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[Eph 2:3-5 NASB] 3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were...
Yes, the ‘I said’ comes from Psalm 82:6 that Jesus quoted ...
[Psa 82:1-8 NASB]
1 A Psalm of Asaph. God takes His stand in His own congregation; He judges in the midst of the rulers.
2 How long will you judge unjustly And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.
3 Vindicate the weak and...
BUY A SWORD
[Luk 22:36 NASB] 36 And He said to them, "But now, whoever has a money belt is to take it along, likewise also a bag, and whoever has no sword is to sell his coat and buy one.
SELF MUTILATION
[Mat 18:8-9 NASB] 8 "If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw...
I think you are making more of this than you need to. Let’s start with what GOD has to say about it in His inspired scripture:
(The whole paragraph)
[Romans 10:5-13 NLT] 5 For Moses writes that the law's way of making a person right with God requires obedience to all of its commands. 6 But...
John Calvin never did such a thing.
Reformed Thologians, including Reformed Baptists and Presbyterians (who Lutherans named Calvinists, a name that stuck) do not teach or believe such a thing.
A heretical sect called Hyper-Calvinists teach a form of extreme supralapsarianism that claims God...
Just a small nit-pick ...
[Romans 2:10 NASB] 10 but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Romans 12:10 in context ...
[Romans 12:9-13 NASB] 9 [Let] love [be] without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 [Be] devoted to...
Not you, the EOC in America is nothing like the Protestant cults that departed from true works-based Christianity at the Great Reformation. So you should be safe.
However, if persecution in Oregon and Washington state has reached the point that you are being forced to die for your love of God...
Atheists ask you “How can God allow human suffering?”
Please ... :rolleyes: ... Just tell them “God doesn’t ALLOW it, God ENJOYS it!” (That should shut them up.) :ewink:
[Proverbs 1:20-33 NASB]
20 Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square;
21 At the head of the noisy...
You didn’t actually respond to the questions that I asked ...
In English, Greek or Hebrew ... does this paragraph speak of assurance of being safely led and guarded to the end, or a warning about choosing to fall away? Are Jesus’ promises conditional in these verses, or are they statements of...
Perhaps you are correct, but would the wise thing not be to take Jesus at ALL of his words rather than just ONE WORD ...
[John 10:27-30 NASB] 27 "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28 and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch...
Tell it to the Nigerian Christians whose murder by Muslims is so commonplace it doesn’t even make the news.
”Concerning nonviolence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks. It is legal and lawful to own a shotgun or a rifle. We...
Is the person in God’s hand a “someone” ... to be included in the “no one” ... that can not snatch anyone from God’s hand?
What of Jesus’ promise ... “and I will [try my best to] raise him up on the last day [but I make no promises, because some of those that the Father draws may choose to jump...
Blanket statements made by fiat do not count as proof of anything except YOUR OPINION.
What “certain” literal meaning do they apply?
What evidence do you have that it is applied by “the majority of churches”?
Which is more probable, that you are correct and the majority of Christiandom is wrong...
When we reach the point where someone questions whether Holy Scripture teaches “moral, and theological truths”, the conversation has run its course.
To answer your questions:
Am I sure that Holy Scripture teaches exact scientific truths? NO.
Am I sure that Holy Scripture teaches exact moral...
Then accept the rest of what Paul has to say ...
[Romans 9:14-24 NLT] 14 Are we saying, then, that God was unfair? Of course not! 15 For God said to Moses, "I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose."
16 So it is God who decides to show mercy. We can...
[Genesis 6:5-8 NKJV] 5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every intent of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually. 6 And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7 So the LORD said, "I will...