Recent content by David Lamb

You still fail to show that the son in Isaiah 7 was rebellious. Jesus doesn't say in Luke 15:22-32 that He is referring to Himself and His supposed younger brother in the parable.

Where does Isaiah 7:14-16 mention that the son was a rebel? Here are the verses: (Isa 7:14) Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. (Isa 7:15) Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse...

Yes, the word of God does indeed matter. So where does the word of God say anything about the Holy Spirit being the younger brother of Jesus? The bible often refers to Jesus Christ as the only-begotten Son of God. The Son was there in the beginning, as John 1 says. So was the Holy Spirit.

I wonder what basis you have for suggesting that a Genesis day had an extra hour, and so was (in your opinion) 25 hours long?

From the UK viewpoint, there used to be a denomination known as "The Peculiar People." They now call themselves "Union of Evangelical Churches."

Thanks so much!

I'm glad if I haven't hurt his feelings but I have no idea what a WV hillbilly is....:):)

That's what I imagined must be the case. Incidentally, I hope you didn't think I was being critical.

Is there a typo in your post, or have I misunderstood it? Your first sentence states: "We are not saved by keeping the law." Your third sentence begins: "We are saved by keeping the law....." :confused: In view of your user name, I can't really believe that you think that anybody is saved by...

I agree. I seem to remember reading that a woman once asked Spurgeon why he didn't preach only to the elect. He replied along these lines (I don't remember the exact words): "Madam, if you go around all the people and lift their coat-tails, and there is a letter "E" marking out the elect...

I agree that caution is needed. However, that doesn't detract from the fact that somebody who has genuinely been saved will show that, albeit far from perfectly, in a changed life.

Sorry, I certainly wasn't being deceptive. Acts 4-5 certainly describes Ananias and his wife lying and saying that they gave the whole of the proceeds from selling land, when in fact they had kept back part for themselves. Peter says that the sin was in the lying: (Act 5:3) But Peter said...

I have noticed that several people have said they would immediately leave the church. It occurs to me that it is strange that the pastor could introduce such a radical notion from the pulpit without first bringing it before his fellow elders, and then before the membership at a church meeting...

Perhaps not the determiner, but the evidence that the one professing to be saved truly is saved. Paul wrote to the Christians at Ephesus that they were saved for good works. In a passage about how they had been saved, he wrote: (Eph 2:10) For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus...

Here in the UK, the state requires strict background checks to be made for anybody intending to become involved with children or teens, not only church work with children and teens.