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God's redemption plan is for each person transferred spiritually into Christ would THEN be conformed to Christ's image. So there is no dark side of predestination, as God is good! All three predestined actions by God upon the redeemed are predicated upon the person first being chosen for...

Psalm 79:9 NASB Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; And save us and forgive our sins for the sake of Your name. Here deliver us and provide a merciful covering for our sins... removes the confusing implication. Proverbs 16:6 ESV...

Folks, do you believe Romans Chapter 4? Do you believe God credits the faith of some of those who believe to some degree in the gospel of Christ? Or do you believe God does not actually credit the faith of some lost persons as righteousness. The fiction, not found anywhere is scripture is...

The Net Bible footnote on Revelation 22:19: The Textus Receptus, on which the KJV rests, reads “the book” of life (ἀπὸ βίβλου, apo biblou) instead of “the tree” of life. When the Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus translated the NT he had access to no Greek mss for the last six verses of...

I see some long posts, but not much addressing what we should apply to our lives from the Creation narrative.

We (Americans) certainly have not erased Enslavement from our history, nor its legacy of division and strife. Only a member of the "cancel culture" would seek to "erase" the racist depictions in our old movies, rather we need to recognize the legacy of Enslavement when we see it, not only in...

Thanks for an excellent contribution! Here is how I understand your verse: 1) "by one Spirit" the "by" translates the Greek preposition "en" which locationally means "in" or "within," but is also used to show instrumentality, the associated thing being used. The the Spirit of God is doing...

Yes, we pretty much understand Paul's appeal for unity within the body of Christ. Thanks for the feedback!

If God credits your faith as righteousness, your understanding, even if flawed becomes priceless. Try understanding Romans 4!

Would it "invalidate" the Bible to allow that the six days of creation were periods of time, not necessarily 24 hour days? Some of them occurred before the solar system was created which governs our 24 hour day durations. In Genesis 2:4, scripture uses "day" to refer to a period of time. I...

Ephesians 4:5 NASB one Lord, one faith, one baptism, The above is a snippet from a sentence that spans Ephesians 4:4 through 4:6. Here is the completed thought: There is one body and one Spirit, just as you also were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one...

1) Does scripture say a lost person cannot understand the gospel. No, as some receive it with joy. See the soils 2,3 and 4 of Matthew 13. A lost person cannot understand spiritual solid food (meat) which are "the things" in view in 1 Corinthians 2:14. 2) Note the reference to Genesis 6:5...

A church in a predominately white neighborhood will be mostly white and a church in a predominately black neighborhood will be mostly black. To claim their are no innate attributes that foster "de facto" segregation, is to see no underlying issues as to why you see old men walking small dogs...

If you believe in systemic racism, would you sit with your own people, or with those that knowingly or unknowingly look down on your? If we look at movies from the 1930's and 40's we usually see a brief supposedly comic relief bit with a superstitious black, who rolls his eyes, and is afraid of...

Yet another non sequitur! The passage has no mention of "receiving understanding supernaturally via "irresistible grace." That view is simply read into the passage by those who must rewrite scripture to conform with false doctrine. First they claim the lost cannot understand, based on...

Angels were created before God laid the foundation of the earth, Job 38:7, but the one who became Satan does not seem to have fallen until after the earth was created, because Jesus describes the fall like lightning out of heaven. However, that implication is not logically necessitated...

Another word might supplement human reaction to the unknown would be unfamiliar. We can know something about other people, but we would still tend be cautious until they become familiar. Thus we still have de facto segregation, people grouping with others of their own likeness, but de jure...

Good Grief, yet another thread making one false claim after another. 1) Does scripture say a lost person cannot understand the gospel. No, some receive it with joy. See soils 2,3 and 4 of Matthew 13. A lost person cannot understand spiritual solid food (meat) which are "the things" in view...

Might we be so bold as to consider "Reformed Baptist Onlyists" who advocate for the TULIP way or the highway? Would it be wrong for me, a virulent anti-Calvinist, to join a "Reformed Baptist" fellowship because of my spirit of disunity? My answer is a simple "YES."

Here this poster defies God's word, claiming faith is a work of righteousness, rather than a worthless human endeavor unless credited as righteousness by God, turning a sows ear into a silk purse. It is rather easy to understand the difference between faith and belief. If we accept something...