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No dispute on that. It's the idea of a man " praying to God", God "hearing" his prayer, God sending a dream, vision and message by an angel and all that BEFORE salvation that puzzles me.

Well, there's ahead scratcher..... Ok, my bad. 13 And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter; 14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved. This will take...

Brother, I use the King James and, according to it, they only said he was "warned from God". 21 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come? 22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a...

For you that are saved, you are "indwelled" with the Holy Ghost, correct? But does he "fall upon" or "fill" you all of the time? In my own case, unfortunately not. But when He DOES, it is virtually always when I meditate on or HEAR the WORD, as these folks did, and anyone who happens to be near...

The fact is, we DO choose; we DO have a "will" and we do choose either life or death. As for myself, I didn't want to fry in Hell for all eternity. Why do some choose life and others choose death? Who knows? Is it important for us to figure out? Or is it more important to just preach the Gospel...

Seriously? There are monsters who abuse little kids every day; are they doing the will of God? are they more powerful than God?

Sir, Satan CHOSE to rebel against God, and he chose to be the evil "angel of light" , deceiver, liar, murderer and "accuser of the brethren" that he is now. God s not the instigator of sin.

Every person, ever born, is a sinner. Every person is "dead in trespasses and sins". That means he is spiritually separated from God; In other words, he has no fellowship with God and no knowledge of the things of God because they are "spiritually discerned". Because of this his heart is...

I just saw an article in SBC Today. I will summarize: John Piper, a well known Calvinist, points out that Satan "blinds the minds" of the lost. This is true. But why would there be a need to "blind their minds" to the Gospel, if sinners are already so "dead" that they already have "total...

As to Cornelius, lots of people do "good works" but they are still lost. And the Ethiopian Eunuch was searching for truth because he was being "drawn" by the Holy Ghost. A person is not "regenerated" until he becomes a "new creature". Regeneration happens the moment one believes on the Lord...

Romans 11 is addressing Israel In John 15, the "branches" which are "burned" did not ABIDE in Christ; they never did. The ones who DID "abide" in Christ "bore fruit". John15: 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the...

I've tried to explain to you that "elect" means "chosen to service" or "chosen for a purpose" and the Cambridge Dictionary confirms it. I don't know what else I can do.

No sir, a person doesn't "serve" until he becomes one of the "elect". And he doesn't become one of the elect until he believes on the Lord Jesus Christ.

electverb [ T ] UK /iˈlekt/ US /iˈlekt/ decide on or choose, especially to choose a person for a particular job, byvoting: The President is elected for a four-year term of office. [ + as + noun ] We elected him as our representative. [ + noun ] She was elected Chair of the Board of...

No sir. The president serves because he is "elect" for that purpose. Same with Christians, Angels, and Christ.

Yes, good example. What is the "president" "elected" to? He's elected to an office. Elected to service. He has a SERVICE to perform. "Angels" are "elect". Even the Lord Jesus Christ is "elect". Does that mean God "chose" Jesus to salvation? No. Does it mean God chose Jesus to "be Jesus"? No. It...

Not only that, but the English word "ordained" basically meant "set", "ordered", "arranged" or "established" and was once also used to express how persons could order, set, arrange or establish THEMSELVES to something. For an example of "gentiles" of the time doing this , Egyptian pharaohs...

Interesting. This gives a different sequence. Luke 22 19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, 1 and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. 20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying,2 This cup is the new testament in my...

Now THAT I do not agree with. On the contrary: "repentance" IS the changed heart. The moment one obeys the conviction of the Holy Ghost by repenting (turning from sin and self to Jesus), that is when the heart changes. BECAUSE repentance and faith happen in the heart.

Now THAT I agree with.