Recent content by Believeth

I know we're out of season, but here's one I keep coming back to. For those of you who may be familiar with talk radio in the Los Angeles area, this song originally aired on KFI AM 640, which hosted the Rush Limbaugh show back in the early 1990s. It was produced by Paul Charfauros of the Bill...

I don't necessarily adhere to the label of Calvinist because I believe many of the same conclusions Calvin comes to can be deduced from Scripture, but if you want to call me that, I don't mind. Back to the point, man is responsible for their damnation. Rather than allowing all of humanity to...

I would say that he was saved by the ark.

His foreknowledge is based on what He has decreed to take place in time, and that includes those whom He has predestined to salvation. That's a completely different topic that you're running off to. Chapter 3 is focused on the universal sinfulness of humanity. Chapter 9 is focused on God's...

God gave human beings the ability to experience pleasure out of love, didn't He? Man is held responsible for abusing that privilege. That doesn't negate the fact that those acts of sin were still committed as the demonstration of a sinner's rebellion against God. If you picked an apple from a...

I don't claim, nor does the Bible demand, that God's love always has to be a redemptive love. Wouldn't you agree that it's an act of love, at least on some level, to allow the lost to have all the fun that they want before they ultimately perish?

In context, Romans 9 is a continuation of Romans 8, and the nature of God's foreknowledge is defined by those whom He has predestined to salvation. Romans 8:28-30 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. For...

They are judged before they make real time choices. Romans 9:11 For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth. Since God intended to glorify Himself by redeeming a...

Though this question wasn't addressed to me, I thought I'd share my analysis. Just as God knew the identity of the saved prior to creation, He also knew the identity of the lost. In that sense, the lost have been eternally judged and will all but certainly be cast into hell at the end of time.

He fulfilled my need to forgive others. I think about how He sacrificed more than I ever can. I was attracted to light prevailing over darkness. I try to imitate His humbleness. I present His role as Savior.

I am reminded of the "He Gets Us" advertising campaign that has been going on for the last several years. For me personally, I believe it would be a disservice to pick and choose which attributes to elevate over the others. We are to worship in spirit and truth, and that means upholding the...

A slave is spiritually discerned until they are set free. We preach the Gospel to all in hopes that those who have been set free will hear and embrace it. The unsaved person can only respond by further suppressing the knowledge of the truth unless they are given ears to hear at the...

What you're saying is that the slave must decide that they don't want to be a slave anymore; only then will the master comply with their wishes. That doesn't look like Grace to me.

That’s probably where I heard it from.