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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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What are principalities and powers?
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Is there any significance to colors in the Bible?
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Why is loving others often so difficult?
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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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We have discussed this before in a few places, but note that Jn 3:16 says that those who are believing (ongoing) hold salvation (ongoing.) Faith in Christ is...
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Romans 6:6 "our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with" Rom 7:4 "you also died to the law through the body of...
Other supportive passages: Rom 6:6/7:4
2 Corinthians 5:14
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Was Jesus a prophet?
The Amalekites were not Canaanites. They were descendants of Esau through his son Eliphaz and his concubine Timna (Gen 36:12) and lived to the south of the...
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Scott, I'm not an expert in intoxicating wines or the degrees of sweetness, but I'll take your word for it. My point was that in the Bible when the term "new...
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What exactly does "fall away" mean in Heb 6:6?
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If that were true then Peter's declaration in the next verses would make no sense. No, this does not refer to grape juice. Plenty of intoxicating wines are...
When you have a financial crisis pray about it. God promised to supply all your needs. He answers prayers that have child-like faith. Another key to the...
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Some here sound as if there is no sex in heaven the desire to be there is minimized. Is sex important enough to people to ponder whether we will still...
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Is Scientology Christian or a cult?
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Why did God command the extermination of the Canaanites, women and children included?
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JD, when we read that we were created in “His own image.” I believe the Bible is saying that we were created with some physical similarities, not that we...
Each person is accountable for their own sin unless your sins are forgiven through the blood atonement paid for by Jesus Christ through receiving salvation....
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