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I say do what is right according to scripture, i.e. no divorce. And trust God all the way. Scripture does not provide for divorce, only separation in the NT. Remarriage is adultery no matter the reason.

God cannot change to imperfection. Sovereignty is part of His perfection.

Did you know Jesus is the lion of the tribe of Judah ( Revelation 5:5)? And Matthew reveals that He is Israel in person (Matthew 2:15 with Hosea 11:1). So all believers in Christ fulfill this prophecy. The scattered tribes were excommunicated from Israel the Church after Christ abolished...

I think separation provided by jail time is good. Remaining married is good. Guys like Josh don't last too long being targets of the prison population. So that's always a possibility. But marriage is for life.

All of the native Americans, Africans, too?

Yes. The new birth is salvation but without it, you cannot recognize Christ or hear the gospel in truth. We preach the gospel and people believe and repent because they are saved. You are not saved because you believe and repent. This is works salvation.

No choice in physical life which determines eternal life means no choice of eternal life either.

There are several Lutheran Church denominations. The Wisconsin Synod, the Missouri Synod, and maybe one or two more. I don't think these would take part in this sort of thing. But I think it's the future in most churches.

The New Birth saves those beyond the reach of the gospel. Infants, imbeciles. “Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.” Acts 10:34–35 (KJV 1900)...

If God can sin against his nature, you would be right. But he cannot be just and save sinners without first justifying sinners. Do you think Christ's suffering on the cross was not necessary? God is not a god of sleaze as you would have him be.

I use the 1977 NASB as my study bible. But still, grab my KJV as I did this morning, to improve on a major bible theme most translations miss completely, so far as my experience goes.

Because he refuted it exposing the Pharisees to the gospel of the kingdom. Find one time where scripture mentions their millennium. Just because John mentions 1000 years, which scripture defines as a symbol for "Many, All, complete", you assume He speaks of a physical kingdom (in a spiritual...

What occurred to me, had Adam not sinned, we would be credited with his human righteousness. And receive whatever that would have provided. But in the Fall, we received Christ's (God's) own righteousness. This provided an imputed eternity of God's own blessedness.

“For as by one man’s disobedience many were made (constituted) sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made (constituted) righteous.” Romans 5:19 (KJV 1900) What most do not understand is that Christ saves believers through His shed blood and his imputed righteousness. Our works are...

God always picks the winner.

Since I learned how sinful we are, I came to the conclusion that anything less than the worst is God's mercy on my part. And I consider myself among the most blessed ever.

God would be unjust if Christ did not first pay for your sins, and if God did not impute Christ's righteousness to you before saving you. There's no basis for your salvation without these acts of grace.

There are two types of righteousness. Christ's imputed righteousness saves us apart from our works. And our works that cannot save us but they reap heavenly rewards in the resurrection. Paul calls these wood hay and stubble works that are burnt up in their worst form. And they yield zero but do...

Made = constituted in Greek.

If you care to prove Jesus taught a millennium, a Pharisee doctrine he demolished, have at it. His gospel of the Kingdom won't allow for it. Are you adding to Revelation when you import the Pharisaic Premillennial doctrine, just because John mentions 1000 years? The bible says 1000 years is a...