Why we support all leaders is not only by acceptance of their policies but knowing every ruler has been sovereignly chosen by God to fulfill His divine plan....
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Mr Houdmann's answer is the best I've seen here. It debunks the notion that Jesus was sending a sign to His followers that He would return. Besides that,...
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Of course God is the initiator of salvation, as well as the one who accomplishes and gives salvation....
My very simple answer is this: GOD is outside our human ability to comprehend in the context of being *outside our concept/mental understanding of the word...
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Ursula has it totally correct!!! GOD is outside of time. God both knew and knows whom will respond to His calling and put their faith in Christ. We are not...
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Gary, thank you your comments helped me. Thank you Auriel for your comments too. In your response Auriel to Gary, you quoted the Old Testament. In the new...
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In context, when the author speaks of ‘under the sun’ he is speaking of the physical realm. The reason the dead know nothing (of what is occurring within the...
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Thank you for your comment brother Ezekiel. While I wouldn’t say one small quotation is extensive, consider Tozer’s comment a collation of scriptural...
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The Bible does not condone homosexual behavior, period. Neither does it condone, heterosexual sin (living together, sex out of wedlock, etc). God does not...
I support Trump, not because I like him, for I think he has lowered the office of the Presidency, is a oaf, womanizer, is crude and rude, and vulgar. I...
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Thank you dear brother James Kraft for your blessed replies.
I'm sorry to say, no one knows what Jesus looked like. So, as far as I am concerned, it is an idol and should not exist. Jesus didn't want people to make a...
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Chuck Davis, and others: You said you will "stick with the 50 - 55 scholars" who translated the KJV from the Greek. Don't you know that the Greek used was...
Lighting a candle is a nice gesture, and if it helps focus you in prayer, that is good. However, neither the candle nor praying at midnight are things that...
Is God sovereign or do we have a free will? The question asked presumes that if we have free will then God is not sovereign. I would have asked, "Is God...
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Shirley H, what is your exact view on being spiritually dead? Do you think it means unable to respond to the gospel in faith, or under the condemnation of...
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Ezekiel, by considering the whole of the Bible, it is evident that Adam's sin caused all humanity to be born dead. That is spiritually dead. "What does...
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John 6:40 "“And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who "sees the Son and believes in Him" may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up...
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So who exactly has this so called free will! To be "free" means: Able to act as one wishes; not under the control of another. Un-redeemed mankind is under...
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I will start by addressing your last question first. According with the Bible the dead are DEAD! They can't remember, can't thank anyone, can't praise God,...
One would think that, if anyone should have been unshakably certain of Jesus' identity as the Messiah, it would have been John the Baptist -- especially...
Jesus and John the Baptist 11 After Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in the towns of Galilee...
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Thanks for the article. While you have extensively quoted A W Tozer, could you provide some scripture in support of your view?
Perhaps this use of candles has its roots in the story of Noah making a burnt offering (that is, animal sacrifices) of thanksgiving to God after having been...
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This interesting youtube video takes a clip from C.S. Lewis on this topic and puts some chalk visuals to eat so it is easy to follow along:...
‘God sovereignly decreed that man should be free to exercise moral choice, and man from the beginning has fulfilled that decree by making his choice between...
THE RIGHTEOUS DEAD ARE RAISED AT THE SECOND COMING WHICH IS FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY WITH THE END OF THE WORLD The “Second Coming of Christ” has been a...
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If we do not have a free will, why would Gods word make this statement. John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life, and he that believeth...
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First John 2:2 And He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world. First Timothy 2:4 Who would have all men...
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But circling back to the main point rather than ringing through other Calvinist theories like Total Inability, I was linked to this the other day:...
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None of those references you cite support the 'literal interpretation' you are claiming from them. I Cor 2:14 us about unbelievers not being able to...
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Shirley, thanks for your comment. I agree with you. I have taken time to examine the passage of Ephesians 2:1-10 and found some additional figures of speech...
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While Paul speaks of the outer man (tent) perishing he does not say that the inner man (soul / spirit) is also perishing (2 Corinthians 4:16). 1 Corinthians...
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I think that phrase in Ephesians means that, until we accept Christ, we are lost (separated) from God because of out sin. We need Christ, to wash us clean,...
From:Stanford Ross I believe the water Jesus is talking about in John 3:5 is repentance. In those days when Jews repented, they either took a container of...
As Christians we believe that the Old Testament is constantly foreshadowing Jesus. Joseph blessed his 12 sons and prophesied over each. Over his son GAD he...
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Awesome answer! I do believe this is a worldwide deception. Despite his rough exterior, anyone saving babies and supporting Israel is doing the work of the...
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I agree God is the one to adopt, that it is impossible to save oneself, and that our new birth is by the power and will of God and not our own. I just...
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God is the One who chooses who He will adopt into His family and not the other way around. It is impossible for man to save himself as Jesus said in Matt...
Knowledge in itself bears the ability to transform our way of thinking and perceptual experience even though we might not have seen the manifestation of its...
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You also asked if Paul is sleeping for 2000 years - I would say yes, he is. In Acts 2:29-34 we read that "the patriarch David that he both died and was...
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