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Numerous commandments are written in the Bible, for which God requires and expects our obedience. But how does a person begin to walk in them, without exerting the flesh? Is it sufficient to read the commandments, and to ask God continually for power to obey them? What is your experience of...

I may have asked something like this before, but probably not the exact same question, or with the exact same details. The day program I go to for my mental health, they encourage patients to practice something called Mindfulness Meditation, which is a form of meditation in which you focus on...

Oh okay. I was mistaken. Now I understand that the original manuscripts were far more stylistic than conversational prose. I should probably stop depending on AIs for information.

I asked the AI ChatGPT 3 whether the manuscripts of scripture in the original languages sounded anything like the KJV, with all its linguistic beauty, and it told me that, in the original languages, the Bible is mostly conversational prose. If, then, the scriptures in their original tongues are...

You did not demonstrate that your view is correct by telling me to try again, but neglected to respond to the argument I presented, which seems to be common among the Calvinists here, and only shows that they do not have an argument. Saying, "Nope. Try again." is not an effective rebuttal to an...

In Genesis 6:3, the Bible reports God as saying, "My spirit shall not always strive with man..." (KJV). Now, if Calvinism is true, why does God need to strive with anyone? Could he not simply irresistibly move them? This appears to be one of those instances, according to Calvinism, in which God...

How can God hold anyone accountable for sins that He Himself made them do, if He in fact did so? In the case of God hardening someone's heart, it is not an indirect execution of sin on His part, as though through allowance like that which is needed to fulfil prophecy, because He directly changed...

Apparently, went Pharoh was born, something went awry from God's creation, that is, with the God' of Calvinisms creation, because Pharoh needed to have his heart hardened lest he should obey God. If people have no ability whatsoever to respond to God, apart from the irresistible, regenerating...

Having attempted several times to read and to comprehend Hebrews, I have found wanting my powers of comprehension, which, though having improved somewhat over time, still does not enable me to grasp Hebrews 1:1 without paraphrasing, being hard for me to grasp possibly because it contains five...

I had accepted the view that a person is saved simply by believing in Jesus for eternal life, but now I am concerned that that is not enough information for belief to justification. I think faith in the right Jesus, who is God who was made flesh and born into the world, who lived, died for our...

There are many who adhere to the doctrine of Lordship Salvation, whether they believe in total submission to Christ for eternal life, or fruit of regeneration in all who believe; adding to the gospel, as the root or the fruit, the necessity of works. But this contradicts the scriptures so easily...

Though looking forward to living in the Kingdom of Christ, I hope that technology will exist there, as I would not like to cease computer programming upon entering eternity. Also, I've found it difficult to maintain interest in programming stuff over the past several years, and hope that in...

The Book of Galatians says we are justified by faith and not by works. No one going heavenward will face Christ at the Great White Throne judgement. It is the lost that will be judged by their works. What does any of that have to do with faith vs. the works of the law? Neither the word...

While the Bible does call faith a work, it still distinguishes faith from the works of the law, and declares that we are saved by faith, and not by the the works of the law. See Galations 2.

I used to do certain activities for long periods of time, like reading and computer programming. Nowadays, I can barely read for a short period of time, that is to say, when I try to read the Bible, or when I try to read a computer programming book, I get tired very easily, or easily lose...

Oh okay. Thank you.

The Bible, as many other works of literature -- literature, I say, though the Bible is God's Word -- is colored by voice, and not just one voice, but 66 different voices, one for each book contained in it. This is especially evident in the KJV, the most polished and literary version of all. My...

When I was listening to I Kings the other day, I heard from the dramatized audio Bible that King Solomon had Adinijah put to death for asking that King Solomon give him someone for a wife. But I did not understand why this was wrong in the eyes of King Solomon or in the eyes of God. I understand...

There are many who fail to understand the reason for eternal hellfire for the unredeemed, because sinners can only commit so many sins in their temporal life. Can this adequately be explained?

The KJV is the best translation of the Bible, with respect to literary value. But it is based on the Received Text, and if the most accurate text is the Majority Text, and not the Received Text, then should we not have a literary equivalent in English for it? How is it that the most elegant...