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Your quote has nothing to do with God sovereignly bring about disobedience to His commandments. Quite the opposite, in fact. God was weary of Ahab disobeying His commandments. So the good prophet Micaiah declared that God permitted a lying spirit to influence wicked king Ahab’s ungodly...

If you ever became a pastor, and a mom and dad told you their daughter had just been raped and killed, would you reply, “It is for God’s purposes and His glory that your daughter was raped and killed.” — ???

If your philosophical, unbiblical statement was true, then there is no such thing as sin. But sin does exist and it is against God, not for Him. The works of the devil are not for God’s purposes and glory. If they were, Jesus would not have come to destroy them. Israel sacrificing their...

You have evaded my request. I asked for scripture that says God brings it about that His commands are disobeyed. You have not proven that God ever wants or wanted sin to happen. God did indeed create darkness and evil, which refers to Lucifer when he fell and became Satan. But God Himself is...

Thus certain things that were permitted to be happening were not for God’s purposes and His glory, but were the works of the devil, which Jesus came to destroy.

Thank you for sharing that, deacon Rob! Faith must be tested to prove itself and to increase in quality. Even when we hate what is happening, we will love the ultimate outcome, if we forcibly keep trusting in God.

Quote me scripture that God sovereignly brings about that His commandments be disobeyed for His purposes and His glory. A house divided against itself cannot stand. If God sovereignly brings about everything that happens, why did Jesus destroy the works of the devil?

And when God stops something from happening, that shows He was not pleased with it, although He patiently endured it. For example, when Israel was sacrificing their firstborn to pagan idols. This abomination was not pleasing to God. God never wills that His commandments be disobeyed. So, not...

What God allows is not necessarily what God wills. If something is happening, especially tragic disasters, God may not be pleased, and might bring an end to it. We should not assume that everything that occurs has God’s stamp of approval on it. While God is in control, often that control...

We may pray fervently for something, trusting and praising God with all our might — but we do not receive what we prayed for. If the thing we prayed for was extremely serious, and not getting what we prayed for leaves us devastated, disoriented, and depressed, our faith in God can be shaken...

Do you mean only a local church can baptize a person? Individuals outside the walls of a church have baptized. John the Baptist — and Phillip baptizing the Ethiopian eunuch. Acts 8 36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water...

Non-Calvinist scene: God says to unsaved person at judgment throne —“My Son died for your sins. But you rejected that sacrifice, and now you cannot enter heaven.” Calvinist scene: Unsaved person says to God at judgment throne — “I certainly wish Jesus had died for my sins! I never had a...

Correct me if I misinterpret you. It seems you confuse “belonging to the body of Christ” with “being an official member of a local church”. A born again believer is spiritually a part of the body of Christ by new birth. They can learn correct doctrine and engage in holy behavior without being a...

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A person can learn right doctrine and perform good works by attending a church, listening to the preaching and teaching — without officially joining it as a member. I hope your church does not baptize individuals and make them members, with no discernment, no questions, no explanations, no...

Interesting point. This section of scripture is difficult for me to apply to the question of a person being genuinely born again. If we say only the good soil is a truly saved person, then it would require a certain amount of time to see what fruit is being produced. This scripture refers to...

The word “church” in this verse is ekklesia, the called out, not necessarily an individual local church, which met in homes. I view “church” here as meaning the body of Christ. Does your church baptize anyone who wants to join your church, without asking them any questions, or explaining anything?

Yes, for these are very simple elements of genuine salvation. A person wanting to join a church as a member would not need advanced training in complex theology, just rudimentary, foundational concepts. True new birth must be established, to separate wheat from tares. QUOTE … how the person...

I do not disagree, but here is another viewpoint. Psalm 23:6 Literal Standard Version Surely goodness and kindness pursue me all the days of my life, And my dwelling [is] in the house of YHWH, For [the] length of [my] days! Sometimes “forever” can be translated “for a long time” or “for my...