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Regeneration before faith is just calvinism. Calvin let Servettus be killed. Who hates his brother is not in the Light. If he never repented from that, he's not even elected himself.
https://www.quora.com/Why-did-John-Calvin-have-Michael-Servetus-burned-at-the-stake-for-heresy
John 16
yes, the...
Jesus as a human had a choice. Because He chose to give up His own life, we can be saved. Not My will be done, but Thy will.
If Adam had no choice and it was all deceitful puppet play, that would make God evil.
It amazes me anyway how little discernment there is in the charismatic church. Not that I should say something. I walked away with Todd Bentley. I used to go to a charismatic church in Holland that gave conferences and one guy they invited was great, yet wrong, cause he prophesied revival for...
He answered and said to them: “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels...
They had a choice. Adam had a free choice. Paul in Romans 7 did what he didn't want, but he called out to God and had freedom in Romans 8 and before that, when he heard Jesus say why do you persecute Me, he did chose for Him, although he had no total free will to not sin. If someone really has...
Then He would have said: Go sin Adam. Eat from that forbidden tree. God does not lie.
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you[f]...
https://defendinginerrancy.com/bible-solutions/Proverbs_16.4.php
On the one hand, the Bible speaks of human beings as having free choice (Matt. 23:37; 2 Peter 3:9) and being responsible for their own destiny (cf. Ezek. 18:20; John 3:36). On the other hand, Solomon declares here that “the Lord...
I heard about that, but I thought he repented from it.
https://thewartburgwatch.com/2011/01/28/the-legacy-of-derek-prince/
It wasn’t until 1978 that Prince’s “shepherds” finally gave him permission to marry Ruth. Some time after that Derek Prince left the group and repented in public for his...
https://www.geneva.edu/blog/biblical-wisdom/proverbs-16-4#:~:text=First%2C%20God%20uses%20the%20wicked,to%20call%20them%20to%20account.
First, God uses the wicked to punish His people’s sin, calling Assyria the rod of His anger (Isaiah 10), and using Babylon for the same purpose (Habbakkuk)...
No about predestination. Are the elect the ones God has foreknown from eternity or is it the group from Israel that was saved or does it mean something else in different places.
I'll look up what that text means, but God is good and good cannot create evil. The other text I create evil doesnt mean He created an evil person or devil, but that He creates disaster to get rid of the evil.
Romans 11
elect has nothing to do with saved gentiles here:
What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded. 8 Just as it is written:
“God has given them a spirit of stupor,
Eyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not...
If it's a lifeless clump of clay yes, but if it's clay with an own will and stands for the flesh, since Adam was made from dust or clay... God can't just form us like you form a lifeless thing. The universe is made perfect, lifeless things, but humans fell in sin, Cain could say no to sin, but...
In Spain as a kid. The place was packed, so no wonder they couldn't help us, but I remember that my dad was fed up after half an hour or more being ignored LOL and then we all had to leave.
There's a difference between someone who sins and can't stop sinning, but wants to and someone who doesn't want to stop sinning. In one church I went to decades ago was a man who regularly raped his daughter and my ex went to him. He told him and he kicked some demons out of him. The daughter...
The sin is gone when you ask forgiveness and repent. Make sure you're still in the faith. Let God tell you if you live in sin and change and if you can't, get help. A collective sin is not praying enough, being lukewarm, lazy. In Revelation you see He speaks to the angels of the churches. You're...
I don't like all that stuff. I was raised vegetarian, so I never liked the taste of meat. Why make soy beans taste like meat? That's meant for ppl who miss the taste. Lately I bought vegan cheese, cause I ate way too much cheese to the point that I got stomach problems. It tasted okay, but...
It is one church, but the one church is all the real believers, wherever they go to. But if one local church has a bad leader or no pastor and no protection from wolves, bye bye, I'm gone. A church with another pastor, who does kick the wolf out, same franchise or whatever other franchise, there...
If a church lets wolves in and I know and am a part of that church, I leave. I absolutely don't feel sorry for what some wolf did. With church I mean one group of ppl going to one buiding. If whoever from the same franchise does something wrong, I have nothing to do with that anyway. Wouldn't...