God'. Indeed, it is the very word which is used in this sixth verse of Romans 8. `The trouble with you, Peter,' said our Lord in effect, `is that your whole mentality is wrong, your whole way of thinking is wrong; you are not thinking the things of God, you are thinking the things of man: `Peter', He seems to say, `what is the matter with you? You have just made your great confession, and I told you that \"flesh and blood had not revealed it unto you, but my Father which is in heaven\". Now you are proving that I was right, because when I go on to make a great spiritual statement to you, you turn and say \"That be far from thee, Lord\". Peter, the trouble with you is that you are now thinking, not after God, but after men; your whole outlook, your whole mentality, your whole process of thinking is sadly astray.' That is the idea in the phrase `The mind of the flesh is death'.\n\nLet me illustrate this further, by what the Apostle tells us in the twelfth chapter of this Epistle in the second verse: `Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed.' How? `By the renewing of your mind.' It is absolutely essential that the mind be renewed. In the absence of a renewal of the mind man is entirely hopeless. You will find the same in Ephesians 4, verses 17 to 24, and also in the second chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians: `The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God.' Why not? `Because they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them.' Why not? `Because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man' 1 Corinthians 2: 14, is The statement that `The mind of the flesh is death' means that the natural man is in a state of spiritual death. That is what the Apostle says everywhere about the unbeliever, about the man who is not a Christian. We find it mentioned at the beginning of the second chapter of Ephesians: `You hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins.' 'Dead' He repeats it again in verse 5 : `Even when we were dead in sins, he hath quickened us together with Christ.' The Apostle is saying the same thing here. The man who is `under the flesh', and governed and controlled by his fallen human nature, not only minds the things of the flesh -those worldly things out of which God is shut - but he does so because he is spiritually dead. He is alive physically, he exists, but spiritually he is a dead man.\n\nThe Apostle's statement means that the man is dead to God, he lives as if there were no God. Some of your greatest moral men, some of your most cultured men in the world are in that position. They are very able, very cultured, very much interested in life, they never get drunk, they are not guilty of adultery .... `Ah', you say, `you cannot say that such a man \"minds the things of the flesh\".' I do just that! God is not in all his thoughts, he is completely dead to God, he is living as if there were no God. That is what is meant by spiritual death. Spiritual death is to be outside the life of God. Our Lord has settled the matter for us. In John's Gospel, chapter 17, verse 3, we read: `And this is life eternal, that they might know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.' The man who has not got eternal life does not know God, he is outside the life of God; and that means that he is dead. The spiritual realm does not exist for him, he scoffs at it; spiritual realities mean nothing whatsoever to him; he is dead to them all. Ask him to read the New Testament, and he says that it is `nonsense'; draw his attention to spiritual things and he does not know what you are talking about.\n\nThere is a well-known story which seems to me to supply a perfect illustration of this point. It concerns two great men, William Wilberforce the leader in the movement for the abolition of slavery, and William Pitt the Younger, one time Prime Minister of Britain. They were both brilliant men, they were both politicians, and they were very great friends. But William Wilberforce was converted and became a Christian, while William Pitt, like so many others, was but a formal Christian. William Wilberforce was very much concerned about his friend. He loved him as a man and was greatly concerned about his soul. He was most anxious therefore that Pitt should go with him to listen to a certain preacher, a London clergyman of the Church of England named Richard Cecil. Cecil was a great evangelical preacher, and Wilberforce delighted in his ministry, so he was ever trying to persuade Pitt to go with him to listen to Cecil. At long last Pitt agreed to do so. Wilberforce was delighted and they went together to a service. Richard Cecil was at his best, preaching in his most spiritual and elevated and exalted manner. Wilberforce was enjoying himself, and feeling lifted up into the very heavens. He could not imagine anything better, anything more enjoyable, anything more wonderful; and he was wondering what was happening to his friend William Pitt, the Prime Minister. Well, he was not left long in a state of uncertainty as to what had been happening, because, before they were even out of the building Pitt turned to Wilberforce and said, `You know, Wilberforce, I have not the slightest idea what that man has been talking about'. And he hadn't, of course. As a man can be tone deaf to music, all who are not Christians are tone deaf to the spiritual. That which was ravishing the mind and the heart of Wilberforce conveyed nothing to Pitt. He was bored, he could not follow it, he could not understand it, he did not know what it was about. A man of great brilliance, a man of great culture, a man of great intellectual ability, but all that does not help l `The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned' (I Corinthians 2: I4). Richard Cecil might as well have been preaching to a dead man. The dead cannot appreciate these things, neither could William Pitt. He himself confessed it. It is not what Wilberforce says about him; it is what he said about himself.\n\nThere are such people. They come to a place of worship, they listen to things that ravish the hearts of believers, but they see nothing in it at all. There are many such people in the churches now, as there always have been. They want whist drives and dances, entertainments and socials, and to meet one another socially. That is because they are not alive to spiritual things. They are dead, dead to God, dead to the Lord Jesus Christ, dead to the realm of the spiritual and all spiritual realities, dead to their own soul and spirit and their everlasting and eternal interests. They never think about such matters at all. That is their trouble. That is what the Apostle says here about them. This mind of the flesh shuts them out from the life of God and from all the interests that emanate from the life of God. The trouble with the unbeliever, the non-Christian, is that he is in a living death, he is merely existing. He is shut out from the life of God; and if he dies in that condition he will continue to all eternity shut out from the life of God. Nothing more terrible can be contemplated. That is the meaning of spiritual death.\n\nThe Apostle then goes on to say another thing about the non-Christian in verse 7: `Because the carnal mind is enmity against God.' Here, again, it is unfortunate that we have this translation in the Authorized Version, for in the original it still is, `the mind of the flesh'. `Because the mind of the flesh is at enmity against God.' This explains why `the mind of the flesh' is death. If a man is at enmity against God he is obviously outside the life of God; and that means that he is dead. Here we have one of our striking proofs that the Apostle is not comparing and contrasting two types of Christians, but is comparing and contrasting the non-Christian and the Christian. You cannot say of any. man who is a Christian that he is at enmity against God; it is impossible. A man cannot be at enmity against God and be a Christian at the same time. Why is he a Christian at all? Because he wants to be right with God. Why does he believe on the Lord Jesus Christ? Because he believes that the Lord Jesus Christ puts him right with God. Why did he ever want that blessing? Because he sees the consequences of being an enemy of God. So here the Apostle depicts a man who is at enmity against God. This is not a so-called `carnal' Christian; there is no such thing. This is the non-Christian, this is a man who is not a Christian in any true sense, and this is the man Paul has been describing all along. He is contrasting the non-Christian with the Christian, any Christian.\n\nThe Apostle says the same thing in many other places. In Colossians 1 : 2 1, for instance, we have: `You that were sometime' ? once upon a time - `alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works.' They were once in that condition, but now it is no longer the case. Why so? Because they have become Christians. In other words, the contrast is between the non-Christian and the Christian. But let me emphasize once more that this state of enmity is that of every person who is not a Christian. `Ah but,' you say, `I know certain people who say, \"I would not like to say that I am a Christian, but I believe in God\"; what about them?' The simple truth about them is this, that they are at enmity against God. `But,' you say, `they are interested in God, they believe in God, they read books about God, and they talk and argue about God. 'No, they do not!`But how can you say that so dogmatically?' I do so for this reason: they think they are interested in God, but their interest is not in God, it is in some figment of their own imagination, it is some product of their own philosophy and their own thoughts. `But why do you say even that?' asks someone. I answer, the way to prove that such persons are not true Christians is quite simple. Say to them, `Do you believe in God?' They reply, `Of course we believe in God; we have always believed in God'. Next confront them with the God of the Bible, who is not only love but also justice and righteousness; confront them with the God who not only shows mercy and compassion but also wrath; and you will find that they snarl their teeth at you. They will say that they do not believe in such a God! Of course they do not; they have never truly believed in God. What they believe in is a god whom they have constructed for themselves. They have made a god of their own, and for this they have no authority whatsoever, except that it fits in with their thoughts. They say, `The God I believe in is a God who is entirely a God of love'. Wrath? Of course not! Impossible ! But what is their authority for speaking in this fashion? They have none at all. It is simply that they, and people like them, agree in saying these things.\n\nThe only true knowledge that we have of God is to be found in the Bible. God has revealed Himself. No man can know God of himself - `no man can see God, or has seen God, at any time'. If a man could understand God with his own mind he would be equal to God, if not greater. By definition God is absolute and infinite and eternal in all His attributes and qualities. We cannot arrive at Him of ourselves; He must reveal Himself. He has done so, in the Scriptures and in the Lord Jesus Christ. And the Lord Jesus Christ has taught us about the wrath of God, about the judgment of God, and about hell. Yes, but the moment these people who say they believe in God hear such things, they become furious and remonstrate against it; they hate it. Indeed, they hate God; as Paul tells us, this `mind of the flesh is enmity against God'. It wants a god after its own image, and it hates the God of the Bible, the God and Father of our Lord. Jesus Christ, the God preached by this Apostle Paul and all the other apostles. This is the all-too-common state of things today; alas, you find it in so-called Christian pulpits and churches. In the name of God and of Christ men are showing their enmity and their hatred of God, the living God, `the only true God'. Let us not therefore be misled or deluded by people who say that they believe in God; the question is, Do they believe in the God who has revealed Himself, who is the only God? All natural men, all who are not Christians, are `at enmity against God'.\n\nThe fifth thing Paul tells us about non-Christians is that `they are not subject to the law of God'. What he means is that they do not submit themselves to it. How can they? If they hate Him why should they subject themselves to Him? Instead of submitting themselves as a soldier does to his commanding officer, to the General set over him, they rebel, they are antagonistic. They do not care what God has said; they do what they want to do. They are not taking orders, they are following out their own minds, and their own likes and dislikes, and their own understanding. Man by nature is an enemy of God, he is a rebel against God, he flouts the commandments of God. `All we like sheep have gone astray, we have all gone after our own devices.' That is true of all men who are not Christians. They are trampling and spitting upon the Ten Commandments, and the moral law, and all the sanctities. .Of course they are! They are haters of God, and they hate His law; they abominate it; `they are not subject to the law of God'.\n\nNext the Apostle adds, `Neither indeed can be.' `This mind', he says, `is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.' Here we have a basic statement about the unbeliever. The unbeliever, says Paul, is not only like that, but he cannot do anything about it. `His mind is not subject to the law of God, neither -indeed can be.' We find exactly the same idea in 1 Corinthians 2: 14: `The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him, neither can he know them.' He cannot know them. Why? `Because they are spiritually discerned.' A man who is tone deaf to music cannot create a ,delight in music in himself. He may desire it, but he cannot Attain to it; it is impossible. What the Apostle is saying is that this natural man, this non-Christian, not only hates God, and is not subject to the law of God; but he cannot desire to love God, he cannot desire to obey Him. He cannot choose to do so, he is totally incapable of any spiritual effort. I am not saying this; it is the Apostle Paul who says it. The popular teaching which says that we have to preach the Gospel to the natural man as he is, and that he, as he is, decides to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ; and that then, because he has believed, he is given new life, is regenerated, this, I say, is a complete denial of what the Apostle teaches here. The natural man, this man after the flesh, this unbeliever, cannot believe in God; he cannot believe in and on the Lord Jesus Christ. He is `at enmity' against Him; he hates Him, he is altogether opposed to Him. He is shut out from His life, he lacks a spiritual faculty, he is incapable of spiritual good `neither indeed can be'. He is completely helpless; he cannot choose to love God. You cannot love God and hate Him at the same time. Why should a man who is at enmity to, and a hater of God, decide suddenly to love Him? There is no reason; his whole nature is against Him, his whole bias, his whole bent, everything in him is opposed to God; he is in complete and entire helplessness; he is dead. And there is nothing more final than that\n\nThe man who is spiritually dead hates God, rebels against Him, and can do no other, for `the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him, neither can he know them, for they are spiritually discerned'. And if you have not got the spiritual faculty you cannot discern them. If that is lacking in a man, and he is completely dead, how can he discern them - He cannot; and, of course, the world is proving that very thing today. Total inability !\n\nWhat is the result of all this? It is stated in the eighth verse, `So then' here is the conclusion, the thing the Apostle was really setting out to prove `so then, they that are in the flesh' they are the same people, they are `after the flesh', they are governed by `the mind of the flesh' `so then, they that are in the flesh cannot please God'. His displeasure is upon them; they can do nothing at all about pleasing Him. They cannot bring forth any fruit unto God. As Paul has already said in chapter 7, verse 5, the righteous demands of the law cannot be fulfilled in them. `In the flesh', `after the flesh', governed by `the mind of flesh', they are entirely and altogether outside God and His life; and there is nothing in them or about them that recommends them to God. Such are the unbelievers.\n\nHow then does anyone become a believer? The answer has already been given in verse 2, and we shall proceed to work it out. `The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath set me free.' I have not done it; it has been done to me. It is God's action. `By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.' `We are His workmanship' (Ephesians 2: 8-10). We can do nothing, it is all of God. And let us thank God that it is so, for it is because it is all of God that it is certain, it is safe, it is sure. We are not just believers, we have been `made anew', born again; we are in the realm of the spiritual, we have been put there, we are `in Christ', the Spirit of God has incorporated us into Him. It is His action.\n\nThus far we have been looking at the negatives; and how important it is that we should do so! We shall never realize what we are as Christians until we first realize what we were as non-Christians, and what was absolutely essential before we could ever become Christians. If God had not quickened us we should still be dead. A dead man cannot give himself life. God quickened us, and because God has put life into us we are alive in Christ Jesus, and in the realm of the Spirit.\nRomans 8\nKing James Version\n8 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.\n\n2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.\n\n3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:\n\n4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.\n\n5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.\n\n6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.\n\n7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.\n\n8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.\n\n9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.\n\n10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.\n\n11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.\n\n12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.\n\n13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.\n\n14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.\n\n15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.\n\n16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:\n\n17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.\n\n18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.\n\n19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.\n\n20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,\n\n21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.\n\n22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.\n\n23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.\n\n24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?\n\n25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.\n\n26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.\n\n27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.\n\n28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.\n\n29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.\n\n30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.\n\n31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?\n\n32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?\n\n33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.\n\n34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.\n\n35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?\n\n36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.\n\n37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.\n\n38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,\n\n39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\n1 Corinthians 14:33\nKing James Version\n33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.\n 2 Corinthians 3:17\nKing James Version\n17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.\nWhat exactly is an unbeliever?\nunbeliever\nANSWER\n\n\nA \u201cbeliever\u201d is a child of God, born again by faith in Jesus Christ (see Acts 2:44); and an \u201cunbeliever\u201d is someone who does not believe in Jesus. In the New Testament, the Greek word apistou is translated \u201cunbeliever.\u201d Its adjective form literally means \u201cnot faithful,\u201d and it describes someone lacking in Christian faith.\n\nThere is a clear distinction throughout Scripture between those who follow Christ and those who do not follow Him. The word unbeliever was understood to represent everything opposed to Christian faith and godliness. \nIn regards to salvation, the word believe always implies far more than mental agreement with truth (John 3:16; 14:1; 1 John 3:23; Acts 8:37). Satan and the demons know more than any of us the facts about Jesus, the meaning of His death and resurrection, and the truth of Scripture (James 2:19). To believe for salvation (Romans 10:10) requires more than that. A believer is one who has transferred ownership of his life and future to the lordship of Jesus. Jesus said, \u201cYe are my friends if you do whatsoever I command you\u201d (John 15:14). So a believer, in the biblical sense, is one who has responded to God\u2019s calling and chosen Jesus as the Lord of his or her life. A believer looks to Jesus alone for salvation from sin and hell (John 14:6; Matthew 10:28; Romans 10:13). By the same token, an unbeliever is someone who has not allowed Jesus to be the Lord of his or her life. Religious-sounding words may have been spoken, but if the heart has not changed, it is not saving faith (Matthew 7:21\u201323). The person claiming salvation while lacking evidence of the transforming power of the Holy Spirit is still functionally an unbeliever.\n\nWhen Scripture compares believers with unbelievers, it highlights the lifestyle differences. Believers are to be known by their love (John 13:35), their holiness (1 Peter 1:15), \n1 Peter 1:15-16\nKing James Version\n15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;\n\n16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.\nand their desire to be like Christ (Ephesians 4:15). According to the whole of Scripture, it is not possible to be a true believer and continue the ungodly lifestyles that warranted God\u2019s wrath in the first place (Ephesians 5:5\u20137). This is due to the fact that salvation results in a new nature (2 Corinthians 5:17). Just as a fish cannot remain on land for long due to its nature, so born-again hearts cannot remain in sin for long due to their new nature.\n\nFirst John 3:6 spells it out quite clearly: \u201c\n\nKing James Version\n1 John 3:6-10\nKing James Version\n6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.\n\n7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.\n\n8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.\n\n9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.\n\n10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.\n\n\n\u201d Then verses 8\u201310 clarify it even further: \u201cThe one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God was manifested was to destroy the works of the devil No one who is born of God will sin, because God\u2019s seed remains in them; they cannot sin because they have been born of God. This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God\u2019s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister.\u201d\n\n\u201cWithout faith it is impossible to please God\u201d (Hebrews 11:6); therefore, unbelievers cannot please God. They are still dead in their transgressions and sins (Ephesians 2:1). Unbelievers still bear the full weight of all their sin, and the \u201cwrath of God remains on them\u201d (John 3:36). They must be reconciled to God through Christ (Romans 5:10). Faith makes all the difference. Only through faith and surrender to the lordship of Jesus Christ can unbelievers become believers.\njesus christ has forgiven all my sins past present and future i have redemption through his blood the forgiveness of sins all believers i can see god is merciful to my unrighteousness and sins and iniquities he remembers no more.\nHebrews 8:12\nKing James Version\n12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.\n14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.Hebrews 10:14\nKing James Version\n\nQuestion: Would you please explain 1 John 3:9,\n\n\"Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin: for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.\"\n\nAnswer: This verse does not teach that a Christian will not sin. If this were true it would contradict 1 John 1:8 which tells us that,\n\n\"If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.\"\n\nThe word commit IS NOT the Greek word \"prasso,\" which means \"practice or keep on committing\"; but, rather, IS the Greek word \"poieo,\" which means \"not to commit one single, isolated act of sin.\" This seed is the Holy Spirit which indwells every believer. Peter, in 2 Peter 1:4, declares that Christians are \"partakers of the divine nature,\" i.e., the Holy Spirit.\n\nIn Ephesians 1:13 we are told that\n\n\"...after that ye believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.\"\n\nIt is the Holy Spirit that cannot commit one single act of sin!\n\nSince the Christian still possesses his old nature, there will always be a conflict of wills. Galatians 5:17 explains,\n\n\"For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other...\".\n\nTherefore, the Christian is admonished to, \"grieve not the Holy Spirit\" (Ephesians 4:30); but, to \"be filled (i.e., \"controlled by\") with the Spirit\" (Ephesians 5:18), and not by the old nature. (Read Romans 8:1.)Ephesians 5:18-29\nKing James Version\n18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;\n\n19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;\n\n20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;\n\n21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.\n\n22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.\n\n23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.\n\n24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.\n\n25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;\n\n26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,\n\n27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.\n\n28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.\n\n29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:\n\nTo have eternal life, you must have the Holy Spirit. To have the Holy Spirit, you must have Jesus\nJohn 5:24\nKing James Version\n24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.\nColossians 2:13-17\nKing James Version\n13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;\n\n14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;\n\n15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.\n\n16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:\n\n17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.Philippians 2:5-11\nKing James Version\n5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:\n\n6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:\n\n7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:\n\n8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.\n\n9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:\n\n10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;\n\n11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.Galatians 1:11-12\nKing James Version\n11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.\n\n12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.\nEphesians 1:7-14\nKing James Version\n7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;\n\n8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;\n\n9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:\n\n10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:\n\n11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:\n\n12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.\n\n13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,\n\n14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.\nEphesians 2:8-10\nKing James Version\n8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:\n\n9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.\n\n10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.\n\"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me (Christ) hath everlasting life.\" - John 6:47\n1 John 5:18\nKing James Version\n18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.\nThe Bible, Genesis and Geology Logo\nThe Relationship of Flesh and Spirit; Physical Things vs. Spiritual Things\nYour body\n\nJesus inside \"Ye MUST be born again\" (John 3:7 KJV)\n\n\"Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.\"\n(John 3:5-6 KJV)\n\nEach man and woman born into this world is a being made of three (3) distinct components:\n\n\"And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and [I pray God] your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.\"\n(1 Thessalonians 5:23 KJV)\n\n1: The BODY. This is your PHYSICAL component of being. It is flesh made from a collection of unremarkable mineral elements (but is mostly water) and is in harmony with the nature and spirit of this world. It grows, matures, begins to deteriorate, eventually dies, and then decomposes back into its constituent elements and remains a part of the dust of the world. The body is a part of you but is NOT ALL of what defines who YOU are.\n\n\"And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,\"\n(Proverbs 5:11 KJV)\n\n2: The SOUL. This is who YOU are; it is a part of your SPIRITUAL component. This is your individuality, your \"I AM\" so to speak (made in God's image), your \"heart.\" Although your individual soul did not exist before your mother and father procreated you, it will exist forever. When your flesh dies, your soul goes on living forever.\n\n\"And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.\"\n(Matt. 10:28 KJV)\n\nWhen your body dies your soul (YOU) will leave the body of flesh:\n\n\"And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.\"\n(Genesis 35:18 KJV)\n\n3: The SPIRIT. And this is a little more complex to explain. Every man, woman and child is born with a sin-nature (spirit) and a carnal mind that naturally is at enmity with the Law of God.\n\n\"But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.\"\n(Luke 9:55 KJV)\n\nWhere your soul spends eternity after it departs is determined by your personal relationship to God (saved or unsaved). You are an eternal being, made in God's image. In fact, the Bible says that you are a \"god\" (small \"g\"):\n\n\"Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?\"\n(John 10:34 KJV)\n\n\"So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.\"\n(Gen 1:27 KJV)\n\nBut you don't have the Holy Spirit of God within you because of Adam's transgression. By virtue of his disobedience, you inherited his sin-nature. And in order to be saved, your spirit must be reborn. The unsaved man or women who have only the first birth are in eternal danger. Since the body and soul of the unsaved man or woman are bonded to the dead spirit of this present world, when this world's physical elements and spiritual components (including \"Death\") are cast into the lake of fire (see Revelation 20:13-15), those eternal souls, living or already dead, will perish with them. You can't change yourself from this nature, but God can change you if you accept His Gift of Salvation by His Grace.\n\n\"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.\"\n(John 3:16 KJV)\n\nThe key word is BELIEVE that Jesus is the Son of God, receive His forgiveness for being a sinner (by nature) and accept His free Gift of eternal life. It's as simple as that, but understanding why this is God's plan of salvation requires faith in Him to do it. He will, if you trust Him to.\n\nSo, what exactly is the difference between the relationship of the unsaved soul and the saved soul? What does being \"Born Again\" actually mean? The answer is something that God does for you at the moment you accept”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Terrible customer service. Could not check in after paying for reservation. The hotel uses a card provided by snaptravel that was invalid took two hours of back and forth calls to get checked it.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi Anthony, We are truly sorry to hear that you had trouble with your reservation and your most recent experience with our Support team. We genuinely appreciate you taking the time to provide us with your feedback, as this is how we learn and grow. As we cannot identify your booking through this review we ask that you type "agent" in your original chat thread, one of our live agents can provide you with the contact information for our Corporate team, so they can look into your case and contact you directly.

Posted 3 years ago

“This was the very easiest, fastest booking I have made on the internet. Very straight forward, well done!”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi Barbara, is there anything we can do to help us get a 5 star review? We always appreciate constructive feedback!

Posted 3 years ago

“I have been trying to rebook a cancelled flight for last 2 months with 100+ email back and forth. I am completely drained with the back and forth and the delay. Every time I send a itinerary, I get a response back after a week and by that time that price is already gone. I wish I could give 0 stars.”

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Posted 3 years ago

We are truly sorry to hear that you had trouble with your reservation. As this review is about flights, please connect with our travel partner by sending an email to info@bookingvault.com. You can also call us at 1-833-600-5830. They are best equipped to can help answer your question about your flight reservation.

Posted 3 years ago

“Any positive review is fake. This is a complete scan do not use.”

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Posted 3 years ago

We are truly sorry to hear how you feel about our service. We do want to bring to your attention that we do not have the ability to fabricate reviews, and we are glad that guests who had had great experiences with us are also compelled to leave their reviews. Everyone has the right to leave a review, as this is not exclusive to negative experiences. As we cannot identify your booking through this review we ask that you type "agent" in your original chat thread, one of our live agents would be happy to look into this further as soon as possible. We reiterate our apologies for any inconvenience and look forward to having the chance to serve you in the future.

Posted 3 years ago

“DO NOT PURCHASE EVER WITH THEM. Its a Scam Travel service rather than snap travel. Their website is NOT TRUSTWORTHY. It uses bait and trap method to fraud its customers. I booked a hotel for my family through snap travel and had worst experience. 1. Snaptravel website showed me a search result with a hotel that doesn’t take kids despite me searching in the filter for specifically 2 adults and 1 kid 2. While booking that hotel no where during the booking process it mentioned no kids allowed. After booking the hotel when I verified with hotel it mentioned kids not allowed and I immediately contacted Snaptravel to cancel the booking because the hotel didn’t accepted kids. 3. Snaptravel agent confirmed to me that they were taking care of the cancellation and they were going to talk to hotel immediately on the same day. 4. Snaptravel customer care did not contact the hotel on time for cancellation instead contacted the day after original checkin date which is too late and hence the hotel denied cancellation request. All this mess i had to deal with snaptravel customer service team who kept passing me around agents made me wait for a more than a day and then denied me my refund even it was their fault from the start. Never ever will use their website again. SNAPTRAVEL IS DEFINITELY BOUND TO FAIL WITH THE LAME CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY HAVE NOW. I do not agree that you are now putting me as responsible for this and denying my money back. Please do the right thing and refund my money back immediately”

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Posted 3 years ago

Thank you for the review, We are truly sorry to hear about your most recent experience with our Support team. We genuinely appreciate you taking the time to provide us with your feedback, as this is how we learn and grow. As we cannot identify your booking through this review we ask that you type "agent" in your original chat thread, one of our live agents can provide you with the contact information for our Corporate team, so they can look into your case and contact you directly. Thank you.

Posted 3 years ago

“Please be aware that Snaptravel charges in USD!!! When I was booking my flights with them, I made sure I changed the currency to CAD to avoid conversion fees, so I know exactly how much I am paying for, but they still charged me in USD, with conversion fees of course. So I ended up paying more, even when it says - Total (includes all taxes and fees, quoted in CAD). Their website gives you an option to change to a different currency - CAD, GBP, EUR, AUD, other than USD. What is that option for, then?! And then the customer service will tell you, it is on the agreement, on the fine print that you will be charged in USD! They have 23 paragraphs of fine print! They should have put that VERY IMPORTANT information right next to or below the Total Price before we proceed on booking it! Very deceitful!!! Never will I book through Snaptravel again!!! And neither should you.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi May, We apologise for your experience and we appreciate your patience so far. It is noted that this issue was resolved by our flights team. Regards

Posted 3 years ago

“I have used Snaptravel today for the first time. While hotel rates displayed it shown USD 77.51 and I booked the hotel by entering my credit card details. Also, I had a confirmation from Snaptravel that I had to pay only AED 10/- per night to hotel on top of USD 77.51 But, to my surprise, when I was charged on my credit card, they have charged me AED 467.480, which is around USD 127/-. In effect I been charged with USD 127/- instead of the price of USD 77.51 shown on the site before the hotel booking. They have not mentioned about any extra charges on the price display prior to booking. When I asked about the extra charging, they couldn’t give me proper response, but I was asked to check with hotel. So in my opinion nobody should use this site as they are misleading people and are not transparent in their business. Don’t rely on the prices shown in their site while you book the hotel. Don’t be trapped…”

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Posted 3 years ago

Thank you for the review, Aneesh! We are truly sorry to hear about your most recent experience with our Support team. We genuinely appreciate you taking the time to provide us with your feedback, as this is how we learn and grow. As we cannot identify your booking through this review we ask that you type "agent" in your original chat thread, one of our live agents can provide you with the contact information for our Corporate team, so they can look into your case and contact you directly. Thank you.

Posted 3 years ago

“HOTEL DIDNT HAVE THE RESERVATION! STIL DIDN'T GET A REFUND! LEFT STRANDED AT 1AM”

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Posted 3 years ago

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Posted 3 years ago

“Received a wrong address. Snaptravel continued to tell me not to worry. Left us hanging, we had to sleep in car.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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Posted 3 years ago

“I booked a room with 2 beds and when I arrived the man at the desk said he had overbooked and there was only a room with one bed. Snaptravel refused to refund my money”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi Day We are truly sorry to hear about your most recent experience with our Support team. We genuinely appreciate you taking the time to provide us with your feedback, as this is how we learn and grow. As we cannot identify your booking through this review we ask that you type "agent" in your original chat thread, one of our live agents can provide you with the contact information for our Corporate team, so they can look into your case and contact you directly. Thank you.

Posted 3 years ago

“They took my money and didn’t complete the booking! They took the money and the next message on my screen was “sorry this room has sold out” How do I get my money back? Blatant thefts !”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi Michael In cases where the booking doesn't go through, no charges are made, as this is rather an authorization hold or pre-authorization, and it shows in your bank as pending. This service is offered by your card provider whereby the provider puts a hold of the amount approved by the cardholder, reducing the balance of available funds until the merchant settles the transaction. Because your desired purchase was sold out, Snaptravel has not charged you and so your card processor will release the hold placed. The estimated time for this release varies if you used a debit or credit card, and depending on the issuing bank's policy. We hope we were able to clarify it for you and look forward to having the chance to serve you in the future.

Posted 3 years ago

“Only given one star Bc zero was not an option. I was charged by both Snap and the hotel and NO it wasn’t the deposit. I was charged twice for the room. The customer service I received from Snap, in an attempt to fix the billing mistake, was not helpful. I received canned responses and was continual accused of not understanding the separate deposit, which I clearly understand and was also billed for separately. I provided proof of the billing and yet got the same canned responses. I understand problems and mistakes happen but I do not accept when they are not made right. With so many options available I would highly suggest you seek other services. And FYI…the hotels direct charge for the room was cheaper than Snap”

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Posted 3 years ago

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Posted 3 years ago

“To SNAPTravel booking scam please do not do business!!!! Good morning, you did not call me back. A message was not left on my cell phone??! If you really did call. You booked a hotel reservation that was never honored at the hotel and on the dates your travel agency advertised online. I was never contacted me until now after I sent an email on November the 12 th on the day I made the reservation. I requested to speak to a supervisor as well as requested to speak to one at the number listed below but was never contacted. I reached out to the hotel that the reservation was booked at and was informed by the hotel staff that no room was available at all on the dates that were booked and for a non smoking room. Therefore the transaction is fraudulent/invalid and I am requesting a full refund of my money back for services not re rendered for the transaction! Disputed with bank and lost it because of their invisible disclosure that is bogus! Ended up having to pay to stay at another hotel!! It’s fraud buyer beware!!!”

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Posted 3 years ago

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Posted 3 years ago

“This company literally stole our money. We booked a stay at the Waldorf Hilton through them (booking ref B_ 3790010) A pipe burst in our room at 2am & the Hilton consequently refunded our money to SnapTravel & asked them to refund the money to us. After chasing for 3/4 months, still nothing & SnapTravel claim that they can't refund it as it's been more than 30 days. The hilton refunded our money to them within 3 weeks and chased them continually to send the refund back to us! They just ignored it and now state that because it's been more than 30 days they will not send it back 'even though I have documentation from the Hilton' proving that they refunded the money & sent emails chasing them. This is theft, they have our money, ignored requests to return it & now state that because it's been 30 days, they will not return it. How can they get away with this!? I've never been more appalled at a company.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Thank you for the review! We are truly sorry to hear about your most recent experience with our Support team. We genuinely appreciate you taking the time to provide us with your feedback, as this is how we learn and grow. As we cannot identify your booking through this review and there are no reservations with that order ID you have provided, we ask that you type "agent" in your original chat thread, one of our live agents can provide you with the contact information for our Corporate team, so they can look into your case and contact you directly. Thank you.

Posted 3 years ago

“Terrible company and customer support is worthless. Sold me a room for same day check-in. To me, this implies that a room is available. I arrive at hotel. No rooms available. I think, well these things happen and move on and request a refund thinking that @snaptravel will do the right thing. NO DICE. No refund. Now I'm on the 2nd appeal with the CC company. I cannot believe they haven't been shut down by now. Gotta be class action suits going on right now.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Hi Jon, We are truly sorry to hear about your inconvenience and we thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. For context, our hotel rooms are sourced from different partners including Expedia, Priceline, Booking, Hotels.com, etc... to get you the best rates, and what makes us special is our access to exclusive deals which are only available through direct messaging. This is just to explain that we definitely not trying to mislead anyone and we are truly sorry that it has caused you this inconvenience. It is just that, unfortunately, incidents might occur in the travel industry, that as a third-party we cannot control, but indeed, we have procedures in place to reduce that negative impact as much as possible. In your case it was noted that the hotel was overbooked and our support had escalated it to the Urgent Care Team. Nonetheless, you filed a chargeback at that same moment, not allowing Support the opportunity to resolve the issue. When that happens we no longer have access to your account and that was informed to you by our support team when you reached out to us again for an update, as from that moment, on, any resolution must continue through your financial institution. To speed up the process, we re-opened the case. Could you kindly respond to our email and share your email ID associated with Paypal so that we can refund the amount through Paypal. We are not able to refund it to you original mode of payment as a chargeback was filed. We reiterate our apologies for any inconvenience and we appreciate your patience.

Posted 3 years ago

“Not very helpful. Due to covid I had to cancel my reservation since I can’t leave town, I tried to postpone or cancel my reservation, after messaging and calling half the day I talked to someone that was going to “elevate” my request due to the reason of postponing/canceling, 10min I get a message saying it can not be done so now I’m out $330 for a 2 day reservation. Never again.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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Posted 3 years ago

“Way more expensive than other competitors, even the hotel said we had payed more than any other booking service. Wont use them again that is for sure.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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Posted 3 years ago