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Amen Nancy !! I agree with everything you say. If God simply chose people some to eternal life some to damnation - then scriptures saying "God is not willing...
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Cindy, You stated that Jesus "had no sin nature". First of all who is Jesus? He is God. As God He has no beginning and no ending. He is the alpha and omega....
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Assuming our fallen flesh did not make Christ a sinner for He was born as we are born again. At His conception Christ was made "spiritually alive" so our...
It's a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance that Paul tells us that if "One died for all, therefore all died." 2Corinthians 5:14 Now, How did we die...
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John 5:28-29 28 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out—those who have done what...
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Marc, continue to pray for him! The passage simply says that God chose before time that those in Him (believers) would be Holy and adopted - not that He...
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I have a really good friend of mine who is believing in a false doctrine called the Urantia book. Because I have discernment I can perceive right away that...
It says he has chosen us IN HIM before the foundation of the world. God made the way of salvation through faith before the foundation of the world. And when...
I realize that I was not doing the truth when I came to Jesus that's why I'm having a problem with this question is it a fact that I realized that I wanted t...
John 3:21
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God saved you because of faith. :) However, what this verse is talking about is about the heart conditions of unbelievers. Are they seeking truth, or do they...
I realize that I was not doing the truth when I came to Jesus. That's why I'm having a problem with this question. Is it a fact that I realized that I wanted...
John 3:21
The reason Paul left Trophimus at Miletus is because Paul wanted to be in Jerusalem before Pentecost. (Acts 20:15,16) But later Trophimus joined Paul at...
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Bobby - JD is just presenting one interpretation among several. The main three views can be summed up: 1.) The verse means God chose some to be saved before...
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I just have a couple of observations: A. In your last paragraph, you rightly state that Scripture says, "Those whom He foreknew....", and you build an...
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The question is when does a believer receive eternal life? Does he receive it after he has called on His name to be saved (Romans 10:13) or will he only...
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Eternal life being future doesn't mean it cannot also be in the present as well. Jesus says we receive (future aorist) eternal life in the "age to come." And...
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No. The Holy Spirit does not reside in a sinner. He resides in a saint. Let me explain. When we truly trust Jesus with our life, our sin nature or old man,...
Our understanding of colors in the bible isn't really fully complete as we would want, but it should be growing in the future as other scriptures also become...
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Jay, a wonderful answer! So, I give you a Vote-Up, a Favorite star and a Kudos! --ANDY--
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James, I am long overdue in giving you Kudos and complement for you excellent answer. --ANDY--
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Not only did we die "in Christ", but "in Him" we are sitting in "the heavenly places". Supporting texts: "God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him...
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Romans 4:6-8 says, He has imputed His righteousness to us and will no more impute sin to our account. If we go off and live in sin He will chasten us as...
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Amen! Prayer is key! Although the subject of birth control is very contentious within the believers community, we can all agree life is from our Creator God,...
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Hi Danny, thanks for the kind words. Yes, I think our egos get in the way when we start assigning more value to some members of the Church than others. As...
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Jim, You make many truthful points, but none that compare to your rebuttal of Paul Bayne's assertion that homosexuality will be judged. It has been judged as...
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Jennifer, you are correct, the Bible translators never used the term “grape juice” and the NT uses only one Greek word for both fermented and unfermented...
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The seal of the Holy Spirit shows many things (#1 - Ownership #2 - A guarantee of security by the owner against outside tampering #3 - A guarantee of the...
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Ephesians 1:13 We receive the gift of eternal life and the Holy Spirit when we believe the gospel of our salvation. Second Timothy 2:12 If we deny Him before...
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John 5:24 says he who believes (ongoing, continuous present tense) holds eternal life (ongoing, continuous present tense.) [KJV lexicon: πιστευων verb -...
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John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on Him that sent me, HATH ETERNAL LIFE, and will not come into judgement,...
Gal 6:1 flows from the points Paul was making in Gal 5. (Chapters/verse breaks are man-introduced and so often break up the flow of thought.) Paul is trying...
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Medical science is truly a gift from God... https://www.rt.com/usa/204587-jensen-whitehead-hiv-leukemia-remission/
In my view there is a more profound lesson to be learned in this parable than the usual story about what kind of seed we are – about the Sower Himself. If...
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James, believing is indeed the only way of salvation by grace, and salvation is a free gift. Our continuing to believe, however, wouldn't mean that we...
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We did nothing for salvation from the beginning. All we did was believe on Jesus as the only way of salvation by grace. We accepted the free GIFT. We can not...
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Aurel, New wine was wine in the process of fermenting. (A process which they had no ability to stop.) Indeed it was the very energy of the fermenting process...
Gal 6:1 "Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you a...
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Faith is not among the spiritual things that Paul was speaking of in I Cor 2, as he was speaking of the spiritual things that believers can discern by aid of...
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Faith is not a work that earns us salvation, rather it is the condition which God in His grace requires to apply the blood of Christ on our behalf. I am not...
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James, you seem to be reading II Tim 2:13 as implying that someone who stops believing can still be saved, which is not what the verse states or implied. God...
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Second Timothy 2:13 If we believe not, He abideth faithful, He can not deny Himself. His Holy Spirit that lives in the believer. Second Timothy 2:19 Hebrews...
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Robert, The hypostatic union of Jesus is a mystery you'll just have to ask Him when you see Him. Much like the Trinity, our human minds can't possibly...
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Very well said Jennifer!!
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A very helpful comment Mr Lyons. I don't know what Orville's comment added or detracted from yours because I don't know what this person is trying to say....
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Second Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless, the foundation of God is sure, having this seal, (the Holy Spirit) the Lord knoweth them that are His, and let every one...
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