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Bright, think about what is being said here. For God to be the author of sin, He would need to be the cause of it, just as He is the Author of good. We see the two contrasted here, with there respected causes. God is not just the Author of good, He is the Author of life (Acts 3:15). If He caused...

Thankyou and likewise. I believe that the distinction is made with the term bare permission, which I disagree with. God had a purpose for sin. I believe it was inevitable, but He didn't cause it. He had to allow it, though, to allow for us, for reasons given in the OP. Exactly. Again, spot...

God is not the author of sin, but He is sovereign over it. Man was created judicially good, but not inherently good. Sin was inevitable. God allowed it, decreed it from the foundations of the world, and used it for the purpose of His glorification. Man was created to rely on God for what is...

Bright, the hidden part, the part speaking of those who cannot hear, is in the context, which is deliberately avoided by you.

Only the sheep hear, those who were true OT believers that the Father gave to the Son. Bright, what do you do with true OT believers when God incarnate enters the scene? Are they still saved from OT revelation? Did they lose their salvation only to be given another chance at believing the...

Quite frankly, it's probably impossible to completely understand it. But if we hold true to the boundaries of Scripture, I believe we can have a Biblical understanding of God's sovereignty that, while it does not answer every question, it does lay boundaries to our understanding of it. I believe...

Jaws. I couldn't swim in a pool. I'd close my eyes and think that when I opened them up again I'd be in the middle of the ocean. Kind of like the Twilight zone. Exorcist. Very unbiblical, but as a kid who snuck into movie theaters by the back door to see movies, that one kept me up at nights...

The link from the second post gets into all that also. It's pretty good.

This is from the link from the OP. Then it goes on to describe what Hades/Sheol does mean. One thing that I like about the NKJV Bible is that it fixed all those mistranslations. It correctly translates 'Sheol' and 'Hades', where the original KJV used 'Hell'. When we turn to the lexicographical...

"While Paradise is not now a part of Sheol/Hades it will be mentioned here because it was located in Sheol/Hades at one time. Before the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ everybody who died went to Sheol/Hades, which was at that time divided into at least two compartments. One was...

Continued ... Macarthur.. -------------- John 10:26-27. Likewise. The Sheep are those true OT believers given to Jesus by the Father. They will here the Gospel and will be justified and born again "in Christ" when they are made one with Him in that spiritual baptism called the baptism with...

Acts 13. These were OT God fearing Gentiles likely in the synagogue to worship right along side of the Jews (vs 13:42, 8:27-38). Paul went to those same synagogues to preach to the Gentiles along with the Jews. These were true OT believers, which were given to Jesus by the Father. Thus, they...

We enter into that grace by faith (Romans 5:1-2), thus "through" faith Ephesians 2:. The life begins when we receive the Spirit of God. Made alive together with Christ happens when we receive the Holy Spirit. With the Spirit, we are His, without the Spirit, we are not (Romans 8:9-11). The Spirit...

1 John 1:12-13 says that those who believed were given the right to become sons of God, born again.

Stupidity, the word that Bonhoeffer used. I would describe it as creating ideal conditions for willful ignorance (stupidity) to thrive in. But it's more than that. Basically, he's describing how the sinful nature of man, coupled with our desire for the path of least resistance, which could be...

"In speaking of Christ’s coming, John 1:14 says, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” A more literal interpretation of this phrase would be that Christ “pitched his tent” or “tabernacled” among us. In other words, Jesus, himself, is a temple, the very presence of God not only...

No takers, huh? I throw in this video for those who don't like to read. I don't know much about the author, but he did a good job with this.

That's a whole different topic, Bright. What we are discussing here is whether or not John 1:12-13 says that a person must be born again to believe. I understand that you only see two options, born again, or the flesh, but that's not what the Bible teaches. It's what you're system requires the...

Galatians 5:22 Faithfulness is not the same as faith. As a result of faith, we begin in the Spirit (Galatians 3:2-3).

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