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In John 15, Jesus tells the group they do not believe BECAUSE they are not of His Sheep. This OP would turn the words of Jesus around to make the passage say the opposite. This OP would have the passage say they weren’t His sheep because they hadn’t yet believed. Like so many other failed...

The only thing “vile” is the irrational hatred of the doctrine that God is in control of the salvation of mankind. I’m done with you @Van. If anyone else wants to discuss the gospel of John, I’ll be happy to engage. Peace to you

Good grief….. We don’t agree @Van. I didn’t mention you or your comments in my post. Let’s agree to never mention each other or anything we post as we respond to the meaning of John 1. Peace to you

This is the first of a repeating theme in John that reveals the truth that coming into a right relationship with God is according to the will of God and not the will of the person. John picked up this theme in Chapter 3 where he explains to be “born again” or born from above, is an act of the...

On and on and on folks. So, in summery, @Van doesn’t like the passive verb “made holy”, so he dismisses scholars with decades of diligent devotion to understanding the biblical languages in favor of forcing the text to conform to his uneducated bias. The never ending attempt to slay the...

More ice at the North and South poles Peace to you

Lower global temperatures Peace to you

Less government spending Peace to you

Trump winning… again and again and again and again Peace to you

Parents refusing to allow the radical libs to indoctrinate their children Peace to you

Parents refusing to believe there 5 year old is “tr:ns” Peace to you

alternatives to abortion Peace to you

What about the scriptural teaching that Christians should follow the example of God in showing mercy toward the murderer, Paul? Cain committed murder, God showed mercy. Moses committed murder. God showed mercy. David committed murder. God showed mercy. Paul committed murder. God showed mercy...

The “government” has never implemented the death penalty as God has commanded throughout history…. That is without bias and on the basis of at least two witnesses. But that doesn’t change the teaching that God demonstrated mercy toward Paul for the purpose of giving Christians an example to...

Scripture very clearly states the government wields the power of the sword, therefore, the death penalty is biblical for the government to implement. However, Christians should not support the death penalty. The Apostle Paul identified himself as the worst of sinners because he had persecuted...

Yes she was. Paul was concerned everything was done in an orderly way. To that end, churches have discretion in carrying out their own ministries. However, we do have examples of how decisions were made in the early church, as well as the leadership model. We don’t want to stray too far from...

Then I would argue the obvious… the modern view of “deacon” is not the biblical view and therefore an invalid view. All the roles you described are biblical roles for elders. Peace to you

The 1 Timothy passage says “likewise the women” which is wrongly translated as wives of the deacons. Women can be, have been deacons throughout church history. Deacons are servants with no biblical authority over men, unlike the pastor/elders. The statement is fine as written. Peace to you

This will be one final “Day of the Lord”, when Christ returns, collects His elect and immediately follows the great throne judgment… Matthew 23-25 Peace to you