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Thanks for an excellent contribution! Here is how I understand your verse: 1) "by one Spirit" the "by" translates the Greek preposition "en" which locationally means "in" or "within," but is also used to show instrumentality, the associated thing being used. The the Spirit of God is doing...

Yes, we pretty much understand Paul's appeal for unity within the body of Christ. Thanks for the feedback!

If God credits your faith as righteousness, your understanding, even if flawed becomes priceless. Try understanding Romans 4!

Would it "invalidate" the Bible to allow that the six days of creation were periods of time, not necessarily 24 hour days? Some of them occurred before the solar system was created which governs our 24 hour day durations. In Genesis 2:4, scripture uses "day" to refer to a period of time. I...

Ephesians 4:5 NASB one Lord, one faith, one baptism, The above is a snippet from a sentence that spans Ephesians 4:4 through 4:6. Here is the completed thought: There is one body and one Spirit, just as you also were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one...

1) Does scripture say a lost person cannot understand the gospel. No, as some receive it with joy. See the soils 2,3 and 4 of Matthew 13. A lost person cannot understand spiritual solid food (meat) which are "the things" in view in 1 Corinthians 2:14. 2) Note the reference to Genesis 6:5...

A church in a predominately white neighborhood will be mostly white and a church in a predominately black neighborhood will be mostly black. To claim their are no innate attributes that foster "de facto" segregation, is to see no underlying issues as to why you see old men walking small dogs...

If you believe in systemic racism, would you sit with your own people, or with those that knowingly or unknowingly look down on your? If we look at movies from the 1930's and 40's we usually see a brief supposedly comic relief bit with a superstitious black, who rolls his eyes, and is afraid of...

Yet another non sequitur! The passage has no mention of "receiving understanding supernaturally via "irresistible grace." That view is simply read into the passage by those who must rewrite scripture to conform with false doctrine. First they claim the lost cannot understand, based on...

Angels were created before God laid the foundation of the earth, Job 38:7, but the one who became Satan does not seem to have fallen until after the earth was created, because Jesus describes the fall like lightning out of heaven. However, that implication is not logically necessitated...

Another word might supplement human reaction to the unknown would be unfamiliar. We can know something about other people, but we would still tend be cautious until they become familiar. Thus we still have de facto segregation, people grouping with others of their own likeness, but de jure...

Good Grief, yet another thread making one false claim after another. 1) Does scripture say a lost person cannot understand the gospel. No, some receive it with joy. See soils 2,3 and 4 of Matthew 13. A lost person cannot understand spiritual solid food (meat) which are "the things" in view...

Might we be so bold as to consider "Reformed Baptist Onlyists" who advocate for the TULIP way or the highway? Would it be wrong for me, a virulent anti-Calvinist, to join a "Reformed Baptist" fellowship because of my spirit of disunity? My answer is a simple "YES."

Here this poster defies God's word, claiming faith is a work of righteousness, rather than a worthless human endeavor unless credited as righteousness by God, turning a sows ear into a silk purse. It is rather easy to understand the difference between faith and belief. If we accept something...

What if he is already saved, and he is just trying to enter heaven abundantly? 2 Peter 1:10-11

The Absurdity of a Non-Christian Democracy. Why? Behold the Democrat party. They say others are trying to suppress the vote, while stuffing ballot boxes with phony ballots that suppress the effect of legitimate votes. Why not require proof of United States citizenship in order to vote in...

Let's see, the thread is based on presenting an undefined term. We know what baptists are, and they are not all in agreement on doctrine. The term "onlyist" probably refers to someone who must have at least one one way or the highway, or they will sever the connection. For example, all...

LOL, this is a ball of confusion. Scripture says God credited Abraham's faith as righteousness, but this poster claims it really means God credited Christ's righteousness to "Faith" with a capital, signifying some sort of divine origin. These posts make up stuff as if from an automated...

The Old Testament contains two accounts of an Ark, with both appearing to foreshadow God's "Ark of Salvation." We have Noah's ark which provided a way of salvation for a remnant of humanity, and we have the Ark of the Covenant, which prefigured Christ's humanity (made of wood) and His divinity...

If we accept something as true, we believe it is true. But we can say we believe Jesus is our Lord, but then lack commitment such that we would make Jesus the Lord of our life. James tells us of "dead faith" which does not produce faithfulness. On the other hand, live faith results in...