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Sadly, we all suffer from what is called "confirmation bias" where we "see" what we are looking for, rather than what is actually before us. When we study the bible, one of the tools is to ask God to help us evaluate objectively, and to see what does not fit with our previous understanding...

Christ's physical resurrection on the third day, was no needed to make those God transfers into Christ spiritually, perfect. The mechanism for being made perfect thus allowing entry into Heaven was accomplished by His sacrificial suffering and death on the cross. He resurrection and public...

Psalm 139:8 is addressing God's presence throughout all creation. It has no application to the issues of this thread. The Divine Person's of the Trinity are often said to be in specific locations, such as in Matthew 6:9. The abode of God, the third heaven, Paradise is the specific location...

1) I can say I had not realized, over and over. It is still true. 2) I repost updated posts in an effort to return to topic, rather than allow the avalanche of off topic posts to bury the truth. 3) I believe the OT saints were taken to Abraham's bosom, not Heaven, when they physically...

Good Grief - the Insanity defense of Calvinism continues. "Faith is given to access Grace" No mention that the "giving of faith" is via "Irresistible Grace." These people are not willing to accept truth, and seemingly will post gibberish to hide it.

More absurdity, more nullification of verse after verse. Faith provides access to God's gracious salvation. Not the other way around. Next he pulls the old switcheroo. God's revelatory grace, the gospel of Christ, is paraded as if it were the fiction of irresistible grace. I kid you not...

1) Did Jesus learn? Luke 2:40, 52 suggests as He aged, His manifested knowledge and wisdom increased. 2) Our physical bodies desire comfort, absence of pain, and security, avoidance of harm or death. Jesus experienced the same impulses. 3) Of course we can get weary, while at the same...

I did not read the Opening Post link, but I believe the idea is that Christ's resurrected physical body will not be present during the millennial kingdom. Of course the second Person of the trinity can manifest Himself in any manner He might choose, from a burning bush to a lifeless physical...

First he agrees faith provides access to grace, but then returns to the vomit, and claims God's grace instills faith. Insanity on display!

One trademark of the rule of the "Old Self" is the failure to acknowledge correction. If someone teaches, no lost person ever seeks God, and when shown that many lost people actually do seek God, but does not acknowledge the error in doctrine, stronger treatment is biblical, along the lines of...

Romans 7:25 Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin. A more interpretive translation might read, "... the sinful impulse of my old self...."

1) Do we think it is ok to be harsh to those we disagree with? Great question. What does scripture say? https://biblehub.com/topical/d/discernment_against_false_teachers.htm 2) Does "pray continually" mean to pray all the time? Nope, but we should have an active prayer life that...

I had not realized that a faction of Christians do NOT believe the OT saints were all taken to "Abraham's bosom" when they physically died, and had to wait there until they could be made "perfect" after Christ had died to provide the means to be made perfect. Sheol is a Hebrew word, found about...

Romans 6:19 NASB I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your body’s parts as slaves to righteousness...

There is no confusion, only an agenda driven effort to nullify or rewrite scripture, everyone believing into Christ, not everyone in Christ believing. After believing in His name, are the lost given the right to become child of God, not after becoming children of God the lost of given the right...

Having our worthless faith credited by God as righteousness is the conditional basis for our election for salvation. Placing uncredited faith in the gospel does not result in salvation. See Matthew 7 and Matthew 13, and read the accounts in Acts of those of lip service faith. How about those...

Galatians 3:23 was not mentioned in post 43! So you made no try. But, to explore yet another tangent brought in by your effort to disrupt discussion of Sheol, here goes: 1) Before faith came refers to before the public ministry of Jesus. 2) the Jews were kept in custody under the Law...

Yet another demonstration of biblical illiteracy. Faith provides access to grace, not the other way around, Romans 5:1;2!!

Yet another Calvinist jabbering on and on, using one fiction after another. Folks scripture is clear, God chooses individuals for salvation on the basis of crediting their faith as righteousness. Our faith does not merit or earn salvation, but it does gain access to the opportunity of...

No matter how much lipstick you put on that pig, justifying with "Oh it was no worse than others" is as unchristian as it gets. They failed to "do unto others, as you would want others to do unto you." (Matthew 7:12)