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Did you misspell the word "revelation" in the title to this thread on purpose? I'm just curious.

Lees, I believe that the reference in Genesis 6:1-2 is to the two lines from Adam, believing through Seth and unbelieving through Cain (given the two genealogies in chapters 3 and 5) mixing together, and evil wins temporarily until the Flood. The seeds of Cain and Seth were both the product of...

Where in Scripture do you find the idea that Peter was the leader of the whole church at that time? Or are you reading into the New Testament the Catholics' separate tradition apart from the Bible, with which I disagree?

What question did you ask? I'm working on several posts.

Your first paragraph looks at God from a human viewpoint, not God's in the Bible. As the Creator of all humans, he has the right to do whatever he wants to. As I explained in a previous post, he must have a very good reason for not saving everyone, but as you say, it's a mystery because he...

In evangelism, we Calvinists don't tell anyone whether or not they're the elect, because we can't read God's mind and we don't know who the elect are. We can have assurance for ourselves from the evidence of his grace working in our lives, but never definite knowledge about anyone, even...

Where did you get that idea? Neither Genesis 1 nor 2 says anything like what you're saying. Is this your reasoning or the Bible we're discussing?

Jesus welcomed and blessed little children and babies, but it doesn't mean that they are innocent. He blessed adults with healing and his teachings the same way. It was his grace and love for sinners that distinguished him from the religious leaders. What do you say about Psalm 51, where David...

Those who are perishing have been born to think that they are center of the universe instead of the 3-in-1 God of the Bible. If they persist their whole lives in that rebellious deception, they will, sadly, be without God's powerful presence and won't have any of their false gods that they...

It's the "already" and "not yet" of the gospel that we are perfect in principle before our Judge, God the Father, but we are still imperfect in practice as we struggle against sin before God as our Father.

That's a very good rule, Lamb. We always need to respect and love each other. I've found that teaching somewhere in God's Word. :D

The elect are the believers whom God chose. I don't know for sure who they are, because I can't see their hearts. Only God knows for sure. The "our" in the disciples, who asked him to teach them to pray. Of course, we know who would betray him. Not everyone who prays that prayer is a true...

Faith his God's gift of his grace. Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, Eph 2:9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

And that life from God battles against sin, Satan, and the tempting world every day so that we can have powerful testimonies of Jesus' continuing victories to share with the people around us.

What is "flaming," Lamb?

A good, biblical way to understand Christ's death is that it was sufficient to save everyone but only efficient in the lives of believers. Why he doesn't save everyone is the question. There must be a very good reason, but God has not revealed it in the Bible. It is one of many mysteries that we...

No, as Paul says in Romans 1 that God reveals himself as the Creator in his creation and in the Bible, but he has also enabled believers to believe in him through his gift of faith.

I guess we should be a combination of both, serving and learning. That's why I'm writing forum responses and books to serve people and reading and studying the Bible, while I also pray along with my activities.

It's my observation and knowledge of the Bible that David's observation in Psalm 51 that he was born in sin is true. Why? God inspired David to say it, according to Paul in 2 Timothy 3:16-17. Also, babies are born very self-centered, love being the center of adults' attention, and have to be...

Romans 5:10 does NOT say that we received God's reconciliation BEFORE we became believers. It says that God's reconciliation happened so that we could become God's friends instead of being his enemies. Salvation happens at the same time but will be completed at Jesus' second coming, when he will...