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1) Denial but only another deflection as if 1 Corinthians 2:14, said fallen people cannot understand spiritual milk. It does NOT. It says "the things" but does NOT say "which things" spiritual solid food, spiritual milk, or both! But the context, 1 Corinthians 3:1-3 says fallen people can...

Just a little aside note... Philemon and Onesimus were under the New Covenant, not the Old Covenant. We should not interpret the New Covenant through the lens of the Old Covenant. So the question we must ask is: Under the New Covenant Law of Liberty, how are we to treat slaves? We are to...

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to keep many people alive. Genesis 50:20 NASB Here we have a very important verse in understanding the interplay between human autonomous thought, and divine providence. The...

This may be totally off topic because I did not read the entire link, just the first few paragraphs. Who am I? A human being who believes I am a child of God. I do not believe my heart is deceitful or desperately wicked. I believe I am a new creation, created for good works. I have...

1) A defection, we did not change our nature, in John 3:3, God did. So you did not address the content of our pre-salvation nature. 2) Another defection, Romans 3:11 does NOT says no lost person EVER seeks God, your doctrine reads that into the text. 3) Assuming your reference to verse 25...

If all you are going to do is say the issue has been addressed, a dodge not an answer, and then post scripture without providing an interpretation in support of you view, all you are doing is obfuscation. Here is the actual sequence, (1) as many as received Him - they put their faith in His...

Yes, God can predestine some things and not predestine all things. 1) There is no need to accept the premise we can not understand God predestines what He declares will happen, without the need to claim God had declared everything that happens. 2) Yes, if God causes everything, then God is...

What if a left leaning NCO embellished a briefing statement to attack the effort to de-fang Iran? We do not know if this is a single source story, or reflects the testimony of everyone in the briefing. This thread smells like an effort to undercut the moral of the troops with a disinformation...

The Lord knows whose handwriting the original manuscript was written in, but we know the author is the Spirit of Christ.

Christ is not only our Savior, but is our Lord. So I would say our Love for Christ as our Lord, meaning we want to become like Christ, and to serve Him as His ambassadors.

Yes it does!!!!!!!!!!! It says we must believe in order to be born anew!! You did not address as many as received Him!!!!!!!!!!! Well it is interesting that you do not believe anyone actually is seeking God, given the many verses that teach the opposite!!! You turn "as many as received...

We disagree, The Law leads the lost to Christ. People who witness for Christ using scripture, including the Law, lead people to Christ. This is their awakening, they become aware they are sinners and cannot do anything to save themselves. Yes, God is the ultimate cause of everything. But...

My view is based on what I was taught, I have not independently studied it. I think the first resurrection occurs when Christ raptures the church, and the second at the end of the 1000 year reign. Yes, again, I am under the impression that people will be physically born in an unsaved state and...

Over the years I have pontificated upon my understanding of many biblical doctrines. Here is my testimony of conversion, first posted when I joined this forum in 2011: Conversion, salvation, and rebirth are terms used to describe both turning from a self directed life to one where you...

1) We do not need to change our nature as fallen, dead in sin, individuals. No verse says we do! Many lost people do seek the narrow door, demonstrating the fallen nature can understand and seek spiritual things. Luke 13:24. 2) God makes us alive, when we were dead in trespasses when we...

When and if a person is born anew, they then become children of God, and therefore "sons of the resurrection." And that vague phrase, "sons of the resurrection," refers to those who will partake in the first resurrection, the resurrection of life. Naturally those heading for the second...

From the Executive Branch point of view, the congress declares the "existence" of states of war, or the commencements of war. Thus the President may engage in a "state of war" whether declared or not. :)

The dark side spokespersons have been claiming the military attacks upon Iran are "unconstitutional" because congress has NOT declared war. Never mind that Presidents have used military power without a declaration of war many times. That does not make their actions constitutional, as multiple...

Nice article, and informative! Here is the one statement I take issue with: At the same time, we must pray with humility, recognizing that war does not automatically bend the arc of history toward freedom. Real change — the kind that secures real religious liberty — comes when the hearts of...

Here is another line of evidence supporting the interpretation presented in the OP. Was Noah chosen for salvation through faith? Yes! By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the...