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    Universal Atonement - Part 2

    You're right, Hammster!
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    Limited Revealation

    Yes, every insight we have about God and his Word are to God's credit, not ours, since he gives us faith by his grace.
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    First the Prohibition, Then the Go Ahead

    Yes, he was not asking them to literally eat his literal body. The same is true of all the other "I am" claims. He compares himself to the good Shepherd of Psalm 23, even though he is a carpenter by trade, not a literal shepherd, thus claiming to be David's divine Shepherd. He says that he is...
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    What do we tell unsaved about biblical election?

    Why? What does he say about sharing election with unbelievers?
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    Paul Chief of Sinners

    Yes, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit work together to enable us to make spiritual progress; but we are called to cooperate in the process. Notice Romans 1-11 versus 12-16; Ephesians 1-3 versus 4-6; Colossians 1-2 versus 3-4; Hebrews 1-11 versus 12-13. In the first parts of these letters, the...
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    Isn't it time for you all to repent of schism?

    When Jesus said "this rock," he could have also been referring to Peter's faith. After all, Jesus didn't say "you." Furthermore, three verses later, Jesus rejects Peter's criticism of his plans to go to the cross this way: Mat 16:21 From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must...
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    Paul Chief of Sinners

    One good way of looking at the "dilemma" is that in principle we are declared "not-guilty" and right before God in his role as our Judge, but as our Father, he provides us with power to overcome the fact that we are sinners in practice. Jesus' death obtained our "not-guilty" verdict, and his...
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    Universal Atonement - Part 2

    What God does is always balanced by what humans do. In other words, God has plans for all humans, whereas their responses to him are always their responsibility. Jesus' death and resurrection were sufficient for everyone to be saved but only efficient in enabling God's own to be saved. I'm sure...
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    Feast of trumpets

    It's a mystery to me why you take so much time and effort in sharing a feast for which you admit there is no revealed meaning. Besides, Jesus brought the new form of the covenant that did away with the external form of the laws, including this one (the Book of Hebrews and Colossians 2...
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    Problematic verses?

    People tend to set up their reasoning powers as the ultimate test of the truth instead of humbly submitting to the fact that there are mysteries in the Bible that we will never be able to figure out and to which we must submit because God's Word says so--like the Trinity and the divine and human...
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    The Holy Trinity and the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ

    Let's face it. Our reasoning cannot fully grasp the huge, divine nature of the 3-in-1 Creator-God of the universe. The Truths of the Trinity and Jesus' full deity and humanity are indeed mysteries to our puny minds. They are taught clearly in the Bible; therefore, I believe them.
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    The Apocrypha

    The Apocrypha is interesting, but it's not particularly biblical in relation to the books of the Bible and should not be considered inspired by God.
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    Free from the Law, oh blessed condition! I can sin as I please and still have remission.

    It makes a huge difference what they're trying to get you to do. If it's to improve your spiritual life according to the Bible's commands, of which there are many even in the New Testament, the Holy Spirit in us enables us to obey with joy. However, if it's not in relation to the Bible, it's not...
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    First the Prohibition, Then the Go Ahead

    You're right about the external, national forms of the law, but the principles or main ideas of the laws continue as Christians' guidelines like the need to protect life and avoiding anger (no murder), sex only within marriage and avoiding lust (no adultery), protect the truth (no false...
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    First the Prohibition, Then the Go Ahead

    No, he is real "spiritual reality," as I said in my post. Jesus' seven "I am" (Exodus 3 and 4) claims relate those divine truths to physical, literal things and people--for example, a shepherd (Psalm 23), a door to the sheepfold, bread of life, resurrection and life, light of the world, and...
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    Limited Revealation

    Unbelievers don't often come with a biblical quality of humility that admits that our reason can't fully grasp the existence and power of the Creator-God of the universe.
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    Limited Revealation

    No, Jesus radically turned him around from persecutor to preacher of his Good News.
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    Limited Revealation

    Sadly, both unbelief and ridicule go together.
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    The curtain of the temple

    Oh, they probably had many shoulders. :p
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    Isn't it time for you all to repent of schism?

    If the RCC will renounce their additional tradition that they have added alongside Scripture, there could be union, but until then, no way.
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