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Hey Van Thessalonica was mostly a Gentile nation. I believe that the correct way to understand 2 Thessalonians 2:13 would Paul's emphasis on the inclusion of the Gentiles into God's plan of election. Remember, only Jesus is elect, individually, we become elect with Him when we're placed into...

Found some interesting stuff on Calvin in regards to Hebrews 9:16-17. He was on the right track, but stopped short. ------------- "In his Institutes of the Christian Religion, Calvin specifically noted that while the Old Covenant was temporary and held "in suspense," it was finalized and made...

Hey Martin. Thanks for taking the time to reply. I agree, there are no priests in the reformed movement. But what is necessary to theoretically make room for that, or allow for it in ones theology is still in place in the reformed theology. You could call it, Catholic leftovers. Which is also...

I wrote...""always reforming" does not mean changing core doctrines to fit modern cultural trends." for that reason. But the early reformers were defending Catholicism as much as standing against it. They just didn't realize it. The foundation with which Catholicism is built is still there in...

Do you think that the acronym T.U.L.I.P., as the fixture that it is today, would be counter productive to “A reformed church must always be reforming itself."? It's like a fixture that should not be one. Scripture is sufficient to interpret Scripture. Martin Luther would have considered infant...

Yes. According to the reformers themselves, and, in my opinion, the reformation became stagnant soon after it's inception, and a lot of error still remained. The reformation was never meant to stop reforming. To quote Banner of Truth...Writer I. John Hesselink ... "It is rather audacious to...

https://www.paramountchurch.com/blog/post/understanding-the-contrast-of--law--and--promise--in-galatians-3 I stumbled across this link when pondering the idea that the word "faith" in Scripture is used to mean so many different things, like believing, and it's also a metaphor for spiritual life...

from the link provided by @kyredneck from page one. In English Galatians 4:28-29 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now. The birth of Isaac was a...

AA I would add to that it's only assumed that David was indwelt with the Holy Spirit. Based on the entire OT, I believe it's more proper to assume that the Holy Spirit was upon David, as He was only 'upon' with all the other Prophets and kings, etc. according to the testimony of Scripture. In...

The Light He could if that Word was a light. Just like Jesus was the Word, and the Word became flesh. The Word which was light, became flesh, which was still light. could the Word be the same as the presence of God? Psalms 36:9 For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light...

That work by Hamilton sounds familiar. I'm sure that I've read it before, but a long time ago. One thing that I find odd about this whole debate is there is never a verse in the OT that I know of that says that actual believers were indwelt in the OT. The OT always uses people who were commanded...

The contention between people is the capacity in which the Prophets, and some kings etc. had the Holy Spirit. It's not taught in Scripture that the general Old Testament believer had this, no matter how one defines what the prophets, kings and a few others had. The common believer had the...

It is circular, because when I show that the distinctions within the body do not change the fact of what the Body is, and does not change the what Scripture claims, you fall back on posting those distinctions again....circular. This is not an opinion.....It's Scripture. Ephesians 1:22-23 And He...

Hi Anthony This discussion is just going in circles. The distinctions within the Body does not define the body overall, since we're made one spiritually in Him, but still distinct. We're made one "in Christ". the whole Ephesians 1:22-23 tells the same thing. Ephesians 1:22-23 And He put all...

To me, it's probably more of a semantics than anything else. I have no problem with calling the Church and Jesus both the body of Christ, after all, it's called the body of Christ. And I have no problem calling the Seed, the Church. After all, the promises were made to the Jesus Himself, the...

But the bride becomes the bride "in Him". Jesus is the vine when we are "in Him". The Church is the Church "in Him". Because when were "in Him", He is in us. The Church is not a room, it's literally Jesus. You, me every believer are not the Church until we're placed into Him. We did not add...

Thank you for actually quoting me in your reply. I'll ask you to read that quote again carefully and you'll see that I never said what you're claiming. Jesus is the baptizer, and the Holy Spirit is the agent of that baptism. That's what the baptism with/by the Holy Spirit tells us. But reading...

Thank you Jesus!

Ephesians 1:22-23 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are...

What was the first believer placed into Christ placed into? Who are you placed into to be saved? Jesus, right? Not a space with Jesus in there, waiting for someone to show up so we can call it the body, which is the church, but Jesus Himself. That's all I'm saying. If Jesus is the body of Christ...