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Through the reading of the scriptures it is evident, that in no place therein is there any mention of the action it behooves us to do for reception of everlasting life, except to believe, apart from works, in the promise Christ made to give everlasting life to the one who believes in Him for it...

I guess I want to discuss methods/types of inspiration.

It is often said that, were God to communicate, because He is the infinite and Almighty God, He would communicate perfectly, to wit, that He would communicate in a way that is focused, organized, succinct, powerful, and entertaining, without discrepancy, and without plot-holes, etc. And because...

I must admit that oftentimes I lack self-control. I cannot stop buying coffee, or talking to myself at unpredictable times, or getting angry at irritating noises and cursing. Sometimes I get angry at people and say the wrong thing to them. I also act like a fool in front of people and on the...

What is your opinion of James 1, which says,“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation, for when he is tried, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him”. I want to know what you think is meant by “the crown of life”, which, according to...

On second thought, I think I will keep trying that method.

So then, how do I write in a prose style which is succinct and rhythmically moving, and also sophisticated? And is rhythm achieved through the placement of stressed and unstressed syllables, or through syntax? Upon what elements of language should one's mind focus, in order to achieve rhythm?

Thank you for the advice. I think that the approach I tried, the approach of mentally assembling a number of propositions into a sentence in my mind, especially when typing on my phone, is inviable for me. I have succeeded in writing in a somewhat sophisticated manner before, not by using this...

It is evident in this -- that to form propositions in my mind, and to assemble them into a sentence in my mind, things I have recently started to do, I struggle to do with many propositions or for very long -- that strength is lacking in me, which also is evident in my struggle to do other...

When reading the King James Bible, we are moved by its content, but we are moved also by the power of its language, in sound and in brevity, being moved also by its power in clarity, though the Bible is yet to be fully understood. Can other writings, through composition, also have this quality...

That is only one instance, in which God may have chosen Paul. That does not automatically mean that God predestinated all believers to believe.

Though God is the one who grants eternal life to the believer, there is no place in scripture where it says that He predestines or causes their faith. The rich young ruler, from what I understand, did not ask Jesus how to have eternal life, but what good thing he may do to inherit eternal life...

Though my faith does not hold that beforehand, God chose for salvation certain individuals, apart from knowing ahead of time whether they would believe of their own free will, neither do I believe that the salvation of people depends on the willingness of the saints to proclaim the gospel...

Though I spend far less of the day in prayer and in scripture than I should, I have been struggling to increase in godliness. The way I've been trying to do so is prayer. In a number of areas in my life, I have asked God to make me more godly. Is this sufficient? Or do I have to exhaust my will...

Nevermind.

Galations, Hebrews, and 2 Peter all contain warning passages which believers are able to violate. It is implied by this that believers do not automatically live in a godly manner, and can even live in a very sinful manner.

Please change the title to "What kind of prayer must I pray for God to answer?" I accidentally made this post while entering the title.

Though not consistently, I’ve prayed to God with similar requests for the past several years now, and now more consistently, I've prayed for the past couple weeks, presenting God with the same requests, and, through the same time, I've made to the Lord new requests. But I do not know whether God...

According to Lordship Salvation, believers in Christ have surrendered their wills to Him, and cannot go on disobeying the Lord. Anyone who does, says the Lordship view, has never received salvation. There are a number of warnings written in scripture that warn against disobeying Christ, and are...

Thank you everyone for your replies. I shouldn't have implied I was gifted or skilled. My writing was never that good, although occasionally, I wrote some things that were better than others. I intend to pray consistently about getter better at writing, and to practice writing verse in order...