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@Dave Gilbert A better verse might be one of these: Numbers 23:19,Titus 1:2,Hebrews 6:18. Some translations interpret the sentiment as "God cannot lie.", but some say "God doesn't lie", so it still isn't clear if it's possible for God to lie. Regarding other "sins", most are nonsensical when...

The verse you give says He cannot be tempted with evil, but not that He cannot do evil. I agree that sin (a better word than "evil", see Is 45:7) is not a part of God's character. But why is that? Is it because God has chosen what He will do, or because there's a standard greater than God? I...

Agreed! But not all things are expedient. For instance, God could lie, as you’ve stated, because all things are possible. But it isn’t expedient for Him to lie. Thus He doesn’t. In the same way, God could make a man do whatever He wanted, and think whatever He wanted, this God could have...

Do you think sovereignty requires omniscience? Seems like the characteristics that describe omniscience are a subset of those of sovereignty. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

@Salty: You missed the sardony.

Unless you’re including infected campers, and you hold the camp in a nursing home. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Excellent! Thank you!

Can you provide a source for your 650 number? I need to reference it elsewhere.

I got the same sequence of posts. I’m pretty sure he’s copying them from a website he referred me to.

You should know. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It may be above your (and my) paygrade to do it, but not to acknowledge the one doing it! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I heard someone say recently that Jesus , though a prophet, never said, “Thus sayeth the Lord.” But He still taught with authority, showing His Lordship. But God doesn’t always get people to do what He tells them. For instance, He told Adam and Eve not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of...

If there’s so much we don’t know about, Peter, maybe he lied on purpose about David, since you already said Peter was wrong about him. But you throw a shadow on the whole New Testament. How much is trustworthy, and how much needs to be ignored?

Those are good verses! And I don’t want to minimize them, but it’s worth considering versed that talk about things that happen that God isn’t pleased with, but they still happen. Judges 17:6 (KJV) In those days [there was] no king in Israel, [but] every man did [that which was] right in his...

So what does it mean to exercise supreme power and authority? “Supreme” means “highest in rank or authority”, so it is a comparative word. Better than anyone else in power/authority. So a comparison with an earthly king is a decent comparison, don’t you think? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You mean a new convert must have perfect faith before being baptized? I guess nobody but you will ever be baptized.

But that’s merely sovereignty over himself. A real sovereign exercises authority over others in his realm—his subjects do what he pleases. But not by constraining their will, only by rewards and threats.

And it seems pretty clear that to "leave a soul in Sheol" corresponds directly with "seeing corruption". Which tells us that the fight against corruption of the body, which Jesus won, will be waged in a resurrection of our bodies, which is directly tied to "leaving Sheol". I think that means...

That means nothing.

Maybe you should be more aware of the Godhead. Jesus is telling the churches to repent, or go back to doing what you were doing at the first. That’s another way of saying “reform”. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk