Recent content by JBO

Yeah, that is mind blowing alright. What does that even mean? The Bible never says anything like that.

There is no basis for coming to that conclusion. Moreover, given your interpretation, verse 20 which urges that one be reconciled to God makes absolutely no sense. According to you Paul is speaking about only those who already are reconciled to God.

You quote, again and again, 2 Corinthians 5:19 without, apparently, reading what comes before or after. And because of that you obviously do not really understand what you are reading. 2Co 5:15 and He died for all..... There is absolutely no way that one could interpret "all" to be limited...

It is offered to all who hear the gospel. Some accept it, many do not.

No, reconciliation is a gift. Some accept that gift by believing in Him, some to do not. Any limiting is done, not by God, but by the disbelievers.

What you are receiving isn't there. I suspect that you are hearing something that is not in the scriptures but can be found in a number of erroneous and misleading sources.

And you are giving us a hint that you are one such chosen.

Talking to yourself again, I see. You really should stop that. I makes you look a bit silly.

Romans 5:10 doesn't really say what you are trying to make it say. That is a bit of eisegesis in your interpretation.

Those who were reconciled to God became the elect. God knew who would believe, repent of their sins and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. It were they who were reconciled. God foreknowing who they would be from even before the creation selected them. They became the elect by that very...

Faith isn't by believing in God. Faith is believing in God. Faith, by definition, means belief in God, in Jesus Christ, in the gospel. They are the same word, the noun πίστις [pistis], in the Greek. The verb form is πιστεύω [pisteuō} meaning to believe, to have faith.

But they did die spiritually the instant they disobeyed even if they didn't die physically for many, many years after disobeying. In fact they didn't die physically because they ate from the forbidden tree. Rather, they died physically because they no longer had access to the fruit of the tree...

Death is an integral part of the entire physical creation. Nothing physical has been made eternal. It is the desire of each person that conceives and gives birth to sin, not Adam's. Heb 9:27 And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, If it is appointed...

That is an absolute affront to God, Himself. Eze 18:1 The word of the LORD came to me: Eze 18:2 "What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'? Eze 18:3 As I live, declares the Lord...

The only thing that has been passed down from Adam is human nature. That is a tendency to sin. But the tendency to sin is not itself a sin. Spiritual death, not physical death, is the result of the sin of the individual, not the sin of Adam. Physical death is an integral feature of the creation.