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The Reformed view of the topic of predestination is Bible's view in the following passages: Gen 50:18 His brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” Gen 50:19 But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? Gen 50:20 As for you...

That advice was far-from-biblical. Dependence on the Holy Spirit, who gives you his gift of the new birth, through Jesus' victory gives us great incentive and power to WANT to conform our lives to God's will as it is revealed in the Bible instead of leading our own selfish lives.

My suggestions to you: 1) Keep looking for churches that call you to an ever-deeper relationship with Jesus instead of to regulations of God. 2) Find one with small, Bible-discussion, support groups, one of which you can join for real fellowship with real Christians who support one another...

Let's just face it, folks. There are mysteries about God that the Bible does not solve: Isa 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. Isa 55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my...

First, I would pray for them. Second, I would answer their hatred with calm, rational explanations of their concerns. Then, the ball is in their court, and they will answer to God for their responses. I would leave it in his hands then.

People who claim to believe in God often depend on their reasoning powers instead of on the Bible to guide their thoughts, sadly.

A child of wrath is under God the Father's guilty verdict as everyone's divine Judge and Creator. It is his wrath against sin that brings such a verdict on the human race because of Adam's sinful rebellion, which we all engage in until Jesus rescues us.

How do you know that babies aren't sinful? Our four babies were all born self-centered by wanting to be the center of adults' attention, and self-centeredness is the Bible's definition of sin, I believe.

Because unbelievers will often ridicule any mention of mysteries, and then believers who are listening might get distracted, I think.

Your question has no answer other than that God chose to do it that way.

I have read the whole Bible from beginning to end many times and find it more desirable each time. It gives me the big picture of God's relationship with his creation and church.

I heard once that we should go as far as the Bible goes and then stop. I have a lot of questions when I meet Jesus, but I don't think that I will want to ask them in his powerful presence.

First, the external forms of the Old Testament laws have been taken away through Jesus' death. Second, Jesus' seven "I am" claims in the Gospel of John say he is God and are figurative metaphors or comparisons pointing to real spiritual reality. For example, in the John 6 passage, he says that...

Sure, God opened the way through Jesus' death for us to approach him freely, humbly, and boldly, especially through our prayers.

Jesus is the reason for the season!

I go by what the Bible says. God is great and good with freedom from imperfections, while at the same time, evil is the responsibility of humans and the evil forces who have rebelled against God. The Bible has mysteries that the human mind can't penetrate. How do you approach that question?

Rom 6:1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? Rom 6:2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? We are free from our divine Judge's verdict of guilty that Jesus took upon himself on the cross. when we become Christians, not from sins, and...

To whom and through whom do you pray? Is it to Mary or the saints. The answer makes all the difference because Jesus instructed us in his Sermon on the Mount to pray to the Father.

Your post is too long to respond to effectively. Which statement do you want people to talk about first?

God made you and all other humans fully dependent on him as his creatures BUT ALSO relatively independent from him as a human. That means that God has a plan for your life but also that you are fully responsible for all that you think and do in your life. You are not a robot, and God is your...