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In the context of the whole chapter, at the Roman colony of Philippi, God saves people of all society's classes: Lydia, rich person; the slave girl; and the jailer, a middle-class guy.

In my experience at the age of 82, demons attack me but do not have the ability to influence me, because I, through prayer, resist them in the name of Jesus' victory. They lose the pitched battles because God is infinitely more powerful than they are.

We all have "badness" in us; we all sin, but seldom, thankfully, in very obvious ways. For example, I am impatient and impulsive, and I pray that God will through Jesus' victory replace those old-nature qualities with new-nature patience and self-control.

Perhaps, I can shed some biblical light on this discussion, @Frankj and @Manonfire63. God made Adam and Eve equal in status before him in Genesis 1:27. Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. However, he also gave...

@Manonfire63, I prefer to stick with the Bible when I discuss biblical topics, but that's just me.

I don't know whether they went to heaven when they died, because the Bible doesn't say. The Old Testament reports history, not very many people's ultimate destinies.

@Truth7t7, I agree; you laid it out well.

I pray for cleansing of my sins and the replacement of my old-nature qualities with new-nature ones every day.

The demons try to attack me and other Christians. I claim Jesus' victory over them through his death and resurrection. He triumphs over them. As a result, I have testimonies that I share with the people around me.

How do you know Johnny Cash meant that ethical and biblical idea about God's path, @Manonfire63?

How can you be so positive about the time that Ezekiel 44:23 takes place, @SetFree?

We should look at the context of that chapter (John 6) in the whole gospel. Was Jesus speaking figuratively in his other claims of deity (the other "I am" statements)? Jhn_6:35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall...

It means to be ready to be shaped and molded by the whole Word of God, which came from him through the writers.

I don't think anyone wants to establish one church or denomination with favored status in the USA. We shouldn't do that, but individuals in government and public life have every right given in the Constitution to share what they believe openly.

You're making assertions from silence when you claim that Paul never claimed to be inspired. One of the best things the early church did was to gather the New Testament according to good criteria. As we read it, the Holy Spirit, who inspired the writing and gathering of them, testifies to our...

Since the angel told Daniel not to be concerned about the details of interpretation, I'm not going to be. Why are you, @JustTheFacts?

I agree that "all documentation is missing" after the disciples wrote their letters and Luke wrote Acts. How, then, can you fill in that time with your theory that false teachers took over the early church of the 100s and 200s? I don't see any evidence of that happening. I agree that the...

Why is this timeline so important to you, @JustTheFacts?

In the Western culture, the woman's breasts and genitals are all sexualized, so they should be covered against men's lusts. On the other hand, in the Arab cultures, Muhammed apparently thought that women's full bodies and hair are sexualized. We must protect our bodies from others' sins as well...

This discussion interests me. Since I was a boy, I lusted after girls, since I was an unbeliever until I was 16. Lust was strong in me and became an unexamined idol in my adulthood. Since I have always read the Bible cover to cover, I came across Jesus' teaching in the Sermon on the Mount...