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Now ask him if it was God’s will for Lucifer to sin. He is so confused, he thinks everything that God permits is also what God wants to happen. This gross distortion of God’s holy character is blasphemy.

You are a good man. I am praying for extreme organic repair and swift healing of sepsis in your body. Bless you, Cathode.

We were talking about the body and blood of the Savior. Then it turned into praise for Australian wines! Wish it would have remained reverent.

Who appointed you to decide what the options are? Your options A and B are unrealistic and irrelevant to life as it is experienced. No one has a child who always obeys or who always rebels. I choose option C. Option A: You can have a child that always obeys, but believes that you only love...

Option C: You have a child who sometimes obeys, and sometimes rebels, but knows you want them to obey, and knows that you love them whether they obey or rebel, but also knows that rebelling breaks your heart.

Thank you for publicly declaring the blasphemy of your position: it was God’s will for Adam to sin. If, as you declare, God wanted Adam to sin, then God endorses disobedience against His own commandments, and He cannot justly punish anyone, including Lucifer, for sinning. I now understand...

It was never God’s will that Adam sin. If it was God’s will that Adam sin, then sin would be conforming to God’s will, and would thus not be punished. God knowing something will happen, and preparing a remedy for it, does not mean God wanted it to happen. Such distortion indicates a gross...

The law allowed for Hebrew men and women to sell themselves into slavery to another Hebrew. They could only serve for six years, however. In the seventh year, they were to be set free (Exodus 21:2). This arrangement amounted to what we might call indentured servanthood. And the slaves were to...

But if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins. Now, if we are unforgiving to others, that in itself is an unconfessed sin, thus unforgiven. I see the gospels as a transition from Old Covenant to New Covenant. I takes the rudimentary commandments and expands them...

The Athanasian Creed 1. Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the catholic faith; 2. Which faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. 3. And the catholic faith is this: That we worship one God in...

There are four major creeds for the Christian faith. They are the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed of A.D. 325, the Chalcedonian Creed of A.D. 451 and the Athanasian Creed. The Chalcedonian Creed was adopted during the fourth and fifth sessions of the fourth ecumenical council at the city of...

Thanks. I also understand that church membership is meaningful and membership rules can facilitate the selecting of deacons, Sunday school teachers, worship leaders, etc. It makes sense to pre-qualify individuals who have been examined for doctrine and practices. AI Overview: Church membership...

What is the biblical basis of becoming a “member” of a church? I am not sure if “membership” and rules for joining a local church congregation have any scriptural justification. Seems like it is just traditions of men.

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To one who truly repents, sin looks very different than it does to him who has not repented. Instead of looking desirable or fascinating, it looks odious and detestable. He is astonished that he ever could have desired such a thing. Impenitent sinners may look at sin and see that it will ruin...

In the Bible, the fig tree is a major symbol for the nation of Israel, representing its national, spiritual, and physical health. It signifies prosperity when flourishing (1 Kings 4:25) and, when barren or cursed, symbolizes spiritual decay, divine judgment, and the nation’s dispersion. Key...

We will be judged by our deeds, not our creeds. Some people love to sin by being quarrelsome and arguing. They even get hatefully angry over spiritual topics, slinging personal attacks and abrasive insults. In history, people have been killed for disagreeing with establishment teachings and...

But once again, you not only cannot explain things, you also do not base your assertions on scriptures, but on experiences and feelings. You are on a Baptist forum. You should understand that Baptists base doctrines on scriptures, not emotions. I am sympathetic to your zeal and to many...

You constantly appeal to your experience and feelings, instead of scriptures.

Jesus said not to attribute disasters befalling people to the sins of the victims. Luke 13 1At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than...