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God saved me by faith alone. For the first 16 years of my life, I was a good boy. I followed all my parents' and teachers' rules as well as the cultural mores of the 1950s. However, I never felt as if God was close to me; I felt that he was far away. At 16, my loneliness was filled up by Jesus...

It's a good song except for the word "reckless," for me has a negative connotation, that is, a negative emotional feeling. I don't want to feel anything negative about God.

@Planet1246, the Holy Spirit works just the way God the Father and Jesus work, since they are ONE God together. What do you mean by the "synchronicity of the universe"? The universe fell into decay when humans sinned the first time. Black holes, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, and human...

Adam was incomplete only because he lacked his suitable helper, who was created out of him; it has nothing to do with his DNA. Gen 2:18 Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”

I don't understand your questions, specifically, what "OP" means and who "Motral Humans" are. Forgive my ignorance, @Truth7t7.

First, @Manonfire63, I distinguish between interpreting and applying the Bible. Interpretation depends on our use of the rest of Scripture to come to the correct interpretation of a verse. On the other hand, application involves taking the principle in a verse or passage and using it for...

@Edward 429451, I had seven years of growing major depression (1979-1986), from which God delivered me January 7, 1987. It has not returned. First, God used psychological means to get me in touch with my anger and anxiety that I had repressed in my unconscious mind. Second, at the depth of my...

That's true, @tango.

@Edward429451, the key is that the word for "meet" in 1 Thessalonians 4:17 has a specific meaning, that is, referring to city's officials going out to meet a king on his official visit in order to welcome him back to their city. In other words, they come back to the new earth, just as the new...

@tango, Sin goes much deeper than actions. It involves selfish attitudes, desires, thoughts, as well as feelings. We don't need to confess to others unless the sin directly involves them. God as our Judge has already taken away his "guilty" verdict from us as true believers (justification), but...

What are you trying to do for people? I don't understand. My "theology" can take a stab at 1 Corinthians 2:11. :) You assume that I can't explain it and didn't wait for me to respond. It's a case of church discipline. At any rate, the context of that verse is 1 Corinthians 5, where Paul deals...

First, it means that we haven't arrived yet. Second, it means that we must pray daily for God through Jesus' resurrection to replace our old-nature qualities with new-nature qualities that Paul describes in those passages and others in the New Testament.

@Edward429451, I respectfully disagree with you. Sometimes, it happens the way you say it does; other times, God uses medical means to heal us; and sometimes, he waits until our death to heal our soul or until our bodily resurrection. It's true that he will heal us in the last of in those ways...

No, I'm not. I'm just paraphasing what Paul says in Ephesians 5. If we trust in Jesus, his resurrection power can help us control our desires until marriage and keep them within that context.

You seem to base your communion conclusion on speculation about the Bible's silence. That's no basis that's at all sound. Read my post above for a different perspective that's based on the Bible, not its silence or any speculation, @Edward429451.

Sin isn't just actions; it is attitudes and desires like pride, impatience, impulsiveness, lust, and others. The demons at Satan's urging attack Christians at their weakest points. We need to ask for God's cleansing power through Jesus' resurrection every day and to pray for godly qualities like...

That's exactly right, @Truth7t7.

I agree with all you say, but the second part of my post shows the different roles or functions the equal-in-status partners must do. The male is to be the servant-leader. What does mean? It means that he must serve her as Christ served the church in self-sacrifice by satisfying her needs by...

@MoreCoffee, it appears that you base your idea on only one verse. What if there are other verses that seem to contradict your verse? What do you do then? For example, there are Ephesians 2:8-9, Galatians 3:24-26, and Romans 3:20-22: Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that...

What you say is truth, except for the word "it." The Word is eternal with the Father and the Spirit as the ONE God. HE is the Person who became Jesus as he added human nature in Mary's womb.