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We should seek consensus and unity. Proverbs 27:17. To claim God cannot destroy what He created seems odd.

In Matthew 4:1, scripture says Jesus was "led higher" under the influence of the "Spirit" into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. My wonderful NASB version puts a capital on "Spirit" indicating the spirit was divine, the Father or Son or Holy Spirit. The event took place...

I think we agree, a "spiritually dead" human spirit still animates our human bodies, giving it life. So "spiritually dead" or "dead in our sins" does not mean unable to perform as the "spirit/soul" of our human body. The fiction that being spiritually dead means spiritually inert has absolutely...

I am pretty sure the premise of this thread, dying spiritually, is a fallacy. Yes, God forms our human spirit within us, within our physical body. But this would need to occur just at conception, as without the spirit, the body dies. So the fact that each human has a human spirit seems pretty...

One of the most common ways false teachers present bogus views is to claim something in the Greek grammar requires that their view be accepted as valid. But, their premise is bogus. Those in Matthew 7 said in the active voice, Lord Lord. Next, the claim that the many of Luke 13:24 were...

Here are some highlights: [indent] 1) [SIZE=5]"Forthtelling is a form of prophetic expression that involves declaring God's word or proclaiming truth"

Absolutely, a divorce where the candidate was not the faithful spouse, after claiming they became a born anew Christian, would be a disqualification in my view. I have certainly come up short in my responsibilities to my wife of 50+ years, but to my way of thinking my love and devotion to her...

LOL, are you really making such an unstudied illiterate claim? The idea is that when we evaluate ourselves, if we find that we engage in evangelism, confessing Christ (professing Christ), we have assurance we are "in Christ and Christ is in us." But remember Matthew 7, those that said "Lord...

He does not! I will remember no more forever. The false doctrine is based on a poor translation. When the text just says all, some translations render it all things. This points away from what was contextually in view, and to what is no where found contextually, thus is a translation out of...

Romans 10:10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. According to Calvinism, a person is justified and saved before they believe and confess with their mouth. They only need to evidence that with faith at some point and time. Another...

The solution to the paradox is not that knowing explicitly what is going to happen does not somehow predestine that event, because it would, but rather to accept that Omniscience does not mean knowing everything imaginable, but rather refers to the ability to know whatever God chooses to know...

I think improving our understanding of the "name" of God is important. Consider this: Our traditional doctrine of the Trinity is this: One God in three Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. What if an oddball translation put this in their "Doctrine" appendix: Trinity Definition, One God...

One common behavior is the acceptance of what others, especially published other, say, rather than check scripture for themselves. I am sure you are aware of the common mistake in understanding scripture is to read back into the original, the meaning of the word used in translation. Bible...

Yes, the behavior of a person before they professed salvation does not necessarily disqualify. OTOH, dangerous behavior could be grounds for disqualification from leadership, even if it happened before the person professed salvation. I think the specific circumstances and the leading of a...

You can deny the obvious till the cows come home, post #14 lays out the biblical usage for anyone to study.

1 Timothy 3:2 NASB An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, skillful in teaching, The OP wondered if this verse was a command to have one wife? My answer is NO! The idea is that the person...

Yes, post #14 provides the biblically based contextual meaning of foreknowledge. And it is very different than the view based on the meaning of the English word, found in poorly chosen versions. The English word meaning is an awareness of something before it happens or exists, i.e. knowledge...

Yet another nonsense claim, as foreknowledge refers to knowledge acquired or formulated in the past being utilized in the present, such as implementing a predetermined plan.

Disparaging claim, devoid of truth.

Romans 8:29 NASB For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters; Romans 8:29 (Interpretive Translation) For those whom He planned for ahead of time, His...